Core Bushcraft: A Wilderness Living Skills Sourcebook

A guide to outdoor skills for campers, hikers, hunters, survivalists, and anyone who wants to learn to make fire, build shelters, avoid pitfalls, and more. Paul Kirtley, one of the leading bushcraft educators globally, has been teaching outdoor knowledge through courses, demonstrations, and presentations for two decades. This, his second book, focuses on the core bushcraft skills and knowledge an outdoorsperson should build in order to thrive in the wild. Importantly, this is not a survival book, but rather a guide to strategically using the elements of nature to your advantage so that a survival situation rarely, if ever, arises. . You'll begin by learning about the use of cutting tools and core woodcraft skills; . Then move on to comprehensive guides to firecraft, sheltercraft, bindcraft, and natural navigation; . Finally, you'll learn about procuring and safely preparing food and water, as well as identifying essential plants and trees, all while avoiding hazards and missteps. The perfect companion to Kirtley's book Wilderness Axe Skills and Campcraft, which focuses on building camp infrastructure, Core Bushcraft covers a broader range of essential bushcraft skills-from fire and shelter to navigation-using a more mobile, minimal tool approach. It forms a core of bushcraft competency for the well-rounded adventurer. AUTHOR: Paul Kirtley is one of the world's leading bushcraft educators and authors. Through his school, Frontier Bushcraft, he offers bushcraft and survival courses, wilderness expeditions, and online training resources. Paul has taught wilderness skills around the world since 2003. SELLING POINTS: . Timely Focus: More and more, people are suffering from screen fatigue and returning to the land and environmentally based activities, especially in post-Covid times. This book appeals to anyone who wants the skills to return to nature. . Complete and Accessible Guide: Teaches even beginning outdoorspeople techniques to make fire, build shelter, navigate in the wild, and find essential food and water, while showing how to avoid hazards and missteps. . Widely Known and Respected Author: Paul Kirtley is regarded as one of the leading professional bushcraft instructors. In 2010, heestablished Frontier Bushcraft, a school of wilderness bushcraft which is known as one of the highest-quality bushcraft course providers globally. . Popular Topic: Bushcraft, survivalism, and outdoor crafts have enjoyed a surge in popularity. Several very popular and informative "survivalist" and bushcraft TV shows have aired over the last decade, including "Alone" (Discovery Channel); "Frontier House" (PBS); "Survivorman" (Outdoor Life TV); "Man vs. Wild" (Discovery Channel); "Life Below Zero" (Nat Geo); "Naked and Afraid" (Discovery Channel). 250 colour photos