Tha Wookie
01-18-2006, 11:16
Hello everyone!
Carl Lindberg, Catherine Stinson (www.catherinestinson.com (http://www.catherinestinson.com)), and I are planning for round 2 of "primitive skills" courses, which we call "Ancient Wilderness Skills Workshops".
These workshops are presented by Athens-Clark County's award-winning Leisure Services Derpartment, and are held at Sandy Creek Park in Athens, GA. I am helping design and conduct the courses, and I would like to guage your interest and hear ideas.
We already have a good idea of what we will be teaching. Given my own bias for LD backpacking, most of what we learn and how we teach will cater to backpacking skills that can be used on the trail.
We will expand on topics covered in the first classes (which sold out and we have a waiting list for the next), such as bow drill, eastern temperate forest wild edlibles, water gathering/filtering, and primitive shelter construction/destruction. Also, for a potential two-day (including campout) program, we have discussed adding cordage (making rope out of natural materials), basketmaking, bone tools, cooking, and some other topics, all out of natural materials (except we will use camping pots for cooking in this level).
I was wondering who was interested in coming (I can add you to the list). I should add that the price will be higher than the first pilot course. This will allow us to better prepare and have high-quality materials, such as the elk skin we used for bow drill cordage. It will also allow us to devote a full weekend to it. The price range we are considering for a one-day course is $25-$50 and the Saturday-Sunday course is $50 -$90 per person (including meals). Even at the higher range you can see that it is lower than what most similar courses are, since we are doing this to spread the knowledge. Please give me your input on this.
Also, if anyone is planning on coming that is also planning a thru-hike, let me know, so I can incorporate that into the plans. Your Journey is very special, and we would like to consider that if any '06ers are planning on attending.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Nate
Carl Lindberg, Catherine Stinson (www.catherinestinson.com (http://www.catherinestinson.com)), and I are planning for round 2 of "primitive skills" courses, which we call "Ancient Wilderness Skills Workshops".
These workshops are presented by Athens-Clark County's award-winning Leisure Services Derpartment, and are held at Sandy Creek Park in Athens, GA. I am helping design and conduct the courses, and I would like to guage your interest and hear ideas.
We already have a good idea of what we will be teaching. Given my own bias for LD backpacking, most of what we learn and how we teach will cater to backpacking skills that can be used on the trail.
We will expand on topics covered in the first classes (which sold out and we have a waiting list for the next), such as bow drill, eastern temperate forest wild edlibles, water gathering/filtering, and primitive shelter construction/destruction. Also, for a potential two-day (including campout) program, we have discussed adding cordage (making rope out of natural materials), basketmaking, bone tools, cooking, and some other topics, all out of natural materials (except we will use camping pots for cooking in this level).
I was wondering who was interested in coming (I can add you to the list). I should add that the price will be higher than the first pilot course. This will allow us to better prepare and have high-quality materials, such as the elk skin we used for bow drill cordage. It will also allow us to devote a full weekend to it. The price range we are considering for a one-day course is $25-$50 and the Saturday-Sunday course is $50 -$90 per person (including meals). Even at the higher range you can see that it is lower than what most similar courses are, since we are doing this to spread the knowledge. Please give me your input on this.
Also, if anyone is planning on coming that is also planning a thru-hike, let me know, so I can incorporate that into the plans. Your Journey is very special, and we would like to consider that if any '06ers are planning on attending.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Nate