Your favourite bushcrafters - past, present, real, mythical
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I'd go with Stig, Ayla (from Clan of the Cave Bear) or Tom Bombadil.
Real though, would be J. G. Cone AKA Eagleye, Bill Mason and Ray.
Al
Real though, would be J. G. Cone AKA Eagleye, Bill Mason and Ray.
Al
Ok, I stand corrected on the San / Bushman thing. I'll happily go back to calling them Bushmen for now. It's the name we grew up with after all.
However, they are definitley not Hottentots! They were persecuted as much by Hottentots (who were settled herders when the Dutch first settled the Cape) as by other tribes and the Europeans.
I wish now that I had learned more from the various black people that I knew in my younger life. I had glimpses, but never thought - or had the courage - to ask more.
However, they are definitley not Hottentots! They were persecuted as much by Hottentots (who were settled herders when the Dutch first settled the Cape) as by other tribes and the Europeans.
I wish now that I had learned more from the various black people that I knew in my younger life. I had glimpses, but never thought - or had the courage - to ask more.
These are just a few of the people i have enjoyed reading about,or storys that have inspired me:
Nansen
Amundsen
Shackleton
Richard Francis Burton
Baden Powell
Spencer Chapman:book: the jungle is neutral
Clemens Forell:book:as far as my feet will carry me
Lt.Nick Rowe:book:Five years to freedom
Lofty Wisemann
Ray Mears
Rob Bredl
the Andes air crash survivors
as for the imaginary bushcrafters/outdoor heroes!
Stig
Jeremia Johnson
Hawkeye
Aigin(from the film Pathfinder)
Nansen
Amundsen
Shackleton
Richard Francis Burton
Baden Powell
Spencer Chapman:book: the jungle is neutral
Clemens Forell:book:as far as my feet will carry me
Lt.Nick Rowe:book:Five years to freedom
Lofty Wisemann
Ray Mears
Rob Bredl
the Andes air crash survivors
as for the imaginary bushcrafters/outdoor heroes!
Stig
Jeremia Johnson
Hawkeye
Aigin(from the film Pathfinder)
Got to vote for Raquel Welch's character in One Million Years BC. Her hunting/foraging skills kept her in tip top shape and she made herself complete outfit out of one small rabbit.
2nd choice I have to agree with Little Nose.
2nd choice I have to agree with Little Nose.
Sorry I forgot to mention I did a weekend with Eddie McGhee (probably spellt his name wrong sorry).
When I was in the Scouts in Leeds we went for a long weekend (Bank Holiday) at his place.
It was great.
The first night he did a talk on his SAS days. Lots of Jungle pictures and a talk about his days in captivity. Top man.
Ha took us out over the next days on very long walks (I was only 11).
I always show kids how to do something he told us.
You know that type of long green grass that grows in marshy/boggy areas?
It grows a couple of feet high and is quite pointed and very straight.
He pulled a "spear" and split the end in two.
He put it on his shoulder and put his left fore and index finger between one of the splits.He held the same slit with his right hand.
With a vigorous pull of his left hand he launched the grass forty feet.
He was left holding half the grass (split neatly into).
Quite hard to describe, but great fun to do!
When I was in the Scouts in Leeds we went for a long weekend (Bank Holiday) at his place.
It was great.
The first night he did a talk on his SAS days. Lots of Jungle pictures and a talk about his days in captivity. Top man.
Ha took us out over the next days on very long walks (I was only 11).
I always show kids how to do something he told us.
You know that type of long green grass that grows in marshy/boggy areas?
It grows a couple of feet high and is quite pointed and very straight.
He pulled a "spear" and split the end in two.
He put it on his shoulder and put his left fore and index finger between one of the splits.He held the same slit with his right hand.
With a vigorous pull of his left hand he launched the grass forty feet.
He was left holding half the grass (split neatly into).
Quite hard to describe, but great fun to do!
Bonzo Frog said:
I'll agree with you there Bonzo. Grey Owl for me too. His books are excellent and I really don't care that he passed himself off as a native Indian ..........he still really knew his stuff.
And ............Oetzi and his mates of that period. They relly must have lived bushcraft as they knew nothing else because no-one had invented anything else. I wouldn't mind going on an Oetzi course for 6 months.
Bow making, fire, trapping, skinning, clothes making from skins and pelts, flint knapping, arrow making, edible/medicinal plants. Shelter building. You name it, I would imagine Oetzi could have shown you it. Absolutely fascinating.
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falling rain said:I'll agree with you there Bonzo. Grey Owl for me too. His books are excellent and I really don't care that he passed himself off as a native Indian ..........he still really knew his stuff.
And ............Oetzi and his mates of that period. They relly must have lived bushcraft as they knew nothing else because no-one had invented anything else. I wouldn't mind going on an Oetzi course for 6 months.
I expect there's few of us who havn't heard of Oetzi, but here's an interesting piece on him if you havn't........................or even if you have
http://www.crystalinks.com/oetzi.html
Past - Daniel Boone, allegedly the even the Indians who captured him admired his hunting skill
Present - tough one. Probably Les Hiddins.
Mythical - Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) or Ayla (Clan of the Cave Bear)
Present - tough one. Probably Les Hiddins.
Mythical - Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) or Ayla (Clan of the Cave Bear)
Mcgyver definately gets my vote - who else can turn a bicycle into a cutting torch - survive anywhere that bloke
oh and the steve seagal character in 'fire down below' as he had good references
tom hanks character in castaway was a good lesson in improvisation
not sure if I'd class anyone who actually lives in the wild as a bushcrafter - after all they are just doing what comes naturally to live. all we are doing is recreating that by removing all the modern stuff from our lives every now and again.
oh and the steve seagal character in 'fire down below' as he had good references
tom hanks character in castaway was a good lesson in improvisation
not sure if I'd class anyone who actually lives in the wild as a bushcrafter - after all they are just doing what comes naturally to live. all we are doing is recreating that by removing all the modern stuff from our lives every now and again.
crazydave said:
Hmmm not sure I'd agree with you there Dave. To me, anyone who is able to live totally self sufficient in the wild epitomises the term 'bushcrafter'.
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