My Journey to Primitive, Larry D Olsen, Passing the Torch, His Final Interview

[@sandygap1]

Beautiful tribute to a man who inspired others to be better.

[@TJackSurvival]

Thank you

[@backwoodstrails]

Primitive skills practitioners seems to be the most genuine people around. So many are willing and excited to share their knowledge, many asking for nothing in return. Thank you for such a great interview.

[@TJackSurvival]

I’ve seen that a lot. I think this man is a large reason that part of the culture is the way it is.

[@conditionredlogistics-thec3366]

This is an awesome interview. You don't see this kind of production quality outside of big name studios. You definitely created a valuable archive here.

[@TJackSurvival]

Hey, thank you. I made this quite a few years ago and thought the production quality was only okay. So I appreciate that. I* like to think I can do better now.

[@Stoney_AKA_James]

Thanks for posting this! After earning my survival merit badge, I wanted to learn more and my parents got a copy of his Outdoor Survival Skills book (early 1970s). It was and remains a great resource!

[@TJackSurvival]

I appreciate you watching and sharing this

[@SargentEdgedTools]

This is the way, thanks so much for showing this to us.

[@TJackSurvival]

Thank you for watching and sharing

[@SurvivalAussie]

Such a fantastic video Tyler. Thanks so much for taking the time to record such wonderful family memories of Larry and his family.

[@TJackSurvival]

Hey man thanks. I’m happy I was able to do this for others. I’m lucky really.

[@jonathanhughes8670]

Thanks for making these videos! Not only is it fascinating but it's important to preserve and share these stories.

[@TJackSurvival]

That’s my thought on the topic

[@Aonarach1]

Glad to see that you did one of these for him! Well done, and thank you for doing it!

[@TJackSurvival]

Hey thanks for watching and sharing. I’m happy to have helped

[@Arpad_Kovacs]

Thank you Tyler, not just for this episode, but all your Journey to Primitive series is very interesting and important. I hope you can countinue with some new episodes.

[@TJackSurvival]

I plan on it. They just cost a lot of money for gas and travel. As I save up enough for the trips I’ll be filming.

[@CRJines]

Wonderful man, wonderful family.

[@TJackSurvival]

The best kind of humans

[@ANXIETOR]

Outstanding video.

[@TJackSurvival]

Thank you. I should have released it sooner

[@SurvivalAussie]

Her smile when she reminisces about building a wiki-up for their honeymoon is priceless.

[@TJackSurvival]

It says a ton about her character. She’s one of a kind good.

[@steveg3784]

Thank you for this and this series .

[@TJackSurvival]

Thanks Steve

[@uncletoad1779]

Another brilliant video, Tyler, thank you for sharing it with us! What a great man LDO was, and what a nice family he left behind!

[@TJackSurvival]

Thank you. Making these were way more stressful ti me than they should have been. He was a great man

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

Historical right here 👊🏻 Thank you Tyler

[@TJackSurvival]

Thanks for watching Ray

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

@@TJackSurvival wish I could have met him

[@TJackSurvival]

@@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors he was a genuine good person

[@Eric-ew8jt]

💥💥💥💥 it’s my favorite 🇨🇦Ian !

[@TJackSurvival]

Hey boss

[@JAD1DAD]

I'm a former Boy Scout and an Eagle Scout. I've always been drawn to the survival aspect. I bought a survival book when I was in my late twenties that just happened to be written by Olsen. While there were some things that I was well practiced in, a few others that I had done, there were many I had no idea. We've moved a few times since and don't know where the that book is.

[@TJackSurvival]

Go to Amazon. It’s Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry D Olsen

[@BushcraftWoodsDevil]

That was EXCELLENT.

[@TJackSurvival]

Thank you. I made that quite a few years ago.

[@BushcraftWoodsDevil]

@@TJackSurvival it's good that you recorded his words before he took the walk over the mountain. Blessings.

[@TJackSurvival]

@@BushcraftWoodsDevil I think so too and thank you.

[@mannysilva3444]

Very nice tribute. What a lifetime of amazing work he did. Who makes the stone blade whistle knife? I couldn't understand the maker name he gave.

[@TJackSurvival]

I’m not sure sorry

[@mannysilva3444]

@@TJackSurvival No problem. I was hoping to see a better image how it's built, but all good. thanks.

[@OtterLakeFlutes]

I'm saddened hearing Larry passed. It's very strange how I have found a perfectly new copy of Outdoor Survival Skills in my "important" book collection. No one wrote anything in the front like a gift and no one remembers giving it to me. I wanted to tell him, but now I can tell you, Campbell and also TJack, that after a couple years on the side, I now make Native American style flutes full-time, with the particular whistle mechanism that is, indeed, unique to North American indigenous woodwinds (the fipple arrangement is sort of upside-down compared to the usual kind that evolved simultaneously elsewhere). " Otter Lake Flutes " if you'd like to see them. Traditional acoustics are awesome and addictive. No one has to play or listen to anything that bores them... many styles can be played (I like the kind that wakes me up, not puts me to sleep). When I saw the wood on an antique table saw, at a certain time of year, I get bombarded by cicadas who think I'm producing a mating call!

[@TJackSurvival]

That’s very cool. I eventually need to learn how to use one of those