Day 33: How to start learning survival skills.
How to start learning skills:
How to get into something you have never done before and don't know anyone who does it can be a daunting task. Years ago I wanted to learn how to whitewater kayak. I didn't know anyone that did it but I knew that I wanted to do this and I dove in head first into the Deep end. I went out and purchased a kayak, paddle, skirt, life jacket and helmet then proceeded to scrub through all of my friends and find someone willing to teach me how to do this new skill. Survival, Wilderness living skills and the outdoors can be like this though you may need not to take the same Extremes in getting started that I did. Fortunately in this day and age we have the internet, with YouTube and other platforms available at our fingertips. We are however overwhelmed with data on everything from how to fix our cars to how to create friction fire with sticks. The problem it seems is the amount of data tends to be overwhelming and oftentimes unvetted. I am lucky enough to have grown up on a ranch where spending time outdoors, dispatching and processing game, hunting, fishing, were all normal to me. Canning and freezing meat is just how we ate food. The modern definition of prepping or survival was just the way you prepared for winter and lived your life. I realize now as an adult that this isn't normal for other people. My advice always when learning something new is start by finding a mentor. My family growing up teaching me how to live functioned as these mentors. Find someone who is very interested in it and do what you can to give them value in the form of money or time or whatever you can offer in exchange for information. Ask people that are good at the thing you want to do who the subject matter experts in the field are then find a way to learn from them. I live in Utah and have been extremely fortunate to spend a ton of time with Boulder outdoor survival instructors. I am also fortunate to have spent a ton of time also with a bunch of people that have been on TV for survival shows. I realize my situation is unique however the point remains consistent. Especially when it comes to tactile skills like the bow drill or skills that can kill you like wild edibles. Find someone who is good at it and enjoy it and go out and spend time with them in the desert, mountains or outdoors. Outside of this there are many primitive living skills Gatherings around the United states. The oldest and most primary being Rabbitstick in Idaho. There are other gatherings at different times of the year like Fire to Fire, Between the rivers and even Winter Count where you will find people who are extremely interested in these types of skill sets. Some even go so far as to spend their time year round brain tanning hides for a living. Whatever you do remember this, you don't really know a skill until you go out on your own alone and do it independent of instruction, then teach it to someone else. That is what I'm trying to do here. That is what we need to do to pay it forward.
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