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Four Survival Mini-Clinics Daily

The Expo is honored to introduce  Casey Harver to our stage. Casey runs Kodiak Big Timber Lodge in Alaska, where he's a Charter Boat Captain, fishing and assistant big-game guide and  Alaska Big Game Transporter. Casey also owns Kodiak Survival School.

A United States Navy SEAL Veteran (Retired) with 23 years’ experience, Casey was a SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) instructor, supervising high-risk training, teaching advanced techniques, and auditing all phases of the curriculum. The SERE training program prepares U.S. military personnel, U.S. Department of Defense civilians, and private military contractors to survive and "return with honor" in survival scenarios.

Presentation Info

International Sportsmen's Expo

1. Forged Mettle - A Navy SEAL’s Survival Mindset: Join Casey for and in-depth conversation on how resilience can be cultivated. We will focus on preparation, adaptability and positive thinking even under dire circumstances.

2. Cold Shock - Surviving Cold Water Immersion (Saturday only): Learn critical techniques for managing the initial shock and maintaining mental clarity in cold water. Gain practical skills for field-based rewarming methods, ensuring you can restore your body temperature safely and efficiently after exposure. Get tips on the proper clothing for cold weather environments.

3. The Mother of Invention - Improvising to Meet Necessity: This fun hands-on course will teach you how to turn necessity into ingenuity, focusing specifically on using ropes in survival and medical scenarios. We'll cover a few knots like the bowline, clove hitch, square knot, and more, explaining their applications and when to use each. Gain the skills to construct makeshift litters using ropes and available materials for evacuating injured persons.

4. You! This is Me, Over! - Getting Rescued in the Wild: A dynamic, hands-on interactive workshop where survival becomes synonymous with signaling. In this course, you'll transform yourself into the ultimate beacon of rescue, learning to craft and deploy distress signals that shout for help in any survival situation.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn from one of the best. Here's one of Casey's Pro Tips--more at the Expo's YouTube page.