Free Class in Outdoors Skills

In case you're not quite sure how to do it, or confident enough to try it on your own, there's a "Free camping course helps you get ready for the outdoors" described in the Macon (GA) Telegraph of 26 January 2008 by Alline Kent.

"The nine-week course starts on Jan. 28, meeting on Mondays from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and using the facilities at Central Baptist Church in Warner Robins. The course is for the general public."

It includes a backpacking trip April 4-6 on the Appalachian Trail in north Georgia starting at Three Forks and ending at either Cooper Gap (7.5 miles) or Gooch Gap (12.2 miles).