Who Are Your Inspirations ?

My dad and the stories of my grandfather, both shipbuilders and seaman gave me a love of the sea and the outdoors. Louis L'Amour provided the desire for adventure and between a cowboy friend and an army sniper friend I got the training.
I'm also blessed in that She Who Must be Obeyed loves fishing and hiking as much as I do.

BTW the short story in L'Amour's book Yondering, So You Want Adventure is one of the best stories ever written.
 
you know, I think about this from time to time... growing up I was pretty much on my own. Looking back at it now I really didn't have a posititve influence in my life, and I somehow managed to keep my nose clean, stayed away from drugs. Beer, not so much, and I didn't have any goals until the day it hit me that I needed to be a Marine. It was in my junior year of HS and that was it, I went in asked if they would take me with a GED, they said no, so I finished up HS and joined.

The people that I try and live my life by are Marines, past and present. SgtMaj Kasal is one of them. It was an honor and priveledge to meet him. And the instructors I had during infantry squad leaders course Ssgt Rios and Ssgt Vandael.
And there are so many more, men whos devotion to the men around them turned them into legends. That is who I strive to be
 
I spent a lot of years in the Boy Scouts then some years in the military playing in the woods and I've come to love it.

I wish I could say it was a result of plenty of father/son time as a kid, but it wasn't.

This forum as re-strengthened my passion for the outdoors and I thank each and every one of you for it.
 
Ispiration ha?

Gotta be this guy:D

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In addition to the usual family role models:

People I've Known: John Goddard (www.johngoddard.info) and Dick Kelty

Authors I've Read: Colin Fletcher and Larry Dean Olsen

DancesWithKnives
 
Kwai Chang Caine.


tonym and protourist, I'm sorry to hear about your drug problems. :eek: Please seek help, you guys are worth it. :thumbup:

Doc
 
No drugs Doc, I haven't even had a drink today.;)

But I put you up there with Marty Simon.:thumbup:

I inspire to one day be as knowledgeable as the both of you.

I just hope I stay prettier:D
 
DOC-CANADA said:
Kwai Chang Caine.


tonym and protourist, I'm sorry to hear about your drug problems. :eek: Please seek help, you guys are worth it. :thumbup:

Doc
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Your help on identifying plants is priceless. And your sense of humor is as well.:thumbup:
 
DOC, you are an inspiration!! I learn alot from your trap and plant and knot threads. Makes me look, scratch my head, and get off my butt to go try it out.

Pierre is an inspiration as well.
 
My inspiration as a child was the people I lived with. If I got outdoors and could build a nice enough shelter, they couldn't find me until it was safe for me to be inside with them again.
 
I'd have to say my Dad and Mom for raising me right and taking me fishing whenever they had the chance. Since my dad was/is a workaholic, a lot of my outdoor enthusiasm was kept burning with my career in boy scouts, from about 5 or 6 years old up to 18 and Eagle Scout. Venture Scouts also helped in my high school years, it kept the pace a bit faster and was more interesting at that point in time than the standard boy scout troop was (it was co-ed :D).

Of course now that I'm in College, my knife buying ways got me here!!! All of you guys got the fire lit again and now I'm going to be an outdoor/knife addict FOREVER!!!
 
My Father and Uncles :thumbup:

I would be remise to not also include some Aboriginal Elders who have generously shared their knowledge of Australian native plants and traditional tool making :thumbup:



Kind regards
Mick
 
SouthernCross said:
I would be remise to not also include some Aboriginal Elders who have generously shared their knowledge of Australian native plants and traditional tool making :thumbup:
Kind regards
Mick
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Hey Mick, I have to say I envy you for that. Nothing better than learning from those that 'wrote the book'.

I enjoyed quite a few segments of Bushtucker Man, especially when he was working with the Aboriginals.

I understand that the term 'Aboriginal' is a demeaning one to the native peoples? If so, I use it only with the greatest of respect and remember what Bill said, " What's in a name? Would not a Rose by any other name........"

Doc
 
G'day Doc

You are right on the money Doc. There is nothing like learning from those that wrote the book. Especially when you consider their knowledge of living with the land here in Australia stretches back approx 60,000 years (possibly even longer).


DOC-CANADA said:
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I understand that the term 'Aboriginal' is a demeaning one to the native peoples? If so, I use it only with the greatest of respect and remember what Bill said, " What's in a name? Would not a Rose by any other name........"

Doc
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I understand that you have meant no disrespect.

I myself used the term to communicate with people outside of Australia, as I'm sure most wouldn't have heard the word Kouri (which as far as I know, is what the majority of our traditional people prefer to be called).

They are a truly amazing people :thumbup:



Kind regards
Mick
 
Hmm, thats a hard one

1. my grandfather, who first taught me to shoot and also to love the outdoors
2. Ian Abraham, who's no body famous, but was taught by Tom Brown Jr. and was my first Survival instructor. A class i took with him was only a week long, but it started the wheels turning and now- two years later- wilderness bushcraft is my passion
 
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