Welcome to the Wild...

This year, the Asana Language School of English has introduced a new afternoon activity for it´s students. The ‘Into the Wild’ survival course teaches students how to survive without matches, food or a place to sleep. Today was the first experience of the new course and the students loved it. The course began with ‘keeping ourselves warm.’ With no matches or lighters to make a fire, students were forced to use two sticks….truly amazing!

Despite the enthusiastic beginning of the course, both students and staff ended up having to suffer the indignities of eating nettles. Yes! Real, stinging nettles!

This survival course was really something else. Despite our best efforts to describe this course, an experience like this can only be truly understood if you complete yourself.

By Fionan Breathnach