2022-010 | ABOUT HUMILITY BEFORE NATURE, PART 3

WISDOM TRAILS: The outdoors is better appreciated if you would only relegate your ego to the background and put yourself into your most humble form.

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December 18, 2018

 

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WHEN MOSES CAME FACE to face with a burning bush on Mount Sinai, he was so struck with awe and reverence that he placed himself in his most humble self. He removed his sandals for, he sensed, he was on holy ground, and he knelt. Moses now faced the God of his father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. He hid his face for he was afraid to look at God.

Moses faced a supernatural phenomenon and, unable to understand what lay before him, choose to humble himself and knelt with body so close to the ground, probably closing his eyes. He offered himself meekly like a lamb, choosing to disregard, at that most trying time, his gift of human reasoning and trusted instead on his faith.

I would do the same but not within the vicinity of a grass fire bellowing and eating anything in its advance. I would stop and take a knee as I study traces of the wild creatures’ presence, invisible but eyeing me cautiously from its hidden lairs. I would slow my pace when the forest showed me something unusual, special or beautiful. 

Nature is like a set of encyclopedia that could easily fill the biggest libraries in the world, strung together hundred-fold. You learn so many things (and lessons) from her. The tens of thousands of living organisms that exist in nature each show its own set of seasons reflecting to nature herself, diversifying further the only four seasons that we know of.

At the first opportunity, I would grasp this essence of nature by “disrobing” myself first of human imperfections like pride, arrogance, greed, indifference, and that urban smugness which goes with that feeling of superiority. As Moses had done so with his sandals and, later, kneeling so close to the ground.

The landscapes that you walk through could be the familiar one or another. Sometimes the familiar puts on a different mask which stops you on your tracks and play tricks on your memory. It is on these moments that your best abilities are put to the test but you would go nowhere unless you humble yourself.

It is on these moments that you look from the eyes of the heart. To feel nature at your most vulnerable form like Moses did. Overthinking, most of the time, would get you nowhere but trusting your heart – or your guts – would. It would be best to just adapt to the situation and bend to what the landscape demands.  

When I faced something that puzzles me, I just sit down under the shade and close my eyes and then the answers would just float by for an easy grab. Otherwise, never take it as a human challenge and provide your own human solutions. There is no harmony and you double your effort to overcome something so simple from the very beginning.    

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WARRIOR PILGRIMAGE BLOG, personified by this writer, is synonymous with the Outdoors, since Bushcraft and Survival is its niche. Safety and Security are its bedrock when it ventured into organizing outdoor events that involved people as in adventure/pilgrimage guideships and seminars; and explorations and expeditions.

Through tutorship, experience, folk knowledge and good old common sense, this writer was able to collect useful information which he is currently documenting in a book titled, ETHICAL BUSHCRAFT. He shares some of this information and knowledge in his training sessions; in his social-media account; and in this blog.

First photo courtesy AmericanMind.org

2022-006 | MOBILE PHONES & THE OUTDOORS

WISDOM TRAILS: The backcountry and your electronic gadgets do not mix. You cannot have both.

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November 19, 2018

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MOBILE PHONES PER SE are not distasteful to have and carry with in an outdoor outing. In fact, it is your lifeline for help when your trip turns out bad, given you can catch a good signal. It is just unthinkable to spend time with it oblivious of the natural beauty of the landscape evolving around you which everyone are relishing.

While it is rude to see people tinkering on their phones when someone is talking to them as an audience, it is just as rude on yourself to shortchange your time in the outdoors by willful and compulsive use of your phone or like gadgets. Freedom of the hills simply forgot about the topic on mobile phones. 

I know MOST of us are beholden to our cellular phones in all of our waking hours. Phones, because of its numerous apps, evolved as our own personal assistant. Without it, some would feel listless and helpless in how they make their day enjoyable. It is beginning to be a very obnoxious habit which you have little control of. Sometimes. 

But it can be controlled unlike cigarettes, alcoholic drinks and prohibited drugs where substance is inhaled, induced or injected into our body system that influenced our thoughts and moods. Battery life makes a habitual phone user shrink from continuous use. Absence of cellular connections makes them surrender to that situation.

