Hi all,
My name's Mike, and I live in Calgary, AB. I had been motorcycle camping for many years, but hadn't actually gone on many decent hikes/campouts for a long time. I was recently re-introduced to the great outdoors again through a volunteer position with the local Search and Rescue group, and have loved every minute if it. I have since been on quite a few hikes with my wife, and with the other volunteers. I didn't realized how much I missed it until after starting up again, and now I'm totally hooked..
I do want to incorporate more bushcraft skills in my personal pursuits, and through lurking on BCUK, I'm finding i'm learning a lot of basics skills I can put to good use for Search and Rescue. We were in a position a while back, where we were airlifted into the back country and there was a good chance the weather would close in before we were able to be flown out again, and would have necessitated an overnighter out in the fairly deep snow and cold. I've had some good training with mostly modern techniques, but I still like the "bushcraft" type skills as you all do! It made me realize how important these skills were.
Anyways, looking forward to 2006 with BCUK :You_Rock_
Cheers
~mike
My name's Mike, and I live in Calgary, AB. I had been motorcycle camping for many years, but hadn't actually gone on many decent hikes/campouts for a long time. I was recently re-introduced to the great outdoors again through a volunteer position with the local Search and Rescue group, and have loved every minute if it. I have since been on quite a few hikes with my wife, and with the other volunteers. I didn't realized how much I missed it until after starting up again, and now I'm totally hooked..
I do want to incorporate more bushcraft skills in my personal pursuits, and through lurking on BCUK, I'm finding i'm learning a lot of basics skills I can put to good use for Search and Rescue. We were in a position a while back, where we were airlifted into the back country and there was a good chance the weather would close in before we were able to be flown out again, and would have necessitated an overnighter out in the fairly deep snow and cold. I've had some good training with mostly modern techniques, but I still like the "bushcraft" type skills as you all do! It made me realize how important these skills were.
Anyways, looking forward to 2006 with BCUK :You_Rock_
Cheers
~mike
