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.
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 [...]
Our yearlong immersion program is a combination of field school and home school; hands-on hard skills and more traditional academic work focusing on ideas and scholarship.
We’ve decided to open the home school portion up to anyone who is interested for free. It scales well, requires only an internet connection and a library card (and maybe [...]
“There are nowadays professors of philosophy, but not philosophers. Yet it is admirable to profess because it was once admirable to live.” Thoreau from chapter on Economy in Walden.
There are nowadays many instructors of bushcraft and wilderness living skills, but few who spend much time in the bush. Yet it is admirable to profess because [...]
As discussed on online courses page, we’re ready to start our new online course series. The online courses represent the academic component of our yearlong course. We’re sharing it with anyone who wants to participate. It’s not a replacement for hands-on training in hard skills. It’s a complement for such training, resulting in a deeper [...]
I picked up a book at the library the other day called The New Toughness Training For Sports; Mental, Emotional, and Physical Conditioning. I’ve enjoyed reading it, and think that it applies to survival and outdoor living.
Mental and emotional toughness are crucial in survival, but also in bushcraft, camping and probably every other arena of [...]
I’ve been reading Eric Brende’s book Better Off: Flipping The Switch On Technology. The book chronicles he and his wife living off the grid and with limited technology for 18 months. With all the current talk about sustainability and the search for new technologies that will make it possible, it makes the point that the [...]
Another new course for 2010, the Bushman course is an intensive exploration of primitive bushcraft skills. The word primitive is derived from the latin root primus, which means first or original. We’ll focus on original skills, those that don’t require specialized kit or other gear. Nature is our gear store. Knowledge makes it accessible.
This course [...]
