I survived! The class was amazing, Chris Costa is one hell of an instructor and a really nice guy. He stayed at the lodge as well, so we all got to see the social side of him during meals and at the camp fire at night, he's got such a great personality. It was remarkable how much my skill level grew over the 3 days. Needless to say I had the time of my life and got to walk around in open carry rockin my Kimber 1911 CDP II