The Value Of Using Wilderness Skills Closer To Home | Bushcraft Show 2016

[@Zedoutdoors]

A brilliant talk and like the way you tied an overall perspective in with all it's facets ...more importantly you spoke for 55 mins without a rant! thats usually my favourite part ;) ~Peace~

[@PaulKirtley]

More importantly I held your attention for 55 minutes without needing to rant! ;-) Glad you enjoyed it. ATB, Paul

[@buzzandselunsupervised649]

Cracking!!! I can only aspire and I will. To continue learning is to live... thank you Paul

[@blackfoxbushcraft7416]

Unfortunately I had to leave before your talk but I'm glad I could watch it here!

[@PaulKirtley]

Me too. Enjoy!

[@PaulOutdoors]

Wonderful Paul....thank you. It is easy to lose the opportunity to commune and connect with nature when wild camping, bushcrafting by busying ourselves with kit and tasks, forgetting to find and maintain our balance. Your talk re emphasised this and its importance to me. Happy wandering. Paul :)

[@PaulKirtley]

Hi Paul, thanks for your comments and feedback on the talk. I'm very happy it resonated with you. Take care, Paul

[@neanderthaloutdoors9202]

An interesting 55 mins Paul with some good pointers/tips and advice for everyone, you have a colourful wilderness background bud, experience and knowledge is the key to survival in any situation, cheers, atb, Paul.

[@PaulKirtley]

Hi Paul, thanks for your comments. Glad you liked it :-) Warm regards, Paul

[@darrylhunt1]

Great job Paul. Thank you for sharing and for the additional information on your blog.

[@PaulKirtley]

My absolute pleasure. Glad it's all of value to you. ATB, Paul

[@WiltshireMan]

Welldone Paul, I am glad your talk went so well. I would have loved to have been there but couldn't make it this year unfortunately. Fascinating talk with some pertinent points raised. Sandy

[@PaulKirtley]

Thanks Sandy. Sorry you weren't able to make it but glad you caught the replay here. Thanks for watching. Warm regards, Paul

[@davixavier3261]

Thanks for sharing it, Paul!

[@PaulKirtley]

My pleasure Davi

[@Taromovies]

Great Paul!!!! hope to visit the show next year, take care, Taro

[@PaulKirtley]

Thanks Taro. Hope to see you next year :-) Warm regards, Paul

[@susrev88]

great presentation. i want to point out one phenomenon mentioned there, that is, people turn to bushcraft (become a creator) because they work in a corporate office in front of a computer and they don't do anything physical. this speaks volumes of our work culture and society in general, how far we've left interaction with nature behind us and our brains got very lazy because "i'll google it when i need that information." in bushcraft, you have to store all the information in your head and have to be able to recall it on the spot, especially in an emergency situation. there's no google in nature. furthermore, a lot of people in corporate jobs are fed up with the office work because they indeed don't create anything with their hands, in other words, there's no physical result of their effort. i've heard this problem from coaches, etc, when people just give up their office work and make a 180 degree turn and become a baker/plumber, etc. i think no matter hard we try to make everything "smart," we can't deny the fact that making, creating things is basically as old as humans, and our collective unconscious/primitive instincs will surface in one way or another.

[@MoandGillOutdoors]

i really enjoy the video paul loads of great points you made. glad i made a coffee before i started watching best hour i spent in a long time . thanks for post the video so soon after the bushcraft show. atb mo

[@PaulKirtley]

Thanks Mo. Coffee always helps :-) ATB, Paul

[@LifeofKev]

great talk Paul, and thanks for putting it on youtube for us to recap on, and another thanks for answering my question on the water, take care ATB Kev

[@CommonCentsOutdoorsman]

That was a really nice presentation Paul... really nice!

[@PaulKirtley]

Thank you!

[@NorwegianWoods]

Thanks for sharing this talk. I got to say I am more familiar with Thomas Aquinas´ writings on theology than his work on bushcraft :) - Martin

[@PaulKirtley]

Well as you know he was attempting to tie together a lot of strands of natural philosophy with religion. I would argue that bushcraft is at the very practical end of natural philosphy ;-)

[@NorwegianWoods]

You are absolutely right about that. Religion could also be seen as the very metaphysical end of bushcraft :)

[@eXPreSS1onZ]

Great content as always !!!

[@PaulKirtley]

Thanks!

[@Rudecheers]

Great presentation Paul, and we quite enjoyed the surprise at around 09:22 :D Now eagerly awaiting the Skills List to pop up in my mailbox, I like how you set yourself to motivating people into keeping things simple while you could easily 'cash in' on the hype. Thumbs Up!

