Jack Mountain Bushcraft Podcast Tim Smith

Episode 124 of the JMB Podcast is about training people for solo wilderness canoe expeditions. We discuss the skills needed to do it safely, and talk about a September 2024 course designed to give people the skills and confidence to pull it off. Read more about the course discussed on the Solo Expedition Canoe Course page.

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Photo: Tessa in the canyon on the Bonaventure river, Quebec.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 124

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Links:



* The Scroll – Rick Swain’s website with information on his medical and outdoor programs.

* Solo Expedition Canoe Course

* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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Back from the river at the end of the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester, we discuss challenges from the trip and the thought process behind a medical evacuation and getting a student from a remote trip to the hospital.

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Photo: Tim in the canoe putting in the miles.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 123

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There is no profanity in this episode.

Links:



* The Scroll – Rick Swain’s website with information on his medical and outdoor programs.

* Maine Guide Medic wilderness first responder course

* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar

* Roorkhee Campaign Chair





 



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We’re halfway through the 2024 Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester course. In this podcast we riff about the course, certifications, getting enough to eat, etc.

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Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 122

Kid-Friendly?

There is no profanity in this episode.

Links:



* The Scroll – Rick Swain’s website with information on his medical and outdoor programs.

* Maine Guide Medic wilderness first responder course

* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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For episode 121 of the Jack Mountain Bushcraft Podcast I was joined again by Rick Swain and Oz and we discussed current events on the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester which we are currently teaching. We discuss the challenges as an instructor in building a student’s confidence as well as their hard skills. After a few minutes of this we get into talking about the Maine Guide Medic wilderness first responder course we’re offering this fall. Much of the discussion was around why we’re offering this course and how it will be different from a standard wilderness first responder course. In a nutshell, we’re going to spend a lot of time on the wilderness part of the wilderness first responder, through skill building as well as several overnight scenarios.

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Photo: Looking upstream at Allagash Falls from a few years ago.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 121 | The Maine Guide Medic WFR Course

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There is no profanity in this episode.

Links:



* The Scroll – Rick Swain’s website with information on his medical and outdoor programs.

* Maine Guide Medic wilderness first responder course

* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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Recorded on May 5th, 2024. Opening day of 2024, the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester starts today. I’m joined by Rick Swain and Oz to discuss current events, the upcoming course, and how we spent our summer (winter) vacation. We discuss a few changes to the 2024 Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester, the idea behind the soon to be released Engagé level 3 certification, and tease a new course coming this fall; the Maine Guide Medic wilderness first responder course.

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Photo: Morning in the lower canyons on the Rio Grande as seen from my canoe, straddling the line between Texas and Mexico.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 120 | Opening Day 2024

Kid-Friendly?

There is no profanity in this episode.

Links:



* The Scroll – Rick Swain’s website with information on his medical and outdoor programs.

* Maine Guide Medic wilderness first responder course

* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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Recorded on November 20, 2023. We just wrapped up the field school season, and in this episode I look back and reflect on the experiments we ran during 2023. I discuss the Expedition Instructor (XI) as a continuous 6-month, residential program, moving the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester back to May and the high waters of spring, and moving the spring semester to summer. Listen to find out how these things worked out. I also discuss the many seasons of biting flies of northern Maine and the upgrades we made to the field school this year.

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Photo: Lining canoes on the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 119 | End Of The 2023 Field School Season

Kid-Friendly?

There is no profanity in this episode.

Links:



* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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