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How good of a bow do you want to make? You can be very primative or very fancy. The first bow I made was quite primative. I walked through the woods until I found a tree that had a 6.5 foot...

I love climbing! Just last night, I was buildering on my school's campus.

I was reading through the "Les quits in Kalahari" thread and this question came to my mind. Surviving a situation is all about making decisions. When is it better to stay put and when is it better...

Thats what I thought when I first read it.

Well said, FVR!

What would you do if one went down the ear canal?

What can be done with sap from pine trees. When I was up in canoe-camping in Canada over the summer, I came upon many pine trees with bulges of sap coming out of them. I'm curious what I could have...

Survival skills is only a hobby of mine right now. I take pride in being self-sufficient and individual. Being able to fend for myself in the bush is the epitome self-sufficiency.
I also have a...

I read "Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival." Pictures would be much better, but I guess you can use the internet for that. From what I remember, he went into good detail about...

I'm curious about this as well. I read one of his books over the summer and really enjoyed it. My cousin's ex girlfriend went to his tracking school. She only had good things to say about the...

I was under the impression that tannin isn't bad for you. Am I wrong, or does it just give the acorns a bad taste?

It was a 3 day land, 7 day ocean cruise. We flew into Fairbanks, spent a day there, then started heading south via train. Along the way, we stopped @ Denali. It was even sunny when we got there! ...

My family took a cruise up there about four years ago. Unfortunately, cruises are more of a look from a distance vacation. I was stuck only looking at nature, not fully experiencing it. Where in...

I'm expecting to break a few. For my first bow, I found a tree, got a stave from it and carved the bow out of it. It was a fun project for the summer. I don't expect the bow to last too much...

I started this past summer. One working bow so far. It isn't great, but I couldn't expect much for my first try. I'll be building another one soon I hope.

Sarge, I know that he died in the end....

I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone on the forum.

I'm only 18 years old, but I LOVE the outdoors. My parents introduced me to the wilderness at a young age. They started by taking me...