How popular is Bushcrafting in the us and ca?
It seems here we usually call it outdoor survival, but it really is not the same.
It seems here we usually call it outdoor survival, but it really is not the same.
US and Canada?
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I usually just call it camping. Not sure if it's quite the same thing, though. Doesn't have the same connotations of primitive skills and tools. And we get to carry bigger knives.
I think the main difference between survival and bushcraft is that one is voluntary and the other is not. Except for that crazy nutjob on Survivorman.
I think the main difference between survival and bushcraft is that one is voluntary and the other is not. Except for that crazy nutjob on Survivorman.
I do hope we aren't going to have yet another dicussion/arguement, over the differences, real, or imagined, between what people term survival and bushcraft.
Please...not again:BlueTeamE
With folk like Storm, Hoodoo, the various other members from the US here and all the nutters over on Paleo planet, I would say that it is fairly popular, whether it is called the same thing or not.
Please...not again:BlueTeamE
With folk like Storm, Hoodoo, the various other members from the US here and all the nutters
over on Paleo planet, I would say that it is fairly popular, whether it is called the same thing or not.Well, I understand, but alot of us haven't been on these forums for years or come as often as the regulars do. Didn't mean to offend.
No offence taken. Its just that in the past the dicussions on the meaning of bushcraft and survival have got a little heated.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2201
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12653
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12630
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14949
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22046
There are bound to be more, with different headings, but all the discussions go round in the same circles. Questions that hinge the philosophy of the practitioners aren't going to be resolved by logical debate, or so it seems. That is fine, but I would hope anyone reading the above threads would agree, its not something that is really worth dragging up again.
If you can find like minded folk in the US to talk about and share the skills you are interested in, great! It just isn't worth worrying (or debating) about what it gets called, or why
Its just that in the past the dicussions on the meaning of bushcraft and survival have got a little heated. http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2201
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12653
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12630
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14949
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22046
There are bound to be more, with different headings, but all the discussions go round in the same circles. Questions that hinge the philosophy of the practitioners aren't going to be resolved by logical debate, or so it seems. That is fine, but I would hope anyone reading the above threads would agree, its not something that is really worth dragging up again.
If you can find like minded folk in the US to talk about and share the skills you are interested in, great! It just isn't worth worrying (or debating) about what it gets called, or why
I`ve just got back from three weeks in Canada and the U.S, having been out there on a belated honeymoon with the missus. We started in Vancouver and drove across to Mount Robson then all the way down the rockies and back to Vancouver. All I can say is what a superb piece of real estate British Columbia is. We drove approx 3000 kilometres in all and every inch of it was beautiful. 
Unfortunately the wife has about as much interest in the outdoors as I do in Jimmy Choo shoes and £800 handbags. This meant we drove past endless miles of trials and perfect potential campsites without stopping and getting out there.
Anybody who has ever thought about going must go !!
Unfortunately the wife has about as much interest in the outdoors as I do in Jimmy Choo shoes and £800 handbags. This meant we drove past endless miles of trials and perfect potential campsites without stopping and getting out there.
Anybody who has ever thought about going must go !!
Whatever you call it, it's pretty popular here in Alberta and British Columbia.
Shewie was there a cloud atop Mt Robson? I have at least a hundred pictures of Robson. Only one with no cloud. 
Shewie was there a cloud atop Mt Robson? I have at least a hundred pictures of Robson. Only one with no cloud.
British Columbia is amazing as is the rest of Canada. B.C. in particular because of its variety.
When, like us, you can walk out your door into the wilderness. That is special.
Bushcraft, camping, surviving, whatever you like to call it.
30 years ago a fella we know went into the coastal mountains with a pup tent and a knife. He was a young american disillusioned by the Vietnam war like many of our neighbours.The local First Nations guys thought he was one done white guy. 3 years later he came out in fine shape. He still lives in a valley in the mountains without a chainsaw, never wears shoes or boots, prefers a sarong to trousers. He snares, catches fish, forages and has a small garden. He's in excellent physical shape and will live there to be an old man. Recently he met a woman who wouldn't stay unless she could have a truck. The guy would walk once or twice a year through the passes for days with a knife and snare wire and his carvings to a town if he needed anything.
Now she drives.
You can call it what you want but man, he could teach about all three.
A person can still do that here, and we feel very fortunate. But really, it's just a state of mind.
http://www.caribooblades.com
When, like us, you can walk out your door into the wilderness. That is special.
Bushcraft, camping, surviving, whatever you like to call it.
30 years ago a fella we know went into the coastal mountains with a pup tent and a knife. He was a young american disillusioned by the Vietnam war like many of our neighbours.The local First Nations guys thought he was one done white guy. 3 years later he came out in fine shape. He still lives in a valley in the mountains without a chainsaw, never wears shoes or boots, prefers a sarong to trousers. He snares, catches fish, forages and has a small garden. He's in excellent physical shape and will live there to be an old man. Recently he met a woman who wouldn't stay unless she could have a truck. The guy would walk once or twice a year through the passes for days with a knife and snare wire and his carvings to a town if he needed anything.
Now she drives.
You can call it what you want but man, he could teach about all three.
A person can still do that here, and we feel very fortunate. But really, it's just a state of mind.
http://www.caribooblades.com
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