advanced skills                             

The Advanced Skills course focuses on wilderness living skills. It offers hands on experience with the art and craft of long term, low tech living. During this two week programme, students will get an introduction to stone and bone tool making, primitive fishing techniques, making a bow from a cut stave, felting raw wool, and advanced cordage options.

There will be two overnight bushcraft trips spent in local forestry. During the final trip students will be encouraged to practise the skills they have learned.

Sample Curriculum

Mon  Bushcraft Overnight

Tue  return from overnight / intro to bow making

Wed bow making

Thu  bow making

Fri   bow making/ arrow making

 

Mon Felting with raw wool

Tue Stone and Bone tools

Wed Primitive Fishing & Hunting techniques

Thu 30 hour overnight trip

Fri    return from overnight and graduation

   Students will return home with their bow, arrows, felted wool, fishing hooks and spear, stone and bone tools, and primitive cordage.

   This course is part of the Residential Programme. It can be taken separately but we encourage students to enroll in the full three part programme.

PREREQUISITE: BASIC + ADVANCED BUSHCRAFT COURSE

COST: €750 or cheaper with full enrollment in the Residential Programme

Food is not included.

Tent sites are available for the duration of the course.

Snacks and tea will always be available

DATES: July 19-30, 2010

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