What: GORUCK Custom Double Heavy – Survival Class 001

Where: Durland Scout Reservation, New York

When: 29 July – 31 July

Information:

• 48+ hours
• 32 +/- miles
• 68,774 steps
• 2 hours combined sleep
• 18,221 calories burned
• 61 participants start first Heavy
• 60 participants finish the first Heavy – tree feel on participant, evacuation to hospital
• 57 participants start second Heavy
• 57 participants finish second heavy
• 9 F3 PAX start, 8 F3 PAX finish

Cadre:

• Cadre Dan
• Cadre Chuy
• Cadre DS (F3 Little Spoon)

Backblast:

• Admin Phase
• Shelter Phase
• Land Navigation Basics
• Fire Building Phase
• Water Survival Phase
• Personal Defense Phase
• Knot Tying Phase
• Scout Camp Improvement Missions
• Clear Trails
• Stack Wood
• Fill 80 Sandbags (we would see these again as “rice bags” during the culminating exercise)
• Build log bridge
• Move three big ass tree trunks 1000 meters down trail. Don’t tell the Cadre the group doesn’t think they can complete the mission because the tree is just too big. The group will find themselves low crawling across a gravel parking lot that is scorching hot at 1400 hours for 100 meters. Then you WILL move the big ass tree that was too big to move. Then you will find it a little brother and sister tree too. Good lessons learned.
• Land Navigation Advanced Missions including evasion from Cadre
• Culminating 24+ hour event including all items above.
• Objective – find rebel leader
• Negotiate successful partnership
• Return to base.
• Evade Cadre at all times.
• Memory games and puzzles prior to Endex
• Endex
• Patches
• Beer
• BBQ

What a great event. I met a lot of great people and reconnected with a lot of friends and familiar faces. Cadre Dan, DS, and Chuy are incredible teachers. I will be doing this again next year. Did I hear unconfirmed rumors about a possible Triple Heavy Survival.