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I got in Weds afternoon and had a great trip. Held at the Pine Ridge camp in the Mark Twain National Forest. It was nice to see all the guys again, and meet some new ones. Im impressed at the enthusiasm of the crowd, and all of the skill in one place was really something. It was a great event and I look forward to the next. Heres pics. I have vid too, that I will square away and post soon. Fri was a full day of classes, and Sat was a full day of skills competition. I taught a first aid class, that covered kit and the many uses of a cravat.
I grilled up some ribeyes for supper for the small weds group we had. It was kinda neat to see how a few of us just sat down and prepped a cook fire working together. Like the right hand knew what the left was doing.
Thurs while everyone was getting in and squared away I did a gathered onsite bowdrill (minus handhold) with box elder. I was happy to get it to work a couple times.
Joe did a great job with the bowdrill demo/class. Thanks to the one legged gypsy for bringing everyone a great set of wood to use.
Bushtramp getting down with a real mans bowdrill set. It was cool to see one of these in action. He was also kind enough to donate it to AMSs scout troop. Very cool.
Terry did a very cool improvised pack class with the alaskan pack strap, and horseshoe blanket roll. His skill set is just amazing. Fantastic guy who is one of the best teachers and outdoorsman Ive ever known.
Kgd put on a fantastic ground insulation class. Hes a very skilled woodsman.
Night time is when the piehole running goes into overdrive and the Sailor sneaks up and kicks ya in the skull. haha.... Seriously, alot of laughs and fellowship shared around the fire.
Terry covered some camp craft stuff on keeping gear stowed and using a rack to hang edged tools....
Nick and Chip squared folks away on knots. Nick went above and beyond with a very nice handout on the knots presented.
Splitwood fire 3x the prep contest.
Thats alot of prep!!
Oh my!! Thats some nice axes!!
It was a great event with over 50 in attendance. Thanks for looking.
I grilled up some ribeyes for supper for the small weds group we had. It was kinda neat to see how a few of us just sat down and prepped a cook fire working together. Like the right hand knew what the left was doing.
Thurs while everyone was getting in and squared away I did a gathered onsite bowdrill (minus handhold) with box elder. I was happy to get it to work a couple times.
Joe did a great job with the bowdrill demo/class. Thanks to the one legged gypsy for bringing everyone a great set of wood to use.
Bushtramp getting down with a real mans bowdrill set. It was cool to see one of these in action. He was also kind enough to donate it to AMSs scout troop. Very cool.
Terry did a very cool improvised pack class with the alaskan pack strap, and horseshoe blanket roll. His skill set is just amazing. Fantastic guy who is one of the best teachers and outdoorsman Ive ever known.
Kgd put on a fantastic ground insulation class. Hes a very skilled woodsman.
Night time is when the piehole running goes into overdrive and the Sailor sneaks up and kicks ya in the skull. haha.... Seriously, alot of laughs and fellowship shared around the fire.
Terry covered some camp craft stuff on keeping gear stowed and using a rack to hang edged tools....
Nick and Chip squared folks away on knots. Nick went above and beyond with a very nice handout on the knots presented.
Splitwood fire 3x the prep contest.
Thats alot of prep!!
Oh my!! Thats some nice axes!!
It was a great event with over 50 in attendance. Thanks for looking.
