Jack Mountain Bushcraft Podcast Tim Smith

Recorded on June 26th, 2023, this is a stab at a new format for the JMB Podcast; doing it solo. The topic for the day is differentiating between professional training and personal enrichment. We embrace both styles of program, but they are definitely not the same thing. The student has to decide what they want out of a program and an experience, and the instructor has to design the approach, the goals, and the management strategies accordingly. During the podcast I make several references to episode 107 of the JMB Podcast; Nurturing Vs. Accountability As A Coach. Click the link to go back and listen to it.

This format of recording the episode solo is an experiment. Like most new things, it felt a bit awkward, but will get better and feel more comfortable the more of them I do.

PHOTO:On a solo on a winter trip.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 118 | Professional Training Vs. Personal Enrichment

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There is a bit of profanity in this episode.

Links:



* Episode 107 of the JMB Podcast; Nurturing Vs. Accountability As A Coach

* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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Recorded on June 3rd, 2023 at the headquarters of Full Tang Outfitters in Tracy, New Brunswick, Canada. Tim and returning guest Blake Towsley discuss scheming for winter trips, dishonesty in marketing knives from people who have been on the tv show “Solo, By Myself, Without Clothes”, and the currently trending topic of Wild Pooping, or defecating in the woods that is growing rapidly in popularity.

PHOTO:Cooking over the fire on a recent trip.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 117 | Wild Pooping

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Links:



* Full Tang Outfitters

* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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Recorded on May 25th, 2023 in the Guide Shack, with an outside temperature of 43 degrees F, Tessa and Tim talk about the spring, 2023 Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester and making hard decisions. It has been a long month and we were both tired while recording this, and we’re still looking forward to the weather warming up.

PHOTO:On the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 116 | Making Hard Decisions

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* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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We’re back on the grid for two days in the middle of the spring, 2023 Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester. In this episode we discuss our recent canoe expedition and the challenges we have been facing on the course. We also discuss not believing the hype about rankings and which school or outfit belongs on the top ten lists that internet sites loved to create. Spoiler: they don’t come out and investigate, they just use search engine and social media data.

PHOTO:The first public photo of the Aroostook River Guide Grill Basket.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 115 | Don’t Believe The Hype

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* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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Spring finally showed up at the field school at the end of week 1 of the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester. We had a day of sun and made it our first day on the water. On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the arrival of spring and the skills necessary to get our people ready to live on remote rivers for the month. These include the skills and systems to be able thrive while covering a few hundred miles in canoes, all off the grid.

PHOTOS:Otter swimming in the pond.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 114 | Getting Ready For Expeditions

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* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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It’s been a long break, but we’re back. Introducing instructor Tessa Storey and recorded in the Guide Shack, we discuss current events, our upcoming programs and the best beer of 2022. Here are two photos of that beer on the East Branch of the Penobscot that we talked about on the podcast.





PHOTOS:Tessa and Tim in the Guide Shack, recording this podcast. The bottom two are of us drinking the beer we found on the bottom of the East Branch of the Penobscot.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 113 | Long Break, We’re Back

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Links:



* Tessa’s bio and instructor page

* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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