Jack Mountain Bushcraft Podcast Tim Smith

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

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* 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

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* BushcraftSchool.com

* Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar





 



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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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* 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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* 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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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

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