Next weekend is our canoe paddle carving course. We’ll be covering everything from paddle design to tool use and sharpening and students will leave with their own custom canoe paddle they’ve made themselves. Carving your own paddle is a powerful experience, and being able to then take that paddle and go out on trips isContinue reading “Spots Still Available For Canoe Paddle Carving And SOLO Certified First Aid Courses”
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Canoe Poling Weekend Kicks Off Today
I spent the last ten days in Nova Scotia, and it was a much needed break after a full spring and early summer. Lots of hiking around, plenty of wildlife and good food. Excited to get back into it this weekend with our canoe poling intensive. We’ve got a student signed up who’s planning aContinue reading “Canoe Poling Weekend Kicks Off Today”
Canoe Paddling Weekend Wraps Up
Spent this weekend running our canoe paddling weekend intensive, and had a blast. We got the chance to paddle some interesting parts of the southern Vermont waterways, as well as talk in depth about scouting canoe routes for long term trips. It’s always fun to find new places to put a boat in the water,Continue reading “Canoe Paddling Weekend Wraps Up”
Heading To Maine For The Final Trip Of The Year Long Friluftsliv Program
Packing up today for our final trip of the year-long Friluftsliv program. We’ll be heading up to the allagash wilderness waterway (with a short detour to visit the @jmbushcraft field school). Students will get the chance to live on the trail with everything they’ve learned over the last year. Lots of opportunities to pole, beautifulContinue reading “Heading To Maine For The Final Trip Of The Year Long Friluftsliv Program”
Weaving Pack Baskets On The 2021-22 Friluftsliv Immersion Program
Great weekend on the friluftsliv program. Let me introduce you to “Lola”, the very curvaceous basket made by Cindy, one of the students on this years program. I’ve taught pack basket making a couple of different ways, both on a mold and without one, And after this session I’m starting to lean towards always lettingContinue reading “Weaving Pack Baskets On The 2021-22 Friluftsliv Immersion Program”
Ice Storms And Woodstoves
We had a big ice/rain storm yesterday and As the sun came out and lit everything up it looked as if everything was covered in a crystal casing. Great day for hot tea and a sauna. I don’t think there’s ever a day that shouldn’t be spent partially out of doors, but sometimes the valueContinue reading “Ice Storms And Woodstoves”
School Of The Forest Podcast Episode Twenty One Is Live; Conversation On Hide Tanning and Reverence For The Natural World With Willa Moore With Willa Moore (Pt 1.)
We’re joined this time by basket weaver hide tanner and all around badass craftsperson, Willa Moore. Willa and I jump right into the first half of this conversation talking about her shift from growing up in New York city, to now living in Maine and teaching things like basketry and hide tanning, and how thoseContinue reading “School Of The Forest Podcast Episode Twenty One Is Live; Conversation On Hide Tanning and Reverence For The Natural World With Willa Moore With Willa Moore (Pt 1.)”