Nov 8 • General discussion
Survival Priorities
A topic to generate discussion. I have been studying wilderness skills for my entire life, in the woods with our land surveyor dad, as a scout, a scouter, and now a grandfather. So what mindset and priorities do I teach a 10 year old? When I pry the switch and iPad from his hands and get him into the woods, where do I start. We have attended a survival program here in New Hampshire which has been a great refresher for me a fantastic for him. His “bushcraft pack” is set up based on the equipment list for Rob’s Coyote Bushcraft school. We have kits with identical equipment to better teach and train. Haha. The packs are different - I have a much wider back. Mentors of mine all order the survival priorities differently. One advocates fire first, no question. One stresses that shelter is paramount. And that is just the starting point.
I guess I am trying to train G Man that every situation is going to be different. STOP. It may be that after evaluation that the bail-out-bearing is all that is needed to save the afternoon. Stop and actually sit down settle yourself and then Think. Panic causes so many negative situations. Observe your surroundings and only then Plan your next step.
It is hard to work scenarios with a child. As my son reminded me this summer, kind of hard to plan a situation with a 10 YO. FYI, they are all over the place.
How do you start when you are teaching?
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