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Nature Reliance MediaOct 27, 2020
#39 Seven (7) of the Most Overlooked Aspects of Survival
In this podcast, author and professional survival instructor Craig Caudill discusses 7 things that most people miss when training in survival methods. He breaks it down in only the way Craig can in simple, yet insightful understandings and gives you ways YOU can start increasing your skills immediately.
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-Understanding the three primary systems of the brain and why they are important.
-One of the most overlooked skills needed for outdoor safety and enjoyment.
-The second most overlooked skill needed for safety in the outdoors.
-Why communication skills is an overlooked skill that has often led to many deaths in the outdoors.
-How ham radio skills can be used to save lives.
-The thing that Craig sees as maddening about Tier 1 gear pocket dumps.
-How to setup tiers 2-4 and why it is important.
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From Brent M - What is the secret to keeping your knife sharp? Craig gives a surprising answer.
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Timestamp
0:11 Welcome
0:26 Sponsors
0:54 Podcast Summary
1:29 Craig - Intro and News
4:00 Quick Tip
7:12 Podcast Begins
9:11 Mindset: Three Primary Systems of the Brain
16:50 Skills
17:33 Skills: Land Navigation
17:49 Skills: Orienting Your Map
20:24 Skills: Map Scale
22:32 Skills: First Aid - Trauma
24:26 Tactics
24:43 Tactics: Work With Others
26:40 Tactics: Ham Radio
28:40 Gear
29:01 Gear: Groupings
29:18 Gear: Tier I
30:29 Gear: Tier II
31:41 Gear: Tier III
32:16 Gear: Tier IV
34:52 Summary
35:15 Question and Answer
37:29 Closing
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Books - Extreme Wilderness Survival; Ultimate Wilderness Gear; Essential Wilderness Navigation
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Nature Reliance School Online Learning Courses
· Foraging For Fun, Eating Weeds
· Mindset, Skills, Tactics, and Gear – Survival Fundamentals
· 14 Day Quarantine Skills Summit
· Edible and Medicinal Trees – Winter Season
· Introduction to the Study of Edible and Medicinal Plants
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#38 Intro to Hunting
Hunting provides opportunities like nothing else. Great time afield gathering a 100% organic food source is one of many fantastic benefits. This podcast introduces ethics, how-to, moon phases, gear, and so...much....more.
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Timestamp
0:45 Introduction
1:47 Sponsors
2:03 Upcoming Knot Course
2:13 Podcast Begins
3:01 Mindset/Ethics
5:04 Mindset/Safety
6:44 Mindset/Stewardship/Conservation
8:16 Skills
9:00 skills/Terrain
10:18 Skills/Tree/Plant ID
11:58 Skills/Noise
16:15 Tactics
16:40 Tactics/Weather & Moon Phases
20:08 Tactics / Processing the Animal
22:05 Gear
22:26 Gear/Fred Bear
23:20 Gear/Knife
24:48 Gear/Guns
24:12 Gear/Camo
27:48 Gear/Scent Cover
29:44 Follow up!
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Other Podcast Episode You Might Like
1. Six Habits of Trackers, That Can Help Everyone Including YOU!
3. Epic failure in gardening - but we have to start somewhere.
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Nature Reliance School Online Learning Courses
· Foraging For Fun, Eating Weeds
· Mindset, Skills, Tactics, and Gear – Survival Fundamentals
· 14 Day Quarantine Skills Summit
· Edible and Medicinal Trees – Winter Season
· Introduction to the Study of Edible and Medicinal Plants
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#37 My Top 10 List of Essential Gear
In this podcast, Nature Reliance Director Craig Caudill takes a look at his top 10 essential gear. We get asked all the time "what's in your pack" and "what should be our basic load" so this episode answers these basic questions and will serve you well in getting started packing for your outdoor activities.
#36 10 Ways to Extend Your Phone's Battery Life.
With the popularity of using smartphones as the primary navigation device while in the wilderness, extending the battery life is critical. Tracy Trimble, an assistant instructor with Nature Reliance School, and co-author of Essential Wilderness Navigation discusses ten ways of doing just that. Having served several years on a local search and rescue team it is apparent that the general hiking public doesn't protect the phone's battery life. Following these ten options will greatly increase a normal operating modern-day smartphone.
