bushcraft instructor

[Wayland]

Very Wise and good luck in whatever you choose to do in the future.

There are many opportunities out there that do not fit into most peoples pigeon holes, the trick is finding something you really want to do that no one else has thought of.

 

[TeeDee]

Most of the good Instructors that i have met and been taught by have been honest enough to admit they have attendedother schools and learnt from others , I see nothing wrong with this at all, we all stand on each others shoulders in terms of experience , so I would suggest SF And DD that you do think about it a bit more then attend a variety of courses.
Of course if you do , and i wish you luck in the matter, start a school , then that is the easy bit, if the school is still there and has a positive reputation in several years time will be a different matter.
And it would also pay to attend and brush up on basic business skills , any fool can run a business that runs at a loss.

best of luck boys.

td

 

[DearDeath]

How about act as hosts to others who don't have access to the bush and hire out the location for them to be able to camp out & practice Bushcraft?

Mick,
that is the Best idea ever, Thankyou so much

 

[Prodigal Son]

Of course, you could do what teenagers do, ignore all this good advice, think it's a load of bo11ox and do it anyway.

It'll go one way or the other and you may prove us all wrong!! ;-)

 

[sirex]

with all this talk of the TA and bushcraft survival skills, i have to mention:

"bear grylls... discuss".


j/k. - seems to be the "defcon 1" button on this forum

 

[Graham_S]

The topic at hand is about Siberianfury and Deardeath opening their own school.
Any BG related shenanigans will be treated as spam and dealt with accordingly.
You have been warned.

 

[dean4442]

Well I have to say I think Ray Mears is wrong about everything!!!!!






Deano runs off giggling to a very deep hole whilst putting on body armour and helmet.:yikes:

 

[Dougster]

I would like to add.

Were I your age with this interest in Bushcraft, what I'd like to do....

I love my wife and kids, I live in a nice house and have a safe job, but......

I wish I were young, I wish I could fill a backpack and go and do stuff, not worried about paying the bills or knowing exactly what I was doing of every minute of a hundred days in front of me. I'd love to go around britain or maybe the world and work picking fruit, stacking shelves or sweeping floors to put money in my pocket until there was enough to move on.

Don't get stuck in the trap of the mundane, don't get stuck with either a business that consumes or the debt it drowns you in.

Go and have an adventure, no matter if it fails, you get cold or you come home with the ar5e worn out of your trousers broke and hungry.

I wish I had made it to this point in life with a few more of those times under my belt. I may have been more content.

When you NEED to work, when you NEED to pay debts you can do so with the skills, knowledge and worn out shoes to make it possible. And you won't feel as trapped as if you'd been doing it forever.

That's what I'd do if I knew then what I want now.

 

[slamdunk]

Holy moley I think this sums 'Bushcraft' up. Ridiculous; these guys setting up a school???!?!?!?! What a joke.

Ray Mears makes basic campcraft/outdoor skills popular, he makes a fortune preying on fellas who sort of wished they'd served in the forces but didn't (like him by the way), flogs ridiculously expensive gear whilst supposedly preaching 'carry less, know more' and is laughing all the way to the bank. That people with no knowledge think they can teach is absurd.

At least Mors Kochanski practises what he preaches. Ditch the celebrity culture, enjoy the outdoors, learn the skills and make do with a knife under a tenner.

Anything else is b******s.

My last post.

 

[Shewie]

I would like to add.

Were I your age with this interest in Bushcraft, what I'd like to do....

I love my wife and kids, I live in a nice house and have a safe job, but......

I wish I were young, I wish I could fill a backpack and go and do stuff, not worried about paying the bills or knowing exactly what I was doing of every minute of a hundred days in front of me. I'd love to go around britain or maybe the world and work picking fruit, stacking shelves or sweeping floors to put money in my pocket until there was enough to move on.

Don't get stuck in the trap of the mundane, don't get stuck with either a business that consumes or the debt it drowns you in.

Go and have an adventure, no matter if it fails, you get cold or you come home with the ar5e worn out of your trousers broke and hungry.

I wish I had made it to this point in life with a few more of those times under my belt. I may have been more content.

When you NEED to work, when you NEED to pay debts you can do so with the skills, knowledge and worn out shoes to make it possible. And you won't feel as trapped as if you'd been doing it forever.