[@PaulKirtley]

Thanks Rude. And glad the photos were a pleasant surprise for you and Tine :-) Looking forwards to seeing you next month. Warm regards, Paul

[@albaniabushcraft.florianme6635]

Great presentation Paul, I really enjoy every video you post. Keep up the the great work.

[@garyrgjoutdoors5325]

thank you for this video as an ex military man with a little bit of knowledge just starting into the world of bushcraft this was a great insight and very valuable research just starting to gather some kit so i can go have fun in as safe an environment as poss then save a few quid for a great overseas (canada)adventure atb gaz

[@WELSBYROOTS]

Ya that's right Canada kicks ass! :).......Awesome Paul, great information for beginners but also a strong foundation for anyone getting into or studying bushcraft/survival. I also felt at time like it was a motivational speech for those of us that have gotten a little lazy in our hands on of bushcraft. best regards brother!

[@PaulKirtley]

Yup Canada definitely kicks ass :-) Looking forward to getting out there again. Glad you appreciated both the tactical/actionable content as well as the motivational pitch. Both were intentional. Warm regards, Paul

[@andrewrush5125]

Hi Paul, can I say what a pleasure it was to meet both you and Amanda. Regards, The Andrew Rush you met at the Bushcraft Show not the other one :-D

[@PaulKirtley]

Likewise Andrew. It was a real pleasure to meet you too. I hope our paths cross again at some point. Warm regards, Paul

[@andrewrush5125]

I'm sure they will.

[@2506INF]

Good advice, Paul!

[@PaulKirtley]

Thanks!

[@timleaning6695]

As usual well thought out well presented and interesting nice one mate.

[@Ichinin]

Thanks for a good video. One major problem i see a Swede is that you are not allowed to cut down trees (even small ones), even break twigs or set fires (during a certain time in the summer), it seems to easy when others go out and just do the things. I am lucky enough to have access to a family members land which i will visit later this year and test the things i've learned (like making an emergency shelter), but there are others who want to learn these things and have no way of practising them. I've only made the first steps of making a fire (firesteel with some tinder onto a rock), but i'm going to test it fully in wet/snowy conditions because i know if i can do it then, i can do it in any conditions. Also living in a large city, you don't have access to much outdoors/survival training courses, most of them are far away and there is simply not much time to get out and participate. This is just sad. As for mushrooms, i've learned that they do not contain much in the for of nutrients and they should be avoided, especially since you could die if you misidentify the species and ingest something like the white fly mushroom. I have a question: How well do piston lighters work and can they use natural tinder like birch bark shavings? I haven't seen them being talked of much on youtube, it's like everyone and their grandma focus on firesteel and bowdrills.

[@flatbrokefrank6482]

Yes I can only re-inforce on the positive effects of being out side - better than any medicine!

[@PaulKirtley]

Indeed!

[@MrOnehiter]

thank you again pull for the talk I'm hoping to go next year but I've been on dartmoor for a week did a few tors and camped out for a week really loved it found so much wood sorrel when in the woods there and Jack by the hedge tried making a spoon but that didn't go as planed hope to meet one day mate I'll have to buy you a drink

[@PaulKirtley]

Hey Tom, I think you made the right choice - being on Dartmoor for the week. I'll always support someone's decision to head for the woods or the hills over anything, including one of my own talks :-) Glad you had a great time. Hope to see you in the future. ATB, Paul

[@douglasnewlands47]

Thoroughly enjoyed your presentation Paul. I was enthused that it was apparently youngsters who asked the most questions at the conclusion. I often wonder why we adults can be so inhibited. Best wishes. Douglas.

[@PaulKirtley]

Hi Douglas, yes that was great. It was mainly youngsters asking the questions. And they had good questions too. :-) ATB, Paul

[@peterbubla4704]

Fantastic presentation, it was interesting, complex but still easily understandable. You reminded me about some of my shotcomings, and motivated me to improve. I've learnt a lot. Thank you very much for uploading it. :) (Let me just note something minor: If you plan on using this presentation again, I would think of cutting out, or replacing the zombie picture, to make it more child friendly, some are sensitive to these kind of staff. And it isn't really important. It's not a relevant matter though, just thought I should mention it. :) )

[@PaulKirtley]

Good point re the zombie pic. I don't want to give anyone nightmares. It was, of course, meant in jest. There is so much zombie/walking dead stuff around these days, it seems commonplace. Maybe not for everyone. As for your other comments, I'm glad you found the presentation engaging and thought provoking yet easily consumable, as well as motivational. Good feedback. Thank you. Take care, Paul

[@debbailey2956]

are the 2017tickets out yet

[@sarkybugger5009]

I'm not going to say it...

[@PaulKirtley]

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[@sarkybugger5009]

Paul Kirtley The F word, silly! ;o)

[@PaulKirtley]

OK! :-)