The course begins at 9 AM on Saturday morning and run until 3 PM on Sunday. It takes place at our Bushcraft And Sustainability Field School in Masardis, Maine. Participants can camp on-site or find accomodations locally. Cabins are available just down the road at Blackwater Outfitters, run by our friend Dick Cullins.

Topics of study include:

• Physiologic needs of the body
• Survival Kits
• Clothing
• Knife selection, use, sharpening, and safety
• Shelter theory, design, and construction
• Fire theory and application
• Twig bundle method of firelighting
• Fire by friction and percussion
• Commercial fire starters
• Basic carving projects
• Netting
• Navigation: modern and barehanded
• 7 essential bush knots
• Making cordage and rope
• Edible and useful wild plants
• Packframe construction and use
• Basic tracking

Primitive, traditional, and modern techniques will be covered.

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