We’re back on the grid for two days in the middle of the spring, 2023 Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester. In this episode we discuss our recent canoe expedition and the challenges we have been facing on the course. We also discuss not believing the hype about rankings and which school or outfit belongs on the top ten lists that internet sites loved to create. Spoiler: they don’t come out and investigate, they just use search engine and social media data.

PHOTO:The first public photo of the Aroostook River Guide Grill Basket.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 115 | Don’t Believe The Hype

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Spring finally showed up at the field school at the end of week 1 of the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester. We had a day of sun and made it our first day on the water. On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the arrival of spring and the skills necessary to get our people ready to live on remote rivers for the month. These include the skills and systems to be able thrive while covering a few hundred miles in canoes, all off the grid.

PHOTOS:Otter swimming in the pond.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 114 | Getting Ready For Expeditions

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It’s