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Well, on Saturday, I decided to check out something called Treasureventure. It was touted as being an all-encompassing outdoor experience. In the following picture you can see all the things being offered. Of particular interest were the ones I placed the large red arrows beside.
It was a nice day, although a bit warm, and I met a couple of buddies at the fair grounds.
A picture of my buddy Luis, on the right. Luis is an accomplished bowyer and flint knapper but Mongolian Archery was a little out of his personal experience so he wasted no time in grilling the poor guy on the left about all the ins and outs. Fortunately, he (sorry I forgot his name) was more than up to the task and provided Luis with all he wanted to know, and more, which included the use of thumb rings, how the quiver was worn, especially when on horseback, and so on. In the picture, Luis is examining a horn bow.
A better picture of the bow:
Here is a picture of the style of quivers they use. This one was made by the gentleman on the left in the foregoing pictures. I thought maybe Mountainfolk Mike would be particularly interested.
Another view of his camp:
After this we checked out a bit of medieval combat. Although their efforts were for the spectators, the guy on the ground actually took quite a hit from the guy 'walking softly, carrying a big stick'.
We checked out some other stuff, but of course, we came to rest at the bushcraft/survival demonstrations. The survival booth people were actually concentrating on geocaching, which has zero interest for me and also, did some plant walks, I believe, but I got there too late for those.
The bushcraft area was a different matter. When I got there, Doug was demonstrating a Paiute deadfall. Stupid me, I forgot to take pictures. I did, however, get a couple pictures of his larger animal deadfall, suitable for beaver and the like.
There was also fire making demonstrations, cordage making, slings and atlatls. Once again, my camera was forgotten, except............................ one last thing, I think might be of special interest to Ontario members:
If you live close enough, you might want to make the effort as who knows how long Mors will continue to do these workshops, and you don't have to drive to Alberta.
Please forgive the crappy picture of the poster - too much glare head on.
Anyway, except for few late night ales, that was about it.
Doc
It was a nice day, although a bit warm, and I met a couple of buddies at the fair grounds.
A picture of my buddy Luis, on the right. Luis is an accomplished bowyer and flint knapper but Mongolian Archery was a little out of his personal experience so he wasted no time in grilling the poor guy on the left about all the ins and outs. Fortunately, he (sorry I forgot his name) was more than up to the task and provided Luis with all he wanted to know, and more, which included the use of thumb rings, how the quiver was worn, especially when on horseback, and so on. In the picture, Luis is examining a horn bow.
A better picture of the bow:
Here is a picture of the style of quivers they use. This one was made by the gentleman on the left in the foregoing pictures. I thought maybe Mountainfolk Mike would be particularly interested.
Another view of his camp:
After this we checked out a bit of medieval combat. Although their efforts were for the spectators, the guy on the ground actually took quite a hit from the guy 'walking softly, carrying a big stick'.
We checked out some other stuff, but of course, we came to rest at the bushcraft/survival demonstrations. The survival booth people were actually concentrating on geocaching, which has zero interest for me and also, did some plant walks, I believe, but I got there too late for those.
The bushcraft area was a different matter. When I got there, Doug was demonstrating a Paiute deadfall. Stupid me, I forgot to take pictures. I did, however, get a couple pictures of his larger animal deadfall, suitable for beaver and the like.
There was also fire making demonstrations, cordage making, slings and atlatls. Once again, my camera was forgotten, except............................ one last thing, I think might be of special interest to Ontario members:
If you live close enough, you might want to make the effort as who knows how long Mors will continue to do these workshops, and you don't have to drive to Alberta.
Please forgive the crappy picture of the poster - too much glare head on.
Anyway, except for few late night ales, that was about it.
Doc
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