Are Your Skills Wilderness Ready? Astrid's were...

{NAME}, I've very little idea what you are going to do next. What I mean is this: When you attend a Frontier Bushcraft course, I don't know what you are going to do with the skills and knowledge we've shared with you. More precisely, I don't know where you are going to use the skills and knowledge you've gained from attending one of our courses. Even if I don't know, maybe you do; maybe you have a trip planned for the coming months; maybe you have a big trip planned for next summer? What about in 5 years' time though? What will you be doing then? Where will you be travelling? I certainly don't know. So, when you come to do a course with us, we have to make sure you are well-equipped with skills and knowledge that are fit for purpose, that will stand you in good stead for adventures ahead. I need to make sure that you will be able to rely on what you gain from us. At Frontier Bushcraft, we teach real-world techniques that have been tried and tested. What we share on our courses is fit for wilderness, not just for your local woods. For some people's purposes this may be overkill. But when I hear from someone who has attended one of our courses that they've since completed a 10-day canoe trip in Northern Sweden or that they've undertaken a camping trip through the Appalachians and the Great Smoky Mountains and never had a problem lighting a fire when they needed one, I feel vindicated in taking this view. Even though we don't know where you are going next - and maybe you don't either - we have to assume that you'll be going somewhere wild and remote, somewhere where you'll need to be able to rely on what we've taught you. As I said in my email a few weeks ago about why we teach firelighting the way we do: "anything less and we'd be doing you a disservice". Astrid Callomon is an outdoors woman who is also a Frontier Bushcraft course alumna. In the summer of 2013, she [through-hiked the Pacific Crest Trail]( a journey of over 2,600 miles which took 5 months. Astrid has kindly shared some of her thoughts and reflections from the trip - and beautiful photographs - in an [article]( for the Frontier blog. This is the first of three articles, so make sure you check out this one now. Maybe you don't have a journey as ambitious as the PCT scheduled into your outdoor life yet, but we'd love to hear from you in the comments below [Astrid's article]( where in the world you'd love to make such a journey. Aspirations are a good thing to have and there's something that makes them more concrete by writing them down... We hope that [Astrid's article]( is an inspiration to get out there and have your own adventure - however large or small. And if you need to learn or brush up on some wilderness skills, you know where we are... Warm regards, Paul Paul Kirtley Founder of Frontier Bushcraft [www.frontierbushcraft.com]( Follow us on Twitter: You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the Frontier Bushcraft Newsletter. . FRONTIER BUSHCRAFT Ltd, PO Box 68161, London, N1 2DB, United Kingdom [Unsubscribe]( | [Change Subscriber Options](