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My LOVE/HATE relationship with Leave No Trace ethics
Oops! - Common Mistakes (Part 1 of 3): Before you Hit the Trail
#35 Practical Bushcraft
In this podcast Nature Reliance Director Craig Caudill takes a critical look at "bushcrafting" and what he feels most schools are missing. He discussed how to be both a steward of natural resources and at the same time remove live species during training. This is a combination that is often missing in most survival and bushcraft schools that Nature Reliance School is uniquely qualified to be different from the "rest of the pack".
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Six Habits of Trackers, That Can Help Everyone Including YOU
Learn How a Ham Radio Might Save Your Life
My LOVE/HATE relationship with Leave No Trace ethics
#34 Knife Safety Tips
Simple but it is SO important. After a very experienced woodsman cut himself in a recent class, Craig put this podcast out there to jog everyone's memory on the TWO most dangerous parts of a knife. He also shares his personal and group methods for maintaining safety when using sharp and pointy things around others.
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#33 Campfire Chat: Scary story from a remote wilderness graveyard
In this podcast, Craig tells a 100% true story of a time in which he encountered.....something....at a wilderness graveyard while out exploring.
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#32 Tracking for Life, 6 Habits of a Tracker YOU Can Use In Everyday Life
Tracking is a unique scientific method of situational awareness. The principles, methods, and habits of trackers can be guideposts in many endeavors. In this podcast Craig Caudill, the founder and chief instructor for Nature Reliance School, shares six fundamental habits of a good tracker and how they can apply to the daily life of anyone.
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#31 Test your outdoor self-reliance knowledge with the "Tourist Test".
Would you consider yourself a tourist in your own neighborhood? You might be surprised by taking what Craig calls the Tourist Test.
#30 Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK): 22 items that you need to hear about
From Boo-boos to trauma medicine go into the outdoors with some fundamental first aid supplies. In this podcast, Craig shares 22 items that he carries with him that can help fix a diverse mix of first aid issues. The first item to add to your kit is training. Get fundamental training from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association and then bolster it by adding in Stop the Bleed Training.
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#29 Top 5 Recommendations to help YOU connect to nature
Nature lovers, hunters, survivalists, and hikers..unite! In this podcast Master Naturalist and woodsman with a lifetime of experience, Craig Caudill walks us through his top 5 way to connect with nature so you experience lots more going on around you. Take these recommendations and fit them to your needs.
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#28 My LOVE/HATE relationship with Leave No Trace
For 26 years, the Leave No Trace organization has been growing. Today, Craig Caudill (Master Naturalist, Founder, and Chief Instructor for Nature Reliance School) discusses what he loves and hates about the seven principles of Leave No Trace.
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#27 Naturalist Notebook - No, moss does not always grow on the North side of trees and other nature insights
Craig discusses three short topics: 1) Debunking the myth that moss always grow on the north side of trees and explaining why you can't count on that myth 2) What is handrailing in wilderness navigation 3) Animal observations and how they can help us improve our outdoor time.
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Foraging for Fun: Eating Weeds In this course, Master Naturalist Craig Caudill will guide you in learning how to forage for food and medicine and have a fun time doing it. What we usually call “weeds” are often native plants that are packed with nutrition and great taste. Craig will take you into the woods, backyards, and parks and show you the critical identifying features of numerous plants and some trees. You will be able to find plants nearly anywhere in the Eastern region of the United States. Various plants thrive in one season or another, so Craig is going to add to this course continually as more plants arrive on the scene. Each plant discussed will also include a favorite recipe for its use.
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#25 - Campfire Chat - 5 things that will make your camping experience better.
Craig brings you a great podcast loaded with tons of information. The basis of the data is based on five things to improve your outdoor experience: 1) Nighttime Sounds 2) Sleep 3) Food 4) The Unknowns 5) Pep Talk. Craig goes over these as he leads a group of inner city young men on an overnight trip.
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Foraging for Fun: Eating Weeds In this course, Master Naturalist Craig Caudill will guide you in learning how to forage for food and medicine and have a fun time doing it. What we usually call “weeds” are often native plants that are packed with nutrition and great taste. Craig will take you into the woods, backyards, and parks and show you the critical identifying features of numerous plants and some trees. You will be able to find plants nearly anywhere in the Eastern region of the United States. Various plants thrive in one season or another, so Craig is going to add to this course continually as more plants arrive on the scene. Each plant discussed will also include a favorite recipe for its use.