There are no withdrawal syndromes experienced. No uncontrollable shakes. Just a feeling of anxiety and disorientation for a few minutes before one diverts his attention to his surroundings, unresponsive at first, but not for long. It is just a manageable psychological thing and a temporary emotional hang-up. 

There are places where your mobile phone is enjoyable and there are places where it is not needed and, therefore, kept in silent mode, unless you are expecting a call or a message. By the time you are finished, hopefully, it would not dominate your attention. Chuck it back in a safe place and enjoy nature with much vigor. 

One thing about using electronic devices in mountain environments is you may increase the risk of being in the way of lightning. The elevated areas has a climate of its own which usually differs from the usual weather forecasts. When the first sign of lightning appear, turn off gadgets and go indoors if there are structures. If not, stay away from highest trees and long conductors. 

The first photo shows a plastic box full of mobile phones. It belonged to students in a Girl Scout camp organized by Ateneo de Cebu Girl Scout Council of the Philippines. It simply is good common sense to separate these from its owners when you are in an outdoors activity or otherwise. It is teaching the adolescents discipline and prudence.

It seems the new values triggered by the arrival of the new versions of mobile phones – smart phones as they are called – have subverted the accepted human values on social etiquettes and behavior. Too much dependence on gadgets is frowned upon by society and use has to be regulated and the first place to learn that is the home. 

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WARRIOR PILGRIMAGE BLOG, personified by this writer, is synonymous with the Outdoors, since Bushcraft and Survival is its niche. Safety and Security are its bedrock when it ventured into organizing outdoor events that involved people as in adventure/pilgrimage guideships and seminars; and explorations and expeditions. 

Through tutorship, experience, folk knowledge and good old common sense, this writer was able to collect useful information which he is currently documenting in a book titled, ETHICAL BUSHCRAFT. He shares some of this information and knowledge in his training sessions; in his social-media account; and in this blog.

Photo Nr 2 grabbed from Bicycling.com.

2022-003 | THE GENUINE OUTDOORSMAN

WISDOM TRAILS: Hard Work, Creativity and Stamina are the hallmarks of a genuine outdoorsman. Maybe of Patience and Humility too. 

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November 11, 2018

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IN THIS AGE OF INSTANT GRATIFICATION, I find myself many times at the tip of the spear. Would I yield to the temptations of the promise of something greater? Of capitalizing on the opportunity of the moment? Of letting myself be swallowed by other people’s schemes? Would I have to overstretch and overstress myself to achieve something which borders on madness, greed and arrogance? 

Or of success?

Many have tried even when they have not yet arrived. The lure of something bigger is so great. Then again, immaturity would be the mother of failure. Even when you are in the right place at the right time but your strides are lacking, you are bound to stumble on your obsession because you simply are not ready in what you embarked for or pretended yourself to be. 

I understand many would love to be a compleat outdoorsman. I know everyone has the industry, even willing to walk that extra mile. But how far can you go then beyond that extra? Can your mindset create something from out of nothing like I did with the Cebu Highlands Trail? Without big-name sponsors, without local guides to help you as you stitched 408+ kilometers of routes, and then walking it later in one single continuous line for 29 days?

Do you have the confidence to organize and host the Philippine Independence Bushcraft Camp, like I also did, and then subject that event, to the criticism of detractors who thought the outdoors was their exclusive domain; and from armchair experts who have seen it all in YouTube and Netflix? I can proudly say that, after 10 years, it had become a premier event here if you want to learn advanced outdoor skills.  

Would you gave up your club membership so you could enjoy the outdoors better and organize your own like I did with my Camp Red Bushcraft and Survival Guild? Would you find satisfaction when the one you organized is the only one of its kind in the Philippines and it is peopled by individuals with the same mindsets? Those that love and understand the outdoors better? Well, I did and it is SEC registered.   

Would one be willing to exchange their comfort zones and subject themselves to the wrath of nature, of landscapes and people, and of their own designs? Would one walk the extra ten kilometers because the box they were in has no answers yet to what lie beyond? Would one lead without even trying? Would one be bold enough to make a statement that would shake the foundations of an established culture? 

The outdoors is one uncontrolled environment and it needed creative people. People that could think beyond templates of human behavior and psychology. A kind of creativity that does not move on a conventional pattern yet unmistakably so simple at the end. That same creativity which worked best with their own stamina. A stamina that is forged by the wild landscape that they so loved to tramp upon. 

