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Week 5, Wilderness Bushcraft Semester. Heading out for a week on the river tomorrow. Canoes on the trailer at sunset. #fulltanglifestyle
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Working on ash pack baskets. Pounding and weaving. #fulltanglifestyle
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In the library with a roaring woodstove on a cold, rainy morning. Studying mammals.
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Paddling placid water at the field school.
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Ice out on Grand Lac Samsquantch, 4/29. Professor Ben with the maiden canoe voyage of '17.
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Big ice still next to the river at the Masardis boat launch. Come on spring!
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Carving paddles with hand tools, starting this morning.
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Chris Knapp teaching the finer points of sharpening draw knives and spoke shaves on a rainy morning.
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Guest instructor Chris Knapp of Koviashuvik Local Living School teaching about processing acorns for food.
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Splitting layers of inner bark. Crafting from the land.
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Whipping the end of a rope.
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Making ropes. Everyone makes one. Producers, not consumers.
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Snowy morning, spring Wilderness Bushcraft Semester is off to a solid start. #40
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Back at the field school for JMBS's 19th year. 40th immersion program starts in a few days. Snow is deep, but melting.
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Snow circles on the pond, not sure if they're random or from the alien mother ship.
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Hiking with my son yesterday. View from the summit of Copplecrown mtn. Its the big mtn in the Jack Mtn logo. NH is beautiful.
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Misty morning on the pond.
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Coffee before sunrise. It always takes longer for it to boil when you're watching it.
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Lining into a pool, Kicking Horse Pass on the Bonaventure River, Quebec.
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Making coffee and purifying water on the trail.
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Paddling past Maine's highest point, Mt. Katahdin, on a recent trip.
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Lining a canoe on the St. Croix river, downeast.
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Water break on the St. Croix river.
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This afternoon I'm recreating my classic roles of Ken and Justin Bieber. Playing with my daughter, good to be home.
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Gift from my friend George. The people who come through our programs always impress me. Solid people I'm fortunate to work with.
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Empty field. Long term program number 37 completed. Great group, they accomplished a lot.
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Improvised tumpline for a canoe barrel made from rope and nylon webbing. Leaving for our final WBS trip today.
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Making maps this morning using a compass. This is the glue that ties our navigation exercises together.
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Field school pond and field, guide shack on the left.
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Sunrise over the greenhouse. Hard frosts and falling leaves, autumn in the happy valley.
