who's your favorite expert?

J.Wade

J.Wade

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Hey guy

I was just wondering who some of your favorite experts are and why?

just curious, I am looking for more books/videos

cya
jimi
 
John Wiseman- Sas Survival Guide is excellent
Les Stroud(i know its reality tv but the show does have some good pointers) and he is coming out with a book soon
 
I just attended a lecture and nature walk with Steve Brill. He is not really a survival expert, he is only an expert on foraging and plants, although I have never met anyone as knowledgable as he was. He was also very funny and entertaining. His lecture was geared towards the average person, not knife nuts by any means, but never the less it was worth the $5 I paid for it.
 
John Wiseman although, wouldn't Bear Grylls have had some Wiseman training? He trained the SAS all those years. Hmmmm
 
Ron Hood, Cody Lundin, Christopher Nyerges, Larry Dean Olson, Tom Brown are some of my favorites.
 
It was a three way tie between Bear Grylls, Les Stroud, and Chuck Norris.
Bear Grylls drinks elephant turds. Les Stroud uses a hot air ballon flame as a weapon against lions. Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.

Chuck Norris is my favorite expert on everything.
 
michaelmcgo said:
It was a three way tie between Bear Grylls, Les Stroud, and Chuck Norris.
Bear Grylls drinks elephant turds. Les Stroud uses a hot air ballon flame as a weapon against lions. Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.

:D:D:D:D

Chuck Norris is my favorite expert on everything.
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J.Wade said:
Hey guy

I was just wondering who some of your favorite experts are and why?

just curious, I am looking for more books/videos

cya
jimi
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Experts on what? Wilderness survival? Primitive skills? Survival knives? Can you be more specific?

Also tell us which books you have and which you like. That would help us decide which to recommend. Myself, I'm a book junkie and focus on all primitive living/wilderness survival skills, some people call it an obsession. :o

The great things about learning survival techniques from books are:
1. You will make every mistake possible, more than once, so when needed, you should be able to work around any problems you may have. Also, when teaching someone else, because you've made the mistakes, you can recognize it when they do. Doing friction fire, for example, and somebody is there, providing guidance, the proper materials, etc. is good for only one thing, for the most part. It will probably lead to success, so it will eliminate, forever, the idea, that you can't do it. Otherwise, it teaches you very little, generally, relative to learning on your own. (Might have to put my flame suit on. :() Just to put this in perspective, having one on one instruction will help you learn faster, just not necessarily better. IMHO, more things are learned from failures, than successes.

2. Everything you learn, you can take to the field and try out so you can see what works for you, and what doesn't. You don't have to take the word of some author that this works and this doesn't.

You can never go wrong with John McPherson, Larry Dean Olsen, Mors Kochanski, Richard Jamison, Ray Mears, Cody Lundin, Richard Graves (free to download), ..actually, the list gets pretty long.

When it comes to videos, it's pretty hard to beat Ron Hood, or, once again, John McPherson.

As far as the SAS genre, I'd stick with Lofty Wiseman. The problem with his book is that is way too general, but still, there is a lot of good stuff in it.

Never forget, the Boy Scout handbook.

The US Air Force Search and Rescue Handbook seems quite good.

Well, that's just a few thoughts. Hope they help.

Doc

If this seems to ramble a bit, sorry. I'll just have to blame it on the rye and coke. :)

Thinking back on this post, I realized it is somewhat narrow minded. :( We are all wired differently and some cannot learn from books - they need to see it in person. Whatever works for you is really what counts.

Doc
 
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pitdog said:
Cody Lundin, Tom Brown Jr, Ray Mears, Doc Canada !
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LOL. Just goes to show that I'm not the only Canadian that likes to have a drink or two in the evening. :D

michaelmcgo: Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
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That also broke me up! :D

Doc
 
Because of the custom of not naming the name of the dead , Im gunna leave it at the Old Man from Mission 7 , he was a Kaditcha man among other things , I spent several seasons in his camp as a rebellious teenager "finding my roots" .

on a far less serious note , Im going to put the name of Russel Quoit into the ring .
 
Calvin Rustum, Bradford Angiers and Townsend Whelen are my old time favorites . I like them best because they think that it is what is in your head and not your pack that is the most importand and they seemed to not be in competition with the enviorment.
 
Marty Simon. Unconditionally the best. http://www.weteachu.com

Up and comer: our own Kevin Estela. Never have I met someone who is more of a "natural" when it comes to nature, and he is a gifted teacher as well. In 20 years, he'll be the "go to" guy for wilderness and survival, mark my words. He learns things once and retains them, and is able to use newfound skills immediately. Not surprisingly, his mentor is Marty Simon.

Now, just to make sure he doesn't get a big head, let me add that Kevin is still a PUTZ!!!!!! :eek:

:D:D:D:D:D:D (just kidding)
 
Brian Jones said:
Marty Simon. Unconditionally the best. http://www.weteachu.com

Up and comer: our own Kevin Estela. Never have I met someone who is more of a "natural" when it comes to nature, and he is a gifted teacher as well. In 20 years, he'll be the "go to" guy for wilderness and survival, mark my words. He learns things once and retains them, and is able to use newfound skills immediately. Not surprisingly, his mentor is Marty Simon.

Now, just to make sure he doesn't get a big head, let me add that Kevin is still a PUTZ!!!!!! :eek:

:D:D:D:D:D:D (just kidding)
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I hate to do it, but I have to agree with everything Brian said (except for the PUTZ remark).

Time spent with Marty in the field will teach you more then reading any book. :thumbup:
 
One Mans Wilderness was a great primitive living genre book. some guy lives up in alaska for 30 somthing years with only some somple tools. he also has a movie, Alone In The Wilderness. Both are great outdoor related reads/veiws.
 
Big Mike said:
I hate to do it, but I have to agree with everything Brian said (except for the PUTZ remark).

Time spent with Marty in the field will teach you more then reading any book. :thumbup:
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I'm glad you could swallow your pride and agree with me Mike. :D

The putz comment, of course, was to keep Kevin's head from getting too big to get through the door...;)
 
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