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#26 Dueling Interviews
The first of many, we hope, video podcasts. Video podcasts will be placed on our YouTube page while the audio file will be uploaded as a typical podcast. We hope you will enjoy. Please let us know what you think. This initial episode includes Craig and Tracy going back-n-forth asking questions about general topics. More specific topics will follow.
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Support this podcast: If you like what we are doing here at Nature Reliance Media consider direct support of the program. You can support the show for as little as $0.99/month. Two other options are available as well $4.99 and $9.99 per month.
Send us a message: We would love to hear from you. Have suggestion(s) to improve, subject topics you want us to cover, or to just say hello. You can always contact us at info@naturereliance.org anytime.
https://thegreenberetproject.org/ Through the application of a force multiplication model, a collaborative framework, and evidence based change strategies; the Green Beret Project is empowering kids, cops, and communities to win the fight on the front lines of our inner cities.
Foraging for Fun: Eating Weeds In this course, Master Naturalist Craig Caudill will guide you in learning how to forage for food and medicine and have a fun time doing it. What we usually call “weeds” are often native plants that are packed with nutrition and great taste. Craig will take you into the woods, backyards, and parks and show you the critical identifying features of numerous plants and some trees. You will be able to find plants nearly anywhere in the Eastern region of the United States. Various plants thrive in one season or another, so Craig is going to add to this course continually as more plants arrive on the scene. Each plant discussed will also include a favorite recipe for its use.
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#24 Epic failure in gardening - but we have to start somewhere.
Craig and Tracy discuss what could be an epic failure in gardening. Take a walk with Craig as he interviews Tracy about his latest homesteading project around the house. Tracy is in the process of converting a small section of forest into a possible garden and future greenhouse.
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#23 How drowning changed my life - Part 2
Near-death experiences have a way to change a person. The story discussed here is one of those experiences. I came as close to death as I have come in the outdoors on this trip. We have a growing list of sponsors and supports at this link.
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#22 How drowning changed my life - Part 1
Near-death experiences have a way to change a person. The story discussed here is one of those experiences. I came as close to death as I have come in the outdoors on this trip. We have a growing list of sponsors and supports at this link.
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#21 Craig's Campfire Chat: What is the moral of this story
Join Uncle Craig as he has a fireside chat with a moral dilemma. What is the moral to the story?
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#20 Lost and Found: Day hike gone wrong.
Craig and Tracy discussing a search and rescue operation from California.
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#19 Learn How a Ham Radio Might Save Your Life
Tracy discussing how to obtain your ham radio license and the uses of ham radio while hiking and in your daily use.
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#18 - Simon Kenton - Nearly Naked and Afraid, Pt 2 of 2
Craig takes you through an exiting trip with Simon Kenton, Yeager, and Strader in this Part 2 of a 2 part podcast.
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#17 Oooops! - Common Mistakes (Part 3 of 3) - While at camp
#16 Simon Kenton - Nearly Naked and Afraid, Pt 1 of 2
#15 - Oooops! - Common Mistakes (Part 2 of 3) - While on the trail
Craig and Tracy discussing common mistakes in part two of a three part series. This one covers some of the more common problems people experience while on the trail.
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#14 - Oooops! - Common Mistakes (Part 1 of 3) - Before you hit the trail.
Craig and Tracy discussing common mistakes in part one of a three part series. Some of these are simple, others are hilarious, and otherscould have been downright deadly.
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Titan Survival - An American veteran-owned company.
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#13 - Nature Notes: Carl Linnaeus is my homeboy
Is it a yellow poplar, tulip poplar, soft poplar, tulip tree, or what? Well, it is al of those things really. In this podcast, Craig talks about the naming of things and why it is important for being a proper nature enthusiast.
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#12 - National Parks 2017 Search and Rescue Stats
Tracy walks thru some 2017 search and rescue statistics for our national parks along with a national park's short list of ways to stay safe while hiking.
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#11 - Myth of the "Dark and Bloody Ground" Pt 2
In this look back into history, Craig discusses the topic of Kentucky as "The Dark and Bloody Ground". He suggests some good resources to show that this is a myth, but also shows where this concept likely originated and persists today.
