Episode 20 is part 2 of our film on the philosophy of bushcraft and picks up where part 1 (Jack Mountain Bushcraft Journal 19) left off. The first segment is on lighting a fire with a hand drill, the second is on dogsledding with our friend Jeff Butler of Northwoods Survival ( www.northwoodssurvival.com ), and the final segment is on the Jack Mountain experience. This film can be viewed as a single file in higher definition on our blip.tv channel at: jmbj.blip.tv For more information on our ...
In episode 19 Tim talks about the philosophy of bushcraft and how it shapes the curriculum at Jack Mountain. Shot during the fall, 2008 semester program, it includes footage of our field school in northern Maine and the clear waters of the Aroostook River. Part 1 of 2, and soon to be available as an HD DVD - check our site for more details. www.jackmtn.com This film can be viewed as a single file in higher definition on our blip.tv channel at jmbj.blip.tv Shot and edited by our friend Tom ...
This book was created for students in our yearlong bushcraft immersion program and Earth Skills Semester Programs to help them execute and document their journey into traditional bushcraft knowledge.
What would the ultimate Maine canoe, bushcraft, fishing and outdoor living program look like? We’ve thought about this for ten years and the 2010 4-week canoe expedition program comes pretty close.
It begins with our Riverman course, a week of solid instruction in canoeing, guide training and practical camping and outdoor living. [...]
There’s an idea about competing that winning is everything. It isn’t. I like to compete because it pushes me. Physically, it teaches me how much more is in the tank when the needle is hovering on “E”. As a business owner, it keeps me thinking about how to do it [...]
When most people think of the northeast corner of North America, they think of the huge urban area stretching from Washington DC to Boston. They think there’s no wild country left, and that the west is the place to be. The map they think of looks like this:
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But look a bit [...]
I’ve never looked the part. Most people never do. We’re TBH (trained by hollywood) that people who do certain things should look a certain way. After all, that’s how they look in the movies. But it’s a big lie.
My high school soccer coach was adamant about people not using their appearance [...]
I just finished Tony Nester’s new book The Modern Hunter-Gatherer; A Practical Guide To Living Off The Land. If you don’t like reading book reviews, here’s the abbreviated version; It’s great, get a copy, read it twice.
As the title suggests, it’s a primer for those looking to supplement their diet with wild [...]
Our educational system has become increasingly abstract over the last hundred years. Instead of instruction in sensory development and hands-on skills, we focus almost exclusively on the intellectual and the abstract. Much of this is the result of the influence of Jean Piaget and his stage theory of cognitive development from the 1920’s. He viewed [...]
This is a selection from my upcoming book “Bush Cookery: Outdoor Cooking Secrets From A Professional Guide”.
You should never leave food, even small bits of it, around your camp. To do so is to bring animals into camp, and ultimately habituate them to human food. There’s an old saying that a fed bear is a [...]
