Interview with Mr Mears

[Beer Monster]

Found this whilst avoiding some filing this morning. Makes quite good reading ...... although I'm not sure if I agree with the last paragraph.

 

[tomtom]

Thats a great portrait

 

[tenbears10]

Interesting read but a bit Yeti like in the photo.

I think you get what he means in the last paragraph Beermonster. I would liken it to people who pay £50,000 to climb Everest if you have the money you can do anything these days with no experience. Climbing like that used to be only possible after a long apprenticeship in Britain, Europe or America you couldn't just turn up with the cash and climb the higest (if not most technical) mountain in the world and the result is far more deaths caused in part by clients not accepting advice to decend because it means no summit and £50,000 is a lot of cash to waste in their eyes.

Bill

 

[Tony]

This interview is quite a few years old now. It would be good to have a more modern one that reflected the work he's been doing the last while..

 

[tomtom]

Sounds like a Job for BCUK to me!

 

[mal]

An on line seminar would be good to

 

[hootchi]

This interview is quite a few years old now. It would be good to have a more modern one that reflected the work he's been doing the last while..

I agree. Would be quite interesting!!

 

[CLEM]

Interesting read that.Can anyone else remember a show where Ray was in Mongolia and he wrestled some Mongolian wrestling chappies on the plains, Mears used his old judo skills and kicked jacksie.

 

[JakeR]

Do you think that Ray has ever visited here? He must have at some point...even a lurker :shock:

Would be very interesting. Perhaps i'll ask when i do my course ( ): ).

 

[tomtom]

im sure woodlore keep an eye on us they certainly do on British Blades.

it would be good if they would participate..

 

[JakeR]

Oh, i remember that...they must do then :shock:

 

[Paganwolf]

im sure woodlore keep an eye on us they certainly do on British Blades.

it would be good if they would participate..

:shock: They may already do :shock:

 

[JakeR]

You Ray Mears Paganwolf? I thought he lived in Sussex on Essex

 

[Paganwolf]

:rolmao:

 

[hootchi]

You know what people. I think we've cracked it. They must be here.

 

[JakeR]

Come on then, Ray, who you disguising yourself as? :rolmao:

 

[tomtom]

theres a "ray" in the members list Tone said a while ago that he didnt know if they had an account though!

 

[hootchi]

Yep i see them. Theres a woodprods aswell. Anything to do with woodlore. They say they sell GB axes in the signature.

Interesting!

 

[Andy]

witch hunt. Can we get the IP address of the woodlore site? Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree

 

[tomtom]

they can get yours.. you cant get theirs!