We’re getting closer to the middle of our second Friluftsliv Forest Program in southern Vermont. It’s been a great experience, and we’re already getting signups for next year’s session. This got me thinking about the differences between a long-term residential program like our nine-week guide training and bushcraft semesters at Jack Mountain and the once-a-monthContinue reading “Differentiating Our Long Term Residential And One Weekend A Month Bushcraft/ Wilderness Guide Immersion Programs”
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Learning About Hot Tents and Woodstoves On The Winter Season Of The Friluftsliv Program In Vermont
The first of our three winter sessions for the Friluftsliv program in Vermont was this weekend. Students got to work on crafts in a warm canvas tent, learn a lot about the basics of living outdoors in The Northeast during the winter, get their first taste of the systems we use for backcountry travel in the wintertimeContinue reading “Learning About Hot Tents and Woodstoves On The Winter Season Of The Friluftsliv Program In Vermont”
Musings On Story Telling And The Poetry Of Old Objects
The New Twenty Footer And My Eighteen Foot “River Witch” for scale Today I picked up a twenty-foot E.M. White Guide Canoe from our friend Don Merchant at Pole And Paddle. She’s an old boat, likely from the ’30s or ’40s. That statement on its own contains all the “necessary” information when paired with pictures. ButContinue reading “Musings On Story Telling And The Poetry Of Old Objects”