That's what I'd do if I knew then what I want now.

Wise words, I couldn't have put it better

 

[JonathanD]

Holy moley I think this sums 'Bushcraft' up. Ridiculous; these guys setting up a school???!?!?!?! What a joke.

Ray Mears makes basic campcraft/outdoor skills popular, he makes a fortune preying on fellas who sort of wished they'd served in the forces but didn't (like him by the way), flogs ridiculously expensive gear whilst supposedly preaching 'carry less, know more' and is laughing all the way to the bank. That people with no knowledge think they can teach is absurd.

At least Mors Kochanski practises what he preaches. Ditch the celebrity culture, enjoy the outdoors, learn the skills and make do with a knife under a tenner.

Anything else is b******s.

My last post.

Don't hold back will you.

 

[Robbi]

@ Dougster, you have no idea how many times i've felt like that mate.

well said sir.

 

[Mesquite]

Holy moley I think this sums 'Bushcraft' up. Ridiculous; these guys setting up a school???!?!?!?! What a joke.

Ray Mears makes basic campcraft/outdoor skills popular, he makes a fortune preying on fellas who sort of wished they'd served in the forces but didn't (like him by the way), flogs ridiculously expensive gear whilst supposedly preaching 'carry less, know more' and is laughing all the way to the bank. That people with no knowledge think they can teach is absurd.

At least Mors Kochanski practises what he preaches. Ditch the celebrity culture, enjoy the outdoors, learn the skills and make do with a knife under a tenner.

Anything else is b******s.

My last post.

And what makes you think Ray doesn't do exactly as he preaches?

He was at the Journeyman course I recently attended and he was certainly enjoying the outdoor life and to top it the only knife I ever saw on his belt was blue handled mora clipper in a white plastic sheath...

 

[Wayland]

Holy moley I think this sums 'Bushcraft' up. Ridiculous; these guys setting up a school???!?!?!?! What a joke.

Ray Mears makes basic campcraft/outdoor skills popular, he makes a fortune preying on fellas who sort of wished they'd served in the forces but didn't (like him by the way), flogs ridiculously expensive gear whilst supposedly preaching 'carry less, know more' and is laughing all the way to the bank. That people with no knowledge think they can teach is absurd.

At least Mors Kochanski practises what he preaches. Ditch the celebrity culture, enjoy the outdoors, learn the skills and make do with a knife under a tenner.

Anything else is b******s.

My last post.

So is that a shovel or a spade?

 

[Ray Britton]

Dougster.
That was a very emotive post.
I think I was lucky enough to have done a few of the thing you mention, before 'settling', but I still yearn to be able to go and 'just do things' with no schedule or care for bills.
For a good few years, raising kids and bills etc brought a halt to any adventures, but the time has now come where I can begin again.......Maybe on a smaller scale, but I still really appreciate the freedom of 'mini adventures' lol

 

[Ray Britton]

Mesquite.

when you say: "wished they'd served in the forces but didn't (like him by the way)". Does RM now not count the time he spent in 21 SAS (V) artists?. He could have stayed longer if he wanted I guess.
Just a question, as I have never met the bloke, so don't know

 

[EarlyRiser]

Holy moley I think this sums 'Bushcraft' up. Ridiculous; these guys setting up a school???!?!?!?! What a joke.

Although their timescales may be a tad optimistic I don't view their dreams any different to that of many others of the same age wishing to follow alternate paths; they've just made their ideas public. Quite brave.

I went to Uni with guys who, at 18, you would never have dreamed of allowing to open you up to remove your appendix, but surgeons they became.

Give these guys a break.

Tom

 

[Tadpole]

Does RM now not count the time he spent in 21 SAS (V) artists?. He could have stayed longer if he wanted I guess.
Just a question, as I have never met the bloke, so don't know

Ray lectured on the line at Hereford, but was never in the regiment or any regiment for that matter

 

[Tengu]

I hope they didnt fall asleep

 

[Wayland]

I don't see what serving in the forces has to do with Bushcraft anyway.

Years back when I joined the TA for a few years, I listed bushcraft as one of my interests. No body even knew what it meant.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed my time in, but apart from using a poncho as a tarp and cooking bad food on hexamine stoves I cannot think of anything that being a squaddie really taught me about the outdoors.