It’s disappointing that no one has had to fight a bear yet. I was very hopeful on that polar bear series. Big disappointments indeed 
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Independent thought is great too. But sometimes communicating those thoughts aloud to other people isn’tIt’s disappointing that no one has had to fight a bear yet. I was very hopeful on that polar bear series. Big disappointments indeed
Well, nobody can accuse me of being clingy for sure. But you'd be surprised by how many of my generation can't cope with an independent woman who knows her own mind. Generational differences i guess.
My last bushcraft trip in March saw me coping with camping in storm dave and skinning squirrels. Not much fazes me.
Last camp out, no tent or hammock, just me, a groundsheet, sleeping bag, air bed(im old and creaky) and the stars. It's just a wonderful way to experience life.
I don't need to plug my hair dryer into anything when i go away, I don't own one!
My best trip was a week totaly off grid in January, in Sweden in a dry cabin. No running water or electric lights. In my 60s Most of my local friends thought I was mad and would not have even entertained the idea. Most trips are solo.
I was in 7th heaven.cooking moose stew, outside on a fire in -20 , in the pitch black birch woods was amazing.
I like to experience life. Not just witter it away .
I'll bushcraft all day long. On my own if I need to. I'd hate a push button life.
This is it. You are not the only one doing it. There are loads of us. I was brought up doing it. Most women on here, if not all of them do the exact same thing. It’s kind of taken as the norm on a bushcraft forum that we do. I spend most of my nights in the woods looking at stuff and investigating. So people thought I was a bit psycho when I chopped heads off with a saw at the side of the road. And people get a bit freaked out when they come across me at night in the woods sitting there, or when I walk passed a group out of nowhere when they are getting p&@£@d in a clearing at midnight. I like being on my own as you see more stuff. You hardly ever see stuff when you’re with someone.
And it’s not a generational thing. My mom was very independent. And everyone loved her. She would have been 56 in December. She did think chopping animals heads off and bringing them home was a bother though. But mom got me tested and the results said I’m normal
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I think it's doomed to failure really....well, if they start off full skud.
Humanity thrived in those conditions in family groups, in tribal associations. The cruelest punishment is solitary ostracisation.
Most of us here seem to wander mostly alone now, but I took my kids with me. Their faither used to joke that half a mile down Strathclyde Park and Mary and boys had had lunch
It was, and is, a pleasure to meet someone who knows their area. I met an old Polish man (this is forty years ago now, he'd come over during the war) when I was wandering with one son tied on my back and the other toddling beside me. He had a basket of fungi, stuff I didn't know, never knew could be edible, and he spent an hour explaining and showing stuff to us. No mobile phones back then, I wish I'd had some way to contact him again, because he was fascinating. A wealth of knowledge and he said I was one of the few that ever asked him about it
It’s disappointing that no one has had to fight a bear yet. I was very hopeful on that polar bear series. Big disappointments indeed
My Dad had two pieces of advice on being outdoors. He said his Grandpa had told him his Grandpa had told him.....
Firstly, if the sea runs away hard and fast away from you, run as fast and as far as you can inland, get high, not on a tree, but get high.
Secondly, if you ever meet a bear, stand up. Stand up as tall and as big as you can.
I mind laughing at him all those years ago, and then later when I did some reading and learning, I wished he were still alive so I could ask him how his Grandpa knew ? how his Grandpa's Grandpa knew ?
Isn't it annoying only getting a bit of the story ?
I lost my mom recently and I should have asked her so many things. How to be. She was smart. Off the scales smart. And it’s all lost now. Everyone finds this out. But we all think we have loads of time. We don’t. Time runs out. Fast.
When someone dies, it's like a library burnt down. One that had no other copies.
I am truly sorry for your loss.
I was fourteen when my Mum died, all I can say is that you'll manage fine. You learn by yourself, you will be strong by yourself, she set you up well to learn, to make, to thrive.
Doesn't mean it's easy; I am becoming old, and over fifty years later, I still miss my Mum.
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Thank you Toddy. I will be OK. I have loads of things to be up to. And dad retired early this week as well. So he isnt going to get killed by any snakes or dodgy people when travelling to work now. I will nause him about all things.
Hmm, even alone contestants take things with them to help them survive. This states
"nothing but the clothes on your back......100 days"
wishful thinking and a recipe for mountain rescue call outs within a few days.and some big lawsuits if it goes pear shaped.
That aside, how about a girls bcuk team? Toddy, tengu, poppy and woody girl?
Don't worry just joking, but i reckon we would absolutely ace it.
What i would stand up in would include a knife on my belt, including a ferro rod in its holder, a 4x4 tarp "poncho," and a wool blanket wrapped round as a kilt. Not sure where I'd hide my Billy can though!
I reckon I could last a few days with that set up.
"nothing but the clothes on your back......100 days"
wishful thinking and a recipe for mountain rescue call outs within a few days.and some big lawsuits if it goes pear shaped.
That aside, how about a girls bcuk team? Toddy, tengu, poppy and woody girl?
Don't worry just joking, but i reckon we would absolutely ace it.
What i would stand up in would include a knife on my belt, including a ferro rod in its holder, a 4x4 tarp "poncho," and a wool blanket wrapped round as a kilt. Not sure where I'd hide my Billy can though!
I reckon I could last a few days with that set up.
I was sixteen and 3 weeks when I ended up alone with no parents, you have a great dad, your smart and independent thinking. You'll do just fine. You'll find those nuggets of woman's wisdom elsewhere. They won't be the same, but they will be equally relevant.
You've got family here too. So don't forget that. Big hug.
On that note; the anatomical skeletons that were used in teaching were often sourced from India.
A lot of those old skeletons were eventually buried.....all wired up, numbered, etched, engraved....now there's a conundrum for the archaeologists of the future
A lot of those old skeletons were eventually buried.....all wired up, numbered, etched, engraved....now there's a conundrum for the archaeologists of the future
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