Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival

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Dave begins the book by laying out his unique approach to tools and equipment – the 5 Cs – the items that are difficult and/or time consuming to produce from natural resources on a trip. With Canterbury's guidance, you'll not only prepare yourself for any climate and situation, you'll also learn how to use the art of bushcraft to reconnect with nature in ways you've never imagined. It based on Canterbury's Five C's of Survivability - Cutting Tools, Covering Elements, Combustion devices, containers and cordage. Canterbury covers everything: building out your kit, manufacturing tools and supplies, food collection, cooking and protection from the elements. Written by survivalist expert Dave Canterbury, Bushcraft 101 gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with advice on making the most of your time outdoors.

Bushcraft 101 gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with advice on making the most of your time outdoors. Bushcraft 101 A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival is written by American survival expert Dave Canterbury.With advice on not just getting along, but truly reconnecting with the great outdoors, Dave Canterbury's treasure trove of world-renowned wisdom and experience comes to life within these pages. His YouTube channel has more than 200,000 subscribers and his videos have more than 34 million views.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Dave gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with easy-to-digest advice and practices on how to build the most critical survival skills. With Canterbury's guidance you will not only prepare yourself for any climate and situation you'll also learn how to use the art of Bushcraft to reconnect with nature in ways you never imagined. For reading this, for the obvious Internet use, my spare "Pebble Charger" which charges my tablet 2x. There are those, such as Will Lord, who thrive on explorations of the most primitive skills such as flint-knapping, hide tanning and traditional fire lighting.This book was a New York Times Best Seller when it published, showing the popularity of the subject and the book. Also there aren't many pictures so you have to rely on descriptions of plants and craft items which is a bit of a shame.

Get ready for whatever nature could throw your way with this guide on bushcraft, the art of surviving in the woods with as little modern gear as possible. This is just the sort of read you need if you are planning a back country trip as it will help prepare you for all sorts of eventualities. I would highly recommend this book for those that are getting started in traditional bushcraft skills or looking to simplify their kit for short adventures and stays in the woods.

With advice on not just getting along, but truly reconnecting with the great outdoors, Dave Canterbury’s treasure trove of world-renowned wisdom and experience comes to life within these pages.

Written by survivalist expert Dave Canterbury, Bushcraft 101 gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with advice on making the most of your time outdoors. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Compared to the SAS book that can fit into a pocket, this is inferior in quality of information, but if it's the only book on this subject you have, it has the information that will aid a person that lacks these basic outdoor skills.Fire starting, packing your pack the correct way is important, as you do not want your pack, rucksack heavy at the bottom. Dave Canterbury is the co-owner and supervising instructor at the Pathfinder School in Ohio, which was named by USA Today as one of the Top 12 Survival Schools in the United States.