Throwing Stick
Videos: Art of the Throwing Stick- Tom Brown III: Sigma 3 Survival School Good introduction to finding and throwing the throwing stick. Articles: Photographs:
Survival Skills
Videos: Solo Survival: How to Survive Alone in the Desert: Sonoran Desert Part 1: Tom McElroy, Wild Survival: Former Tracker Instructor, Tom McElroy, spends a week of survival in the Sonoran Desert. This video includes many skills including shelter, water, fire, food, baskets, pottery and more. Well done and important information for desert survival. How…
Winter Survival
Arctic and Sub-Arctic Survival: Canadian military document There is all kinds of information in this document. Much doesn’t apply to primitive, but some does specifically and even the modern methods provide insight to cold weather survival. Cold Weather Survival: Good little packet of information which includes water, shelter, fire and food! Has some drawings and…
Long-Term Shelters
Videos: Building a Wigwam; Historic Huguenot Street:This is a time lapse video of the construction of an absolutely stunning wigwam with thatch and bark covering. These folks definitely demonstrate they know what they’re doing and the finished shelter is a work of art- and also very functional. Primitive Shelter for 13; Roots School: Not a…
4 days in full survival debrief, cont.
I was very happy to get a fire going, there was a standing sapling basswood, that had no bark, so most the water had run off it. Made cordage from basswood bark, I cranked and cranked the bowdrill, to dry the wood, then got a coal and blew it to flame with tingle taken from…
A story from the 1800s – from Walt
Two trappers, starving, stumbled into a native camp. The chief , realizing their plight pointed to the meat pole, and with a gesture of his hand offered the starving wanderers, to eat from the numerous deer that were hanging. The two men rushed to the food and proceeded to tear off the fat from the…
Latest from Walt – The Children of the Earth
Grandfathers description of the children of the Earth was very simple- It was only those who needed nothing from this society, the Earth will provide all things. All others will die….. The knife is a sharpened rock, maybe a hammered piece of metal scavenged in wandering.. Don’t know how to Knapp? …
To all Tracker Students – From Walt
Do you recollect grandfathers teaching in the standard class? Tom gave us the choice, 4 days of full survival, or a vision quest. He told us to do the full survival- by day two in full survival, one is in deep alpha or even theta mind. Then he went on to describe the 4…
Survival Mentoring Submitted by Walt!
Well, most people haven’t done the four days of full survival that Tom suggested in the standard class. Because ego doesn’t want to fail. So I’ll share what Tom teaches about survival. Food takes up about 92 percent of time in full survival. Shelter is built the first day. Water source is nearby. Fire is…
Preparedness/ Children by Monica Kramer
Again, I am not claiming expertise just questionable experience. I raised three children and home schooled them on and off until our last move. I spent twenty years teaching Sunday school to children from 18 months to eight years. I like playing on the floor with them or building a lion’s den out of table…