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Intro?
With the exception of the parkour fitness and paleo diet, I'm trying to be on the receiving end of advice. I am a beginner with specific survival skills, even making fire. I know how, but I have never had to make fire without matches or a lighter, so I haven't ever. Deciding to get into survival is a decision winter made for me in a very indirect way.
A short version of who I am might go something like... grew up on the edge of the suburbs, low class, northern Illinois. Spent my time riding a bike, climbing a tree, building hot wheels tracks, Lego stuff, or exploring the creek down the road. Moved once, got into video games due to lack of local friends, moved back, stayed into video games. Made a website, flash games, learned to write programs, make 3D models, and experimented with podcasts. Read the Tao of Pooh and decided that the natural world is where it's at. Asked my friends about doing a survival trip to reacquaint myself with the world and they were in. Did some research, learned to make cordage, fire, shelter, tools. Found this forum and have been using it to aid my practice, since you can only learn so much from videos.
Maybe I should have included parkour... that's what the thread is about. I'm 19, live just west of Chicago, have always hated school and was never signed up for organized activities as a kid. Down time and boredom only lasted so long, until I became really creative and inventive with how to use my time and I got into making things out of playdoh, linkin logs, Legos (never megablocks...) and eventually pink-foam insulation, computer modeling, computer coding, cardboard, etc., etc., etc.. I'm a problem solver and a bit of a hobby inventor of things I never finish. I don't boast, there are definitely things I am bad at, but why include those? Instead I will just say that I pick things up fast and understand them inside and out faster than most people, so I decided to learn some survival stuff, just for my arsenal of knowledge.
I should probably post this in its own place...
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Deadly T - as you can see, I copied your post into the Introduction section so that folks can give you a proper welcome.
Welcome to the forum.
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Now that you have introduced yourself, welcome. Mchenry has some great forest preserve and prairie trails.
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Gday, may your parkour excursions be free of teeth - meet - concrete :D
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hunter63, sayin' hey. welcome aboard.
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I have family near there and grew up in the suburbs near Chicago myself. (Lake Zurich and Naperville) I'm 18 and don't like school much. I also agree that MegaBlocks kinda suck; they just don't stick together!!! Ever try stop motion? I think you'd like it.
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