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Everyday Wilder Living

Staying warm, dry and at home outdoors

How do I stay warm, dry and comfortable outside?

Work with simple tools, make useful things, shelter and manage a permitted fire, so you can return to your sit spot, garden or wood all year round.

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🃏 Includes a printable card set: every Wilding activity guide as an A6 card (four to an A4 sheet) to spread out, plan with or use for a lucky dip. See a sample

  • The ebook
  • 43 Wilding activity guides as printable PDFs
  • Templates and charts the Wilding activity guides need
  • A printable card set: every guide as an A6 card
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Safety first. Outdoor activities carry real risks. Each Wilding activity guide has safety notes, but you are responsible for yourself and anyone in your care. Supervise children, get permission, never eat anything you cannot identify with certainty, and only light fires where it is allowed and safe.

The Wilding activity guides in this collection

Knots, hitches & bends

The right knot for the jobLive wilderCoiling a lineLive wilderTying an adjustable guy line hitchLive wilderUsing a Prussik hitch in a tarp shelter designLive wilderTying an Evenk hitchLive wilderTying a taut tarp hitchLive wilderTying a timber hitchLive wilderTying a sheet bendLive wilderTying a figure of 8 knotLive wilderTying a common whipping knotLive wilder

Lashings

Tying a square lashingLive wilder

Shelter and sleeping outdoors

Positioning a shelterLive wilderPutting up a shelter poleLive wilderThe right shelter for the jobLive wilder

Tarps

Erecting a lean-to tarp shelterLive wilderErecting a high tarp shelterLive wilder

Hammocks

Putting up & using a hammockLive wilder

Fire lighting and fire lays

Positioning a fireLive wilderLocating & gathering dry kindling & wood fuelLive wilderThe wet log fire challengeLive wilderUsing matchesLive wilderUsing the sun as a source of ignitionLive wilderLighting a fireLive wilderLighting a fire upside downLive wilderLighting a fire in the windLive wilderFire tendingLive wilderThe 5-minute fireLive wilderLaying & using a star fireLive wilderLaying & using a V fireLive wilderClosing down a fireLive wilder

Tools

Handling & using a pair of loppersLive wilderHandling a folding handsawLive wilderCross cutting with a folding handsawLive wilderGetting to know a sheath knifeLive wilderHolding a knifeLive wilderPassing a knife to another personLive wilder

Techniques for cutting & carving with a sheath knife

Using a knife in a forehand /fist grip to chamfer or pointLive wilderChest lever technique with a knifeLive wilder

Practical applications of cutting & carving techniques

Carving a notch with a sheath knifeLive wilder

Wooden tools

Making a ferrocerium rod & strikerLive wilder

Useful campcraft items

Making a small tent pegLive wilder

Cooking methods and equipment

Making & using a pot hookLive wilderMaking & using a simple pot hangerLive wilder

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