You can follow this link to some a short blog, by A. Gwynn Henderson. Look at the bottom of that blog article for a link to her book on the same subject. https://30daysofkentuckyarchaeology.wordpress.com/2017/09/29/the-myth-of-kentucky-as-a-dark-and-bloody-ground/
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#10 - Myth of the "Dark and Bloody Ground" Pt 1
In this look back into history, Craig discusses the topic of Kentucky as "The Dark and Bloody Ground". He suggests some good resources to show that this is a myth, but also shows where this concept likely originated and persists today.
You can follow this link to some a short blog, by A. Gwynn Henderson. Look at the bottom of that blog article for a link to her book on the same subject. https://30daysofkentuckyarchaeology.wordpress.com/2017/09/29/the-myth-of-kentucky-as-a-dark-and-bloody-ground/
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Nature Reliance School, where Tracy, Craig et al teach about a wide range of topics in the outdoors. Gets hands-on with us so you can be more comfortable and more enriched.
Titan Survival - An American veteran-owned company.
Gaia GPS App, best app in the world for wilderness navigation. Craig and Tracy have taught many first responders and the public in how to use this app: https://www.gaiagps.com/discounts/?fp_ref=naturereliance
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#9 - Historical Look at Thanksgiving, Fact vs. Fiction
In this episode Craig breaks down some fact and fiction points of interest for Thanksgiving. Several interesting surprises are to be found here.
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#8 - How to sleep better in the cold.
In this episode Tracy and Craig discuss thermoregulation. Big word for "how to stay warm". We talk mindset, skills, tactics and LOTS of gear. Another good one where you have two very experienced outdoorsman who sometimes do the same thing, and sometimes do things differently. All the time we do what we can to help you learn from our successes and mistakes.
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#7 Sounds of the Forest: Owls
In this episode, Craig discusses some common sounds by owls.
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#6 - Simon Kenton: whipped, beaten and drug on the back of a horse
In this episode, Craig discusses the life of Simon Kenton who had a large part in Kentucky history.
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#5 Lost and Found: Trout fishing on a cliff
In this episode, Tracy and Craig discuss another Search and Rescue Operation. One in which two trout fishermen ended their day high on a cliff.
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#4 - Lost and Found: Burning socks to stay warm.
In this episode, Tracy and Craig discuss another Search and Rescue Operation. One in which some socks were used for fire tinder and a boyfriend nearly became part of the problem.
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Nature Reliance SCHOOL, where Tracy, Craig et al teach about a wide range of topics in the outdoors. Gets hands-on with us so you can be more comfortable and more enriched, use the code "PODCAST" for 20% off classes during the fall of 2019: https://www.naturereliance.org/
Gaia GPS App, best app in the world for wilderness navigation. Craig and Tracy have taught many first responders and the public in how to use this app: https://www.gaiagps.com/discounts/?fp_ref=naturereliance
Nature Reliance Gear Store, https://naturereliancestore.org/, use code "PODCAST" for 5% off anything in the store.
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#3 - 15 Great ways to get your kids into the great outdoors, and enjoying it!
In this episode Craig breaks down 15 ways to get your kids and outside and, more importantly, ensuring they have a good time doing it.
REI article referenced in the podcast: https://www.rei.com/blog/hike/how-to-make-hiking-fun-with-kids
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Gaia GPS App, best app in the world for wilderness navigation. Craig and Tracy have taughted many first responders and the public in how to use this app: https://www.gaiagps.com/discounts/?fp_ref=naturereliance
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#2 - How to prepare so you dont die in the outdoors.
In this episode Tracy and Craig discuss and share how to best get yourself prepared for outdoor adventure. Is there a difference between practice, training, and testing yourself.? The short answer is YES! Tune in and find out why each of these are very different but important in their own way.
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#1 - Lost and Found - I followed a stream and got lost!
Join us on our first episode of Lost and Found, where we break down an outdoor adventure gone awry. We look at how the individuals got themselves lost (and how you can prevent it). Along with the 911 call details and the rescue.
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#0 - Co-hosts with 100 years experience
Join Tracy and Craig on the inaugural Nature Reliance Media Podcast as they go through there literal decades of experience in the outdoors. The fun times, the near tragedies, and the lessons learned along the way.
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- Pick up one of our books: https://amzn.to/2N4W1SZ