Archive | September, 2015

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Real and Sham Survival/Bushcraft

By on September 28, 2015 in Classic Camping, Master Woodsman, News & Updates, Wilderness Survival, Woodcraft

I suppose it is the real demand for bushcraft and survival information that leads to its counterfeit, otherwise the counterfeit would stand a poor show. The growing demand for survival/bushcraft within the past few years has called forth a very large crop of TV Shows, YouTubers, Bloggers, & Books; good, bad, and indifferent — shows […]

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Camping in the Old Style; Oct. 10, 2015

By on September 11, 2015 in Classic Camping, Master Woodsman, News & Updates

Classic Camping celebrates the Golden Age of Camping in America (1880s – 1920s). This was a time when camping meant sleeping under canvas and cooking over an open fire. It was a time when the most innovative urges of the Industrial Revolution were featured front and center against the backdrop of a vanishing frontier… a […]

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Mentors

By on September 8, 2015 in Master Woodsman

Mentor 1. noun – an experienced and trusted adviser.      synonym – adviser, guide, guru, counselor, consultant 2. verb – advise or train (someone, especially a younger colleague). It was recently brought to my attention that portions of the Master Woodsman training/challenge, originally in David Wescott’s book, Camping in the Old Style, and subsequently this website, would at […]

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An open letter to President Obama from Cody Lundin

By on September 1, 2015 in News & Updates, Wilderness Survival

I normally don’t share the latest social media on Master Woodsman; we are kind of like the NPR of outdoor skills… generally boring and no commercialism. However, I simply can’t resist this open letter to President Obama from Cody Lundin; a message that I have repeatedly been promoting here as it relates to the importance of […]

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