survival courses

[mrsflibble]

i want to do one!


nothing more than that really, i am watching ray mears. he's my hero.

[Davy stephenson]

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[Ellendra]

There's a forum I'm on called PaleoPlanet that is all about wilderness survival. Browse through some of the tutorials and you might find you don't have to take a class :p

Its at http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/

[Ellendra]

PS: I wouldn't mention Ray Mears there, unless you want a critique of everything he did wrong.

[invisiblepiper]

Mrs F - life is a survival course - with no manual!

[invisiblepiper]

... But I'll be watching Ray at 6.30 tonight!

[Davy stephenson]

PS: I wouldn't mention Ray Mears there, unless you want a critique of everything he did wrong.

Since you brought it up and I will try not to be naughty, one of my freinds was a scout leader for many years, to cut a long story short mentioning no names, he took some marine officer cadets I think he said on a three hour trip around his local woods and at the end of the day their group leader came to him and said, the boys had learned more in those 3 hours with him than they did from a whole weekend with a certain survival expert.

Boy scouts rule, and are a lore onto themselves.

[Stonehead]

Boy scouts rule, and are a lore onto themselves.

It very much depends on the group. I wouldn't let my son go on a camp because I don't have confidence in the local leaders to handle difficult situations, much less emergencies. Even a walk up a local hill with a barbecue at the top was a shmozzle.

And I'm speaking not just as a parent but as a former Scout, climber, caver and bushwalker/hiker/hillwalker/trekker who has done more than his fair share of survival courses. (And most survival courses are rubbish, to be frank.)

[invisiblepiper]

Boy scouts rule, and are a lore onto themselves.

I agree - married to a mountaineer/ Scout leader/ canoe person - they do so much for their communities. Here, there are 160 lads in the local scout group. That's 160 youngsters not hangin' about on street corners, building their confidence and getting outdoors.
It's their 100th anniversary this year ( this troop) - amazing!

[Andy Hamilton]

There are two old boy scouts that run a pretty decent wild food course . We are thinking of joining forces with a bushcraft type mate to offer more of a comprehensive course next year. Am I to think that this might be a good idea?

As for our scout troop, we were a little lame to be honest as there was just not enough of us. Troops in the posher parts of town always did better. I do think that some kind of outdoor activity is what boys need. I used to (and still do) love camping, making fires, following tracks and all that sort of thing.

[Davy stephenson]

Mrs F - life is a survival course - with no manual!

From one piper to another, I dissagree with on this one, my grandfather was the very best manual one could ever want, my father too, we need to include the old boys and then we probably wouldn't be in the state we are in today, students of life I call them, remember they were young once,

[CyberPaddy66]

i am watching ray mears. he's my hero.

Why not learn from the man himself, if I have the cash 'd be there in a shot he's a great bloke!

http://www.raymears.com/