2012 Expeditions for Washington State

This is the first of many planned expeditions on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. This expedition will be led by Derek Randles as well as other members of the Olympic Project. Expedition activity's include, Game Camera set up and field placement, track casting instruction, night recon with Thermal gear, on and off trail hiking, evidence gathering techniques, Sasquatch calling techniques and a round table discussion with guest speakers. This is a "hands on expedition", with close support and instruction from our field experts.

We will be based at the Olympic Project headquarters in the Olympic National Forest. We will be serving all meals, and accommodations are available on site.

This promises to be a trip you'll not soon forget.

Expedition itinerary includes:

Thursday May 17th: Attendees start arriving at base camp at 12:00 pm. This will be a great time to meet and greet. It will also be a good time to set up your tent, or indoor cot if you choose. Expedition members will be arriving throughout the afternoon depending on travel schedules and flights. There will also be time to hike and explore, followed with a bon-fire and the music of Paul Graves on the guitar!

FridayMay 18th: Expedition activity's begin. Following breakfast we'll be heading into the field to look for tracks and other evidence led by guides from the Olympic Project. Mid morning we will all meet in the forest for a wilderness survival and facing predators class led by Derek Randles. Afterwards we'll meet back at base camp for lunch, followed by a track casting class led by David Ellis. You will come away from this class with new knowledge of track casting, what to do when you find a tracks, and your own personal foot cast. Afterwards, we will prepare for night operations with thermal gear and head into the forest. Dinner will be available before heading out.

SaturdayMay 19th: Saturday morning after breakfast we will again head into the forest for on and off trail hiking and evidence gathering. During this outing, Olympic Project guides will instruct on game camera setup and deployment. Each team will set up cameras with result pictures e-mailed to you in one months time. At mid-day we will all meet back at base for lunch, and then Jeff Meldrum will give a presentation, followed by Dave hill from Canada. Following the presentations Richard Germeau will instruct on DNA evidence gathering techniques, followed by dinner and a round table discussion. We will then head back into the field for night operations.

Sunday May20th: Following breakfast Mike Green will give a presentation on thermal imagery research with a question and answer session afterwards with all our presenters. There will be an (up the mountain hike), led by Derek Randles to finish out our trip. Expedition activitys will conclude at 12:pm.

This is the year of Sasquatch, come be part of it!

If you're interested in attending this expedition, please contact Derek Randles at (360) 731-3643 or e-mail at ridgewalkers@ymail.com

Group dicounts apply, please call for rates.