Key takeaways:
- ‘I’m a big supporter for people being able to help themselves’: Greg Gorecki.
- The class covers multiple skills, from fire-making to how best to endure a nuclear invasion.
After 21 years in the military and 13 years as a paramedic, Greg Gorecki created a particular set of skills. He’s now giving his knowledge to his Apocalypse Preparedness and Survival academy students.
The two-day class covers different survival topics, spending one day indoors and the other out in the field in the Cooking Lake region, east of Edmonton.
Gorecki and his two teachers cover everything from how to make fires to how to read compasses and make shelters. They also tackle first aid — sutures and tourniquets — and how best to outlive a nuclear invasion.
He said the expectancy is that the skills are helpful for conditions like a natural disaster or something more powerful, like the apocalypse.
“I’m a big advocate for people being able to support themselves and have control in a problem.
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And this entrusts people to do so,” Gorecki said.
“I mean, even the skill of reading a map, all you have to do is observe arrows now. You don’t require to learn how to utilize a map anymore. You could say that all these arts have gone the way of the dodo.”
The school was conceptualized in 2020 but had to be put on delay due to the pandemic. The first class took place at the end of March this year, with another on April 30.
Gorecki said that some students are curious about the practice due to current world events like the pandemic and the battle in Ukraine.
“Some are a little bit afraid of what’s going on. Some are just taking this and saying, ‘I’d like to be more ready,'” Gorecki said.
Source – cbc.ca