Would you still want to be a genuine outdoorsman? If you have the patience and the humility, you might.

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WARRIOR PILGRIMAGE BLOG, personified by this writer, is synonymous with the Outdoors, since Bushcraft and Survival is its niche. Safety and Security are its bedrock when it ventured into organizing outdoor events that involved people as in adventure/pilgrimage guideships and seminars; and explorations and expeditions. 

Through tutorship, experience, folk knowledge and good old common sense, this writer was able to collect useful information which he is currently documenting in a book titled, ETHICAL BUSHCRAFT. He shares some of this information and knowledge in his training sessions; in his social-media account; and in this blog.

Image Nr 2, Nr 5 and Nr 6 courtesy of Ronald Abella.

Image Nr 3 courtesy of AkyatCon 2.0.

Image Nr 4 designed by Jhonrey Armilla.

2021-047 | THE PERFECT KNIFE

WISDOM TRAILS: There is no "Perfect Knife". A knife could not do all things safely even if it has a very skillful owner. You need a certain knife for a certain kind of work and vice versa.

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September 24, 2018

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I TRIED MY BEST TO HAVE the perfect knife in my whole life, the one knife that could do it all, but I simply could not hold on to it (as a teaching model) and I failed. Despite the skills learned the hard way, it was not enough. I may succeed but I may double my effort if in case I was cutting a large branch with a folding knife or lose my poise if I was carving something delicately small with a machete. 

However, I have seen local mountain kids with their bolos, longer than their femur bones, who effortlessly used these as if they were handling a small blade. I watched Tata Kasoy, the venerable elder of the Pastolan Aeta, who nonchalantly whistled and talked in broken English while deftly creating things out of bamboos with his long panabas as if it was an extension of his arm.

The skills with a blade are earned. You may achieve something but at a cost of breaking the blade somewhere along the way or ruining your project. There should be blades dedicated for brute force and blades for delicate jobs and then the blades in between. George Washington Sears have solved that by creating a system to handle different works. People later called it the “Nessmuk Triumvirate” in his honor.

Quite practical and this system ensures that you would not break your one and only blade. The system creates a redundancy favored now by modern bushcraft enthusiasts which is fail-safe. That idea of the perfect knife disappears and replaced by a perfect mental state where you have an almost unlimited option to approach each problem with a different blade. 

In Philippine bushcraft, the best big blades to use are those that are made locally. They are tested by time and the most frequent materials used against it are the wiry types of vegetation like cane grass, vines and the very deceptive bamboo. These type of blades could chop any wood found in the tropics like Tata Kasoy’s panabas. These blades are valued by their owners and most of them are heirlooms.

Nessmuk was referring about his pocket knife as the least component of his system. Quite clearly, by its build and make, it was used for light work like peeling fruits, slicing thin strips of meat, and smoothing out the rough edges of wood that his bigger blades missed. When it came to pocket knives, or folding knives, we choose the imported ones and, many, come with so many extras.   

The blade in between the big and the small, could be any make. Local and imported blades compete for the attention of our local bushcraft enthusiasts here. The real guys, those that go out regularly doing dirt-time, prefer those that were made by here or carry the cheap imported types. Why? They are not there to impress but to develop their craft.  

Since outdoors activity now are more leisurely, bushcraft here shunned the large blade and replaced it with a folding saw, thus lessening the weight you pack. We gave more teeth to the saw by increasing the size of the pocket knife with a bigger Victorinox which has a tiny saw. Compensating for the loss of the big blade are two medium-sized blades and a baton stick foraged for the occasion. 

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WARRIOR PILGRIMAGE BLOG, personified by this writer, is synonymous with the Outdoors, since Bushcraft and Survival is its niche. Safety and Security are its bedrock when it ventured into organizing outdoor events that involved people as in adventure/pilgrimage guideships and seminars; and explorations and expeditions. 

Through tutorship, experience, folk knowledge and good old common sense, this writer was able to collect useful information which he is currently documenting in a book titled, ETHICAL BUSHCRAFT. He shares some of this information and knowledge in his training sessions; in his social-media account; and in this blog.

