What kind of course was this for if I can ask?

But, my answer is based on having more than a little bit of "roughing it" skills growing up. For instance, my now wife went camping when we were just going out (along with her kids from a previous marrage) and she forgot all the cooking utensils. I improvised a smooth flat rock for a frying pan, aluminum soda cans for pots, and made everyone eat some of the rattlesnake I shot.
On another occasion she watched me extract a Ford F250 and large trailer off a hillside (someone else got it stuck really good in a rain storm) and then her minivan out of a ditch in wilderness using hand tools and a rope. So, I have a bit more experiance than someone living in an urban oblivion like New York.

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