Thomas,
Your points are very well made. My own background is mostly what you would consider city people. However, there are two things in my background I consider non city. I spent two summers at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School ten miles off the Maine coast, one as a student, and one as an Assistant Watch Officer. Back then, Outward Bound was a twenty six day survival course originally set up for the Welsh merchant marine in World War II. The training included seventy two hours alone on an island with only the food I found.
The second life experience was much of a thirty five year career as a rural telephone man working alone.
Neither of these experiences were as rugged as your earlier life, however, they gave me a taste of non city life and an appreciation of non city life skills.
My favorite sharpening book was written by the late Leonard Lee. He grew up on a small family farm in Saskatuwan, Canada, and knew logging with axes intimately. His book reflects that knowledge.
I believe there are city people who want to expand their life knowledge to more back to nature experience. I count myself among them. I hope this forum will be a source of knowledge and inspiration for all interested folk, even city people.
Keep posting.
Ken
Your points are very well made. My own background is mostly what you would consider city people. However, there are two things in my background I consider non city. I spent two summers at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School ten miles off the Maine coast, one as a student, and one as an Assistant Watch Officer. Back then, Outward Bound was a twenty six day survival course originally set up for the Welsh merchant marine in World War II. The training included seventy two hours alone on an island with only the food I found.
The second life experience was much of a thirty five year career as a rural telephone man working alone.
Neither of these experiences were as rugged as your earlier life, however, they gave me a taste of non city life and an appreciation of non city life skills.
My favorite sharpening book was written by the late Leonard Lee. He grew up on a small family farm in Saskatuwan, Canada, and knew logging with axes intimately. His book reflects that knowledge.
I believe there are city people who want to expand their life knowledge to more back to nature experience. I count myself among them. I hope this forum will be a source of knowledge and inspiration for all interested folk, even city people.
Keep posting.
Ken