Out On The Land: Bushcraft Skills From The Northern Forest

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Fifty years into my life journey I realise that while I love remote wild places & the peoples I meet there it is in forests that I find the greatest joy Of all the forests that I have explored it is the great circumpolar Boreal forest of the North that calls to me most Here is a landscape where bush knowledge really counts & where experience counts even more This book has been thirty years in the making& Out on the Land is an absorbing exploration of & tribute to the circumpolar Boreal forest of the North its landscape its people their cultures & skills the wilderness that embodies it & its immense beauty The book is vast in scope & covers every aspect of being in the wilderness in both winter & summer (clothing kit skills cooking survival) revealing the age-old traditions & techniques & how to carry them out yourself It also

Includes:: case studies of early explorers as well as modern-day adventurers who found themselves stranded in the forest & forced to work out a way to survive So much more than a bushcraft manual this book goes deeper to the traditions & cultures that gave us these skills as well as focusing on the detail itself Ray & Lars&s practical advice is wound around a deep love for the forest respect & admiration for the people who live there & sheer enjoyment of the stunning scenery