Bushcraft Course with Mors Kochanski - Theory, Fire and Kit

[Mungo]

I have posted the final set of pictures that I took at a Bushcraft Course taught by Mors Kochanski at Tim Smith's Jack Mountain Bushcraft & Guide Service in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire that I attended in early November of this year. I have several posts (http://mungobah.blogspot.com/) all about the course, hope people find them interesting.

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Cheers,

Mungo

[Al Pine]

Read your posts Mungo... found them interesting and informative looked like a lot of fun on the courses,some great Scenery too........Thanks........Gaz

[Shewie]

Nice blog Mungo and some great shots.

I like the look of those shelters, very clever.


Rich

[Mungo]

Thanks Gaz and Rich!

Yes, the 'super-shelters' as Mors Kochanski has coined them are a fascinating piece of work. He talked about how the concept and architecture of the igloo was thousands of years old, that they are a time-tested design. He employs similar concepts but for the Boreal forest in these designs: a cold well (as in an igloo), to keep the cold down low away from your body; a low ceiling to keep the heat low to your body, and reduce the amount of space that your body's equivalent of 150 lightbulb watts produces has to heat; etc..., etc... I haven't slept in one or built one, but I intend to next summer. It seems a much better solution to a lean-to.
Cheers,
Mungo