I have the whole of my 64 years used an axe, a hatchet, a skinning knife, read "sign" of animals, cooking over an open fire, built fires with everything from matches to flint and steel, tanned hides, trapped fur, made baskets, cups, bowls, spoons, and furniture from green wood. I've never thought of myself as a "survivalist" and only recently have I heard the term "bushcraft". When I was very young, folk who could do all these things were simply called "handy", and I always aspired to being "handy". Today, in this age of computers and urban living, it is easy to understand the need of some men and women to to want to reconnect with their ancestors, and a way of life that is only read about in books. I don't have a clue what bushcraft means to other folk, but to me, it seems to mean a need to not let old skills be forgotten, a need to feel cold when the weather is cold, wet when the weather is wet, hungry when the food poke is empty, and the need to prove they can, without aide of any but themselves, to alter their condition for the better.