what does everyone do ?

[R-Bowskill]

One of my part time jobs is with a community arts trust, most of the people I meet through that think the outdoors is only for raves, But I also do woodland creation and management which is much more 'bushcrafty' as it gives me access to some land and I can make sure that there are plenty of useful plants there for when I get out of the city.

 

[Snufkin]

Evil, knife weilding, sadistic, egotistical, bully that forces boys & girls to slave away in hellish conditions fore more hours than there actually are in a day, you guessed it - CHEF :yikes:
And while I try very hard not be the stereotypical kitchen thug, I 've only got to asked a simple question and people burst into tears :shock: . I mean those of you that have met me , is it that bad :?: , I mean c'mon guys, what are you not telling me
Neil

I'm a chef too, so I play with sharp knives and set fire to things, which is sort of bushcrafty

 

[Abbe Osram]

I was working as a Cartoon Animator and Animation Director for about 15 years. With 42 I hit a small midlife crisis and ask myself what I really want with my life and moved up to the north of Sweden to start a new life as a plain air wildlife artist, painting in oil landscapes and animal life. The rest of the time I want to spend with hunting, fishing and bushcraft. If you read my signature, a quote from Henry David Thoreau you will understand me a lot better. That is what I am doing now.

cheers
Abbe

 

[Moine]

Well I'm... a survival/bushcraft instructor. I used to be a lot of things, like an anthropologist, and then lately a web designer and usability specialist. I've never really left my native woods, at least my spirit always stayed there, and by teaching bushcraft I can be outside doing the things I like most in life: sharing stuff with interesting people (I learn as much as they do), and being in the woods.

Right now, I don't have enough students to do it full time. The school is getting started, and regulations here really are a hassle. I need a zillion papers and authorizations... but it's starting to look like a real start.

I hope it'll work out fine. I really love teaching and learning...

Thanks for the bandwidth,

David

 

[RovingArcher]

David, good luck in your business/teaching journey. It can be a very rewarding profession.

 

[Moine]

David, good luck in your business/teaching journey. It can be a very rewarding profession.

Thank you brother ):

David

 

[gurthang]

I'm a gamekeeper in training so plenty of opertunitiesfor being outdoors there,
I also love prety much everything bushcraft as well as more 'normal' walking and camping.

This is my first post so I'll just say Hy,





Hy :wave:

 

[MonkeyBoy]

I am also a bench joiner and at the moment I seem to be making a lot of stair cases

 

[bombadil]

I used to work in forestry, but now I study conservation and forest ecosystems at Bangor.....*sigh*......
Not many good forests here.....

 

[tomtom]

i was going to start that course next year.. is it any good?

 

[bombadil]

Yup, very good course tomtom :super:
Highly recommended, a lot is very technical but well worth knowing.
Get in touch on PM if you want to know anything, I'd be happy to tell you

 

[tomtom]

PM on the way thanks very much!

 

[Jeroen Zuiderwijk]

Hi everyone. I'm new here, so I figured this is a good way to introduce myself. My regular job is designing rocket and satellite structures (yep, I'm a genuine rocketscientist! ). To balance out all that ultra modern stuff, I spend my free time as bronze age metal worker in a living history park Archeon, in the Netherlands. My work can be seen on my site here:
http://1500bc.com/bronzeage/index_eng.html
Aside from metalworking, I intend to learn all kinds of other skills people had in the bronze age, such as making leather, working with wood, bone etc., bakign pottery, all using the basic natural materials they had in those times.
I also enjoy learning all kinds of other survival skills. Although I'm not actively survivaling (well, I doing my best to stay alive, but you know what I mean ), it's something I'd like to be doing someday, when I've acquired enough skills and knowledge. But for the time being my "bushcraft" is more of an archeological nature.

 

[Tony]

Welcome Jeroen, it's good to have you. There's some nice stuff on your site :biggthump

 

[CLEM]

BUM.

 

[PC2K]

hey jeroen welcom !

good to see more dutchies here ! ... although the last name does reminds me of a not to much liked teacher from my highschool days...

 

[Jeroen Zuiderwijk]

Welcome Jeroen, it's good to have you. There's some nice stuff on your site :biggthump

Thanks, and thanks

 

[Jeroen Zuiderwijk]

hey jeroen welcom !

good to see more dutchies here ! ... although the last name does reminds me of a not to much liked teacher from my highschool days...

Not to worry, I'm no teacher, nor related to one with that name

 

[brucemacdonald]

Well, I am a Management Accountant. :shock:

Anyone got any beans need counting?

:rolmao:


At work I am totally deskbound so it is nice to get out and about in the woods. Been interested in this for a long time since reading a book called "Survival for Young People" by Anthony Greenbank. Then got into the usual teenage stuff, went to university, etc and got back into it courtesy of Ray Mears and the Tracks programme.

Now I have kids of my own and I am looking forward to passing on what little knowledge I have to them.

Other interests are satellite observing and music.

Best wishes,

Bruce

 

[ZDP-189]

I'm a trauma RN - in English, that means I work in a trauma intensive care unit (multiple injuries unit) as a registered nurse. It's as sharp as the sharp end gets. Our patients range from mainly the worst RTA victims, but encompass the more unusual, such as plane crash victims, train crash victims, gun shot wounds and stabbings, but our (my) specialty is head injuries. These can range from none accidental, such as spontaneous heamorrhages from ruptured aneurisms, post operative - eg the removal of tumours, to trauma, from GSW's, knifings, and accidents. By definition, all are clinging on to life by thier fingernails. Many are young. Many have multiple, massive and devastating physical injuries. All of our patients are ventilated and most are comatose. depending on a number of varying factors, the mortality rate in most ICU's is around 50% - 70%, trauma units tend to be on the higher side.

Bushcraft chills me out. :hurra:

Hi Boss!

Our old family friend is a Chief Neurosurgeon. Like you, he says 70-90% of his jobs leave the table in a bag. He is an incredibly laid back kinda guy; has the attitude that he'll do his best to save what can be saved. Beyond that, it's in the hands of the Big Guy.

Me, I'm a banker/ financier, which kinda pays the bills and allows me to collect knives, make knives and fly (light A/C and ultralights). Sometimes I fly these dodgy machines over wilderness areas such as jungle and mountains, where they may not find the wreckage for quite some time, so it makes sense to learn how to get by in those environments.