Image Nr 1 courtesy of City Sports Club Cebu

2021-042 | BLEND, ADAPT & IMPROVISE

WISDOM TRAILS: I teach bushcraft because some people or TV programs taught it the wrong way and a lot of people are convinced of it and caused themselves harm or doing a disservice to the environment. Actually, true bushcraft is not against the environment. It teaches people how to BLEND, ADAPT and IMPROVISE and learn from nature instead of going against it.

 

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September 18, 2018 

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BUSHCRAFT, IN WHATEVER TERMS you want it explained, is an activity by an individual or a small group pursuing a livelihood, or leisure, in the outdoors, or in the safe confines of walls and a roof, utilizing methods that are deemed archaic or improvisations using current technology which purpose is to utilize nature, create implements, and/or improve the comfort of living without having to make a great impact on the environment.

When you introduce yourself outdoors, you are creating an impact already. It starts with how you looked and how you smelled. Then it rolls up to your attitude and your body language. Lacking the ability in how to make yourself work for nature results to nature working for you instead. Most people believed bushcraft is about brute force and blades and slash, slash, slash. It is not what it is. You may have watched the wrong TV channel? 

As I wiggled myself into this niche of bushcraft many years ago, I suddenly found contrasts which are for or against the prevailing rivers of opinions from within and outside of it. I preferred best the philosophies of the old masters for these are sweet and golden. I rowed myself further midstream and developed my own which is perfectly explained in just three words: BLEND, ADAPT and IMPROVISE. 

With these, I could navigate easily on both sides without tipping my boat over. With these, bushcraft would stay as it is – bland, boring and invisible – which is to my liking. I do not have to work hard to spread bushcraft here far and wide. I would just be content to share my home-grown knowledge to as few people as possible but that would not be the case. 

The wonders of the internet, with its sensational documentaries without dialogues and equally sensational marketing strategies under the guise of learning videos, had got hold of most people. Their appetite to learn have to be stimulated even more by looking inwards, something that is concrete which can be grasped. It is during this time that they seek local sources of learning.

It is also during this time that I guide people to reality and how bushcraft is properly done, with ethical considerations. And this is where I applied BLEND, ADAPT and IMPROVISE. This simple philosophy is meant to control the excesses of human nature whose penchant for recognition are released in an energy which have given bushcraft its bad reputation. 

Bushcraft is like poetry. It is not fast-paced and has a rhythm all its own much like how nature moved with the seasons. That is why it is boring to adrenaline junkies. It is bland because it does not happen in a few half-minutes. It is required of people with longer attention spans and the keenest observation skills. And this is what I liked most: it is invisible. It does not like company and unwarranted recognition. 

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WARRIOR PILGRIMAGE BLOG, personified by this writer, is synonymous with the Outdoors, since Bushcraft and Survival is its niche. Safety and Security are its bedrock when it ventured into organizing outdoor events that involved people as in adventure/pilgrimage guideships and seminars; and explorations and expeditions. 

Through tutorship, experience, folk knowledge and good old common sense, this writer was able to collect useful information which he is currently documenting in a book titled, ETHICAL BUSHCRAFT. He shares some of this information and knowledge in his training sessions; in his social-media account; and in this blog.

Image Nr 1 courtesy of Adrenaline Romance.

Image Nr 2, Nr 3 & Nr 4 grabbed from Lakad Ninja YouTube channel.

2021-036 | ABOUT HUMILITY BEFORE NATURE, PART 2

WISDOM TRAILS: Would you give enough time to smell the flowers? If you are outdoors, take advantage of it by making yourself connected with nature. Do not be greedy with your time and cultivate humility to understand that the landscape is not made for you.

 

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August 6, 2018

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THE LANDSCAPE IS NOT made for you. You are just an intruder; an uninvited guest to the greatest show of Mother Nature. Therefore, the landscape would not entertain your idea of manipulating her to suit your personal agenda. However, the landscape would love you to be part of her and that is where you would really enjoy the big show. 

It is a reality show where you are the presentor, the narrator, the actor and the host. The stage is the outdoors and your freedom of movement and your flexibility to adapt is your script. However, much as we liked to bask in the klieg lights of our minds, arrogance and indifference to nature would shut your understanding of the world before you.

