the skills are allready there militarily and he would get shown up in a few of them like bfpo11 which is the jungle school or the old long range patrol school that was in weingarten as they teach a different style and also use local instructors to augment the military ones. in belize the old guy who took us kept the snakes to show us in his back yard. we were taught to survive and if possible to suppliment our rations, it would be a long long time before we could live there. they can only show you that its possible to live mainly so you dont die from lack of morale.
why get rm to teach you something he admits he is still learning when the iban live it everyday. thats why rm joins in otherwise he knows he's out of his depth untill its time to teach a different way to do stuff for the cameras.
its actually a really boring subject both to teach and learn even though it is fascinating when you have the right mindset but you learn it out of necessity which is the best way - take a guys pack, hammock, sleeping bag and tarp away and make him live in a debris hut or a swamp bed for a few days and his whole outlook will change starting with the contents of his pockets.
there's a lot of self proclaimed bushcrafters and survivalists out there lacking an awfull lot of information and skills which ray mears cant cure. fortunately you only really need to stay alive for around three days in the uk before someone will trip over you. yes you can survive with just a fancy knife and a cup but you can die just as easily - what you lack in knowledge you make up for in preparation
if you wanted an are you tough enough then the old style scottish commando course from ww2 would be the one. recruits were not allowed to cross the river via the bridge so had to wade and swim it twice a day. they lived mainly on trapped rat. that was the precursor to the old sas courses as to be sas you started off as a commando then learnt a bit more regards weapons and explosives. that aradnacarry (spelling?) course led to just about every special forces unit in the world.
why get rm to teach you something he admits he is still learning when the iban live it everyday. thats why rm joins in otherwise he knows he's out of his depth untill its time to teach a different way to do stuff for the cameras.
its actually a really boring subject both to teach and learn even though it is fascinating when you have the right mindset but you learn it out of necessity which is the best way - take a guys pack, hammock, sleeping bag and tarp away and make him live in a debris hut or a swamp bed for a few days and his whole outlook will change starting with the contents of his pockets.
there's a lot of self proclaimed bushcrafters and survivalists out there lacking an awfull lot of information and skills which ray mears cant cure. fortunately you only really need to stay alive for around three days in the uk before someone will trip over you. yes you can survive with just a fancy knife and a cup but you can die just as easily - what you lack in knowledge you make up for in preparation
if you wanted an are you tough enough then the old style scottish commando course from ww2 would be the one. recruits were not allowed to cross the river via the bridge so had to wade and swim it twice a day. they lived mainly on trapped rat. that was the precursor to the old sas courses as to be sas you started off as a commando then learnt a bit more regards weapons and explosives. that aradnacarry (spelling?) course led to just about every special forces unit in the world.
Peter Collingwood is a hero to spinners and weavers 
