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Fieldcraft..

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Fieldcraft is not some new game... but, rather it is a combination of both real knowledge and real skill... not the pretend variety picked up in a magazine. ...and it is much more than simply carrying a big knife and wearing an oversized watch. Working for 25 years as a guide, as well as a wilderness and mountain first responder, and more than 40 years as on outdoor skills instructor, I've seen a tremendous number of folks head off into the mountains as if they were heading off into their local city park.. assured that if something doesn't go as planned, they simply just need to call for assistance and help will arrive... (after all, that's what "help" does isn't it? ...sit around and wait to be needed...hardly.) I even had one person tell me, after having been confused about his location for about 8 hours, that he had just assumed survival and getting "found" was just like folks thought learning to swim was like.. you fall in water and you m