Midwest Native Skills Institute

[rlspach]

Anyone ever take training at this survival skills school?

Survival School Home Page

Its just a couple hours away near Columbus and it looks sort of fun. I never did scouts as a kid so I guess I missed out.

 

[RandyN2075]

It does look like fun...I'm always looking for a new tip or trick...

 

[tyler34]

the homesteading skills class looks ripe for an INGO field trip.

 

[Woodsman]

The Stealth class looked like a hoot.

 

[rhart]

The eatable plants class looks good. Thats seriously becoming another lost knowledge.

 

[tyler34]

The Stealth class looked like a hoot.

where is it, I can't find it.

 

[Woodsman]

where is it, I can't find it.

Here you go... Scout - Stealth Evasion and Invisibility


Sorry, I just noticed I used a different name for the class. Tell's you a little how I think.

 

[HICKMAN]

Pathfinder school

videos: YouTube - wildernessoutfitters's Channel

website:

HomePage

The founder, Dave Canterbury, is currently away doing a new show that will be on Discover in the future.

You can learn TONS by watching this guys 300 or so videos. He has others from his school doing videos while he's away filming.

 

[indysafe317]

I'm gonna be finding out what the class is all about, I'm signed up for the Level one class in may. Here is the link.

Survival 1 - 6 Day

Put down a deposit today and looking forward to going.

I'm in Cicero, just north of Noblesville and would like to start getting a small group together but wanted to go to a class like this to get some ideas.

Would love for someone in this area to sign up as well who could help out afterwords organizing some stuff.

I'm a CPR/First Aid instructor and want to learn some more skills... (Bow and Arrow, candle making, food prep, etc....)

 

[HICKMAN]

telling ya, you can save a bundle and learn a bunch from the youtube links i posted.

 

[indysafe317]

I've seen some and they are great. This forces me to get out there and just focus on skills. When I'm here at home, there is always an excuse, I'm looking at it like a vacation. Chance to get away. Thanks though, If it were just the skills, the videos would do fine but I'm looking forward to the chance to get away from it all.

 

[Cpt Caveman]

Seems pretty expensive for stuff you can teach yourself with a moderate amount of cash invested in books. On top of that you have the books forever.
If you have a bunch of expendable income then it might be fun but IMO its not the best way to learn things. Doing it yourself will make you remember how things are done. It took me almost a year of trying off and on , weekends and evenings, before I made a friction fire with a bow drill. But now that I've mastered it there's no way I can forget how to do it.
To each his own. I would suggest the "naked into the wilderness books "for primitive skills/living reference material.
Let us know how the class goes!

 

[HICKMAN]

there have been links to the Foxfire books posted around here to, that'd be a good set of books to have as well.