May 7th, 2026. Today is my personal holiday, for the story, see below. Yesterday was Wednesday, May 6th, and two things of consequence happened: it marked halfway day on the current semester, and the last bits of snow in the Masardis Glacier, the big pile of snow in the open that is always the last [...]
It’s week five of the spring Wilderness Bushcraft Semester and yesterday, May 4th, we put canoes on the water for the first time. In early spring the water and the air are cold. This, combined with learning to pole canoes, is often a recipe for people taking unplanned swims. So during years where the cold [...]
Our first day in canoes on the spring semester. Monday, May 4th. We worked on canoe lifts and carries, balance drills and basic poling. It was a great day and no one swam! #FullTangLifestyle
Tuesday of week four and we’re beginning the culminating exercise in our navigation curriculum; making a map. Students will be using a compass to take bearings and back bearings between marked points, pacing off distances, then using that information to create a map of the area. #FullTangLifestyle
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