Great story about a true survivor

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The Last of the Mountain Men by Harold Petersen
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0960356665/qid=986733391/sr=1-1/ref=sc_b_2/104-0010437-9263912

I first read this book back in the early 70s. After the service and dropping out of college, I hitched some rides out west and one of my goals was to vist Sylvan Hart's home on the banks of the Salmon river. But alas, it never came to be.
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Somewhere I lost my well-thumbed copy of this book and it went out of print for awhile but fortunately it is back in print. And well-worth checking out.

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Hoodoo

I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM
 
Brother Hoodoo,

Here's one source for almost anything in/out of print:

http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/IList

Another good book about survival is "Shark Island". It's about a Boy Scout after a tsunami alone on a tropical isle. British author, I believe. Still alive. (Haven't seen it since the late 50's.)

I'd say that a column with a bookshelf of resources would be a good bet. You might canvass the crowd for their libraries and/or recommendations. Hmm?

Smart living can occur as close as your back yard. Some comforts and common sense are always appreciated. Many don't realize the advantage of learning some preperatory thinking regarding the great outdoors.

At the office the other day the discussion turned to Timber wolves and Alaska. (Camping out in extremous!) If you've never seen the eyes of an urban dweller expand this is a good conversation to have with them included.

What's a caliber? HOW BIG IS THAT? Bears? What about bathrooms? You do WHAT with a...?
A moose in your camp? Is that like a threat?
It's all in the way you approach it.

A good teaching method is to begin with an appreciation of the environment and then move on to how to cope, adapt and prepare.
Education is good. Experience is its handshake brethren. They are inseperable.

There are those today whom use stick matches or tinder as easily as any equipped with a Bic. Handsawn lumber and hatcheted surroundings are given new meaning when you can't get it as a "blue light special" and must provide for yourself.

Few realize that being a good hand with basic knots, traps/snares and starting a fire can mean the difference between pain and pleasure.
(Most can't even tie their shoes, don't know that a snare is not just a drum and that fire is something instead of a hazard.)

Nice post! I hope to see more!

Regards,
Lance Gothic
Shibumi

[This message has been edited by Lance Gothic (edited 04-08-2001).]
 
listed under that same link is a book called "give your heart to the hawks" by blevins, outstanding historical review of all the famous mountain men and their contribution to settling the west, a must read if you like history.

alex
 
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