Positive Mental Attitude Became The Essential Ingredient
A day of challenges, compounded by torrential rain, illustrates the broader benefits of training in wilderness bushcraft skills…
Wilderness Day: A Classic Film With A Timeless Message
Wilderness Day is a classic canoe camping documentary from 1954 filmed in the Quetico Superior wilderness area, in northern Minnesota. The film harks back to another age yet contains timeless messages about respect for nature and the value of being proficient in wilderness skills…
Having Walked The Pacific Crest Trail: Reflections Of A Grand Adventure
posted in: Approach and Mentality
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There was nothing wrong with me. I didn’t walk 2,668.8 miles to cure myself, to become anything, or to fix anything. I did it because I wanted to. I was lucky enough to just want an adventure. Part of me … Read More
How To Walk The Pacific Crest Trail
posted in: Approach and Mentality, Natural World, Wilderness Journeys
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Before, during and after my hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, my partner and I met many people who “would love to do something like that but, really I couldn’t”. Following this statement we were generally given a reason why:
Why Walk The Pacific Crest Trail?
posted in: Approach and Mentality, Natural World, Wilderness Journeys
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The Call Of The Wild: The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a 2,661 mile hiking trail, starting in Mexico and ending in Canada. To continuously hike the whole trail in one long attempt is called through-hiking. I through-hiked the whole … Read More
There’s Something In The Air…
There’s something about this time of year, the evenings closing in, the colder mornings, the dew on the ground. It sparks something off inside me, something that makes me want to get outside and follow my instinctive nature to forage … Read More
Firelighting: Why We Teach It The Way We Do
posted in: Approach and Mentality, Frontier Bushcraft Courses
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A while ago I posted the above photo from my phone to the Frontier Bushcraft Facebook page. It shows Ian Lawson giving a fire-lighting demonstration (under nice, dry conditions) on our award-winning Bushcraft and Survival Foundation Course. We received many … Read More