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[ConorM]

Off school today so I am being useful and cleaning the library shelves rather boring until i came across a book called the Arctic Manuel by Vilhjalmur Stefansson full of incredible information. after browsing through it I wondered are the skills used by these people who live in an extreme environment without bush .......bushcraft.

 

[rik_uk3]

What a really interesting chap Vilhjalmur Stefansson was. Anything outdoors is called bushcraft these days.

PS, no text speak, plain English only as not all here have English as a first language.

 

[Thenihilist]

Keep that book and don't even let anyone look at it mate.

 

[ConorM]

Thenilhilist whats the point of that

Rick does that include mountain biking, gardening and dog walking

 

[Bushwhacker]

Thenilhilist whats the point of that

Rick does that include mountain biking, gardening and dog walking

Yep, camping, hiking, canoeing, climbing, off-roading the lot.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

What's with the advertising windows on some words when not logged in ?

 

[Large Sack]

plain English only as not all here have English as a first language.

Ah Rik, that would be because it is an 'Arctic Manuel' ....I no understand Meester Faulty

 

[Retired Member southey]

bush craft isn't about crafting a bush, its wilderness skills, native crafts, and what ever it means to you, much like a bus stop doesn't stop the bus, its merely a place where the bus may stop if the conditions presented are right

 

[ConorM]

Yep, camping, hiking, canoeing, climbing, off-roading the lot.

thats daft who made that up

 

[Retired Member southey]

thats daft who made that up

four chickens and a drunken elk, while watching crossroads.

 

[Bushwhacker]

thats daft who made that up

Same person that invented bushcraft.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Same person that invented bushcraft.

My mate Darren down the pub?

 

[Thenihilist]

If you leave the house it's bushcraft, if you don't leave the house but you do something it's bushcraf.

The term i think was popularised south of the equator by Richard graves and North of the equator by Mors Kochanski, what these guys called bushcraft is purist bushcraft, now the term has no meaning.

 

[Bushwhacker]

My mate Darren down the pub?

Aye, that be he.
Also the inventor of the crocheted dollies that cover spare toilet rolls.

 

[rmbriar]

Aye, that be he.
Also the inventor of the crocheted dollies that cover spare toilet rolls.

Where would we be without them...

 

[Toddy]

I think of bushcraft as crafted using natural materials found in situ.....or foraged there

It's the craft bit, as in skillful creation of useful things, that's the real meaning of bushcraft.
All the rest; the camping, the foraging and taking home to enhance the seasonal round of modern life, that's extra

To be honest though, in general terms the word covers such a huge scope of activities nowadays, my term seems kind of limited.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[mrcharly]

It has a certain antipodean ring to it.

Australians and (I believe) South Africans collectively refer to anywhere wild as 'the bush'.

 

[ConorM]

My mate Darren down the pub?

well cool thats what i was thinking

 

[ConorM]

Thanks for a good answer mary

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Bushcraft means $$$$$$$$