The best time to enjoy nature is to be by yourself. You can fool around with a rhinoceros beetle or a praying mantis or study the different sets of tracks before you once you are connected. The forest will unfold its secrets if you would just shed off your urban smugness and that annoying neon-toned attire.

The idea really is how would you blend with the landscape instead of standing out? Blending is an art. You do not have to be literal in understanding the term and be politically-correct by wearing those ever-present woodland camo suits that you see in YouTube all the time. Just be yourself and do not mind the time.

Nature appreciation is best walked in slow motion, with frequent stops; complete connection, by stooping low or to just kneel on the ground to observe the bustling life below the foliage; and total respect. You would be treading on an environment where you have no control of, yet, by blending, you would find harmony and beauty.

Your smartphone would be your companion in your new-found enthusiasm to the natural beauty and of the unfolding events around you. Document yourself and your discoveries and be like a child again. Humility is the key and that is the only way you can be with nature. For without humility, you can never absorb the essence of the landscape. 

Walk ever so gently so your presence would not startle wildlife, even fellow hikers you come across. Ditch that MP3 from your ears. The only soundtrack you need in this show is nature’s sound. Be aware of life all around you. Do not plug your ears with unnatural sounds else you would miss a lot of events.

Nurture a commitment unto yourself so you would not find yourself hurrying on a trail because you start late. Be on time whether you are with others or alone. If you prefer to start late be prepared to improvise your itinerary but never be in a hurry. Haste makes waste and causes grief to so many.     

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WARRIOR PILGRIMAGE BLOG, personified by this writer, is synonymous with the Outdoors, since Bushcraft and Survival is its niche. Safety and Security are its bedrock when it ventured into organizing outdoor events that involved people as in adventure/pilgrimage guideships and seminars; and explorations and expeditions.

Through tutorship, experience, folk knowledge and good old common sense, this writer was able to collect useful information which he is currently documenting in a book titled, ETHICAL BUSHCRAFT. He shares some of this information and knowledge in his training sessions; in his social-media account; and in this blog.

2021-032 | PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO NATURE, PART 2

WISDOM TRAILS: When you do not race against time and against your itinerary you see everything. You would have seen this event and you would have understood why the brown fly willed itself in the middle of two lines of harm.

 

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July 21, 2018

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IF YOU ARE TOTALLY CONNECTED with the environment you are in, you would totally see each and every detail. To do so, you would have to shed something in you which does not fit in. It could be your attitude. It could be the smell and color of your clothes. It could be your adherence to time. Or it could be the number of people with you. 

Fitting in is not about feelings and that sort of thing. It is about just you and nobody else. You may wander along a trail yet you are blind and deaf to the many events unfolding all around you. Your presence is just skin deep. Try to close your eyes first and take a deep breath. Inhale the essence of the place. You would notice not the silence but the life around you.

Feel the ground vibrate. Hear the birdsongs and the insects buzz. Try to focus more on the slightest sounds and the whispers of the tiny creatures. Dance with the leaves and branches as the breeze stirs it to life. Blend with your surroundings. Make the best of your presence by appreciating life to the fullest. Touch a tree trunk. Smell a flower.

Look up, once in a while, over the canopies, for a glimpse of the blue sky and a passing cloud to break the green monotony. Look down, most of the time, beyond the undergrowth, to witness life amidst the decay. A hole there and a scat there. A leftover fruit at your right and a footprint up ahead. A loosened rock and an unnaturally bent leaf exposing its underside.

Follow that foot ahead of you and watch where the owner stayed for a while. Excitement pumps your heart faster as you found many traces of paw prints beside that human you followed and you know that those prints were that of a dog’s. Slowly, you begin to enjoy this contactless and invisible rapport as if you are reading a book.

As you sharpened your wits to new heights, you notice that your footfalls are light. You now move without a sound and you leave with almost no traces of you. Your feet becomes discriminating on where you place it. You now preferred to step on rocks and exposed roots. You even step beyond a line of ants crossing the path. 

Your eyes begin to catch slight movements and you see a spotted dove from your peripheral vision poised to glide from a low branch to a much lower branch. You turned your head to its direction and the bird flew away, startled at your presence. You learned a mistake and then, after that, you could see everything now. 

Another line of ants crossing the trail. You stopped instead and bent your knees to see their activity better. While staying still, you observed that there are two lines of ants instead of one and there was a fly in between them. Why did the fly placed itself to potential harm? You ask yourself. Then in one swift move, the fly snatched a tiny sphere of moisture from one ant and repeated it many times on the other ants.

That fly was a reflection of you. You are in harm’s way while you walked the path alone but you persisted to stay and, in fact, kept coming back, because you liked it. While you were at it, you snatched tidbits of information and common sense in your solitude wanderings that your superficial world could not provide you. End of story.

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WARRIOR PILGRIMAGE BLOG, personified by this writer, is synonymous with the Outdoors, since Bushcraft and Survival is its niche. Safety and Security are its bedrock when it ventured into organizing outdoor events that involved people as in adventure/pilgrimage guideships and seminars; and explorations and expeditions. 

Through tutorship, experience, folk knowledge and good old common sense, this writer was able to collect useful information which he is currently documenting in a book titled, ETHICAL BUSHCRAFT. He shares some of this information and knowledge in his training sessions; in his social-media account; and in this blog.

2021-029 | CREATIVITY

WISDOM TRAILS: The dexterity of the hands and the mind produces creations beyond the ordinary order of things.

 

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July 10, 2018

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CREATIVITY AND THE WILLINGNESS to improvise tools and things from nature are part of the territory of bushcraft. These are exercises of both hands and the mind which prepares an individual for unforeseen events like survival. During survival, the environment is subject to man’s needs and the demands of his security. 

Bushcraft is labor-intensive. The individual does not rest until he arrives at a point where his well-being enjoy a sense of comfort and security. He sits first and let himself settle down and then he thinks. His thoughts would propel him to identify his priorities and proceeds with the diagrams of his inspirations.

 

In survival, there are hierarchy of needs but, in bushcraft, it could change according the whims of the individual and of the priorities at hand. For example, hunger and weather could crowd out one’s initial plans. At a drop of a hat, priorities change quickly in bushcraft and it is where Blend, Adapt and Improvise comes in. 

The crafting of tools are essential in bushcraft. With a blade, tools can be made. It is a skill that is learned by the individual on his own or from outside influence. Actually, two skills are applied each time: the skill with the blade and the skill with the craft. Each material has its own specialty, its own inherent design and its level of work.  

Whether it be bushcraft or survival, tool-making is inevitable for everyone. Tools would depend on where it would be used. When foraging for food under the ground or just punching holes for your shelter posts or your latrine, you need a foraging/digging stick. It is a very basic and proletarian tool, which design never changed.

 

For dining and cooking, tools can be produced from what is available; but the most preferred is the bamboo, which is abundant in the tropics. Spoons, ladles, jugs, plates and slicer can be carved from a short bamboo pole. An impromptu cooking vessel made from bamboo saves your day where you could cook anything save frying. 

Likewise, you could make traps and snares from a combination of wood and bamboo and, maybe, with proper utilization of terrain. Wood or bamboo are your best chances of creating fire from friction. On the same manner, you could produce sparks if you scratch forcefully flint, quartzite, pyrite or chert on the spine of your blade. 

A cord is also a tool. It saves you of carrying all those things on both hands. Bind it all with a certain bark, a fiber, a vine or twined leaves and it will leave your hands free to do other tasks. Weapons made from nature are also tools. These are important in your hunt for food. It could be spear, bow and arrows or even a throwing stick.

 

Early man invented his tools which made living for him and his clan tolerable. For example, the blade. It is a simple machine that has processed their food and saves their teeth and fingernails from abuse. And this tool simply metamorphosed from stone into what it is today. The good thing is it helped to create other tools. 

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WARRIOR PILGRIMAGE BLOG, personified by this writer, is synonymous with the Outdoors, since Bushcraft and Survival is its niche. Safety and Security are its bedrock when it ventured into organizing outdoor events that involved people as in adventure/pilgrimage guideships and seminars; and explorations and expeditions.

 

Through tutorship, experience, folk knowledge and good old common sense, this writer was able to collect useful information which he is currently documenting in a book titled, ETHICAL BUSHCRAFT. He shares some of this information and knowledge in his training sessions; in his social-media account; and in this blog.