Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Empowering Ancient Ways - Deepening our connection with nature through Ancient Wilderness Living Skills


The Wolf Den has proudly teamed up with Wilderness Educator Chris Gilmour to bring you a Traditional Skills and Bush Craft course.


When: April 27 - May 2, 2008
Where: The Wolf Den Hostel in Dwight, ON. (west side of Algonquin Park on highway 60)
With Who: Wilderness Guide and Outdoor Educator Chris Gilmour & Skeet Sutherland a former Instructor at Tom Brown Jr’s Tracker School, now teaching classes through his Ontario based company Sticks and Stones
Wilderness School (SSWS)
For Who: The core skills of this course are sure to enrich the lives of the most seasoned wilderness guide to the novice nature enthusiast
Price: $ 500 before March 31st
$ 560 after March 31st
* Price includes meals and 5 nights accommodation


Course Topics Include:
● Shelter, Water, Fire, Food
● Wildlife Tracking
● The language of nature
○ concentric rings
○ base line symphony
● Stone, bone, and antler tools and usage
● World of Natural Fiber- Harvesting, Processing and Preserving,
○ Trees and plants
○ Animal skins and sinew
○ Wild Edible, Medicinal and Utilitarian applications
● Traditional hunting and trapping methods
● Stalking, Natural Movement, and Camouflage
● Caretaker Ethics Emphasized
● Empowering our ecological footprint
● Traditional cooking and food preservation
● Container making



For registration and more information please visit http://www.chris.earthmentorship.com/
Via e-mail at: chris@earthmentorship.com or by Telephone at: 705-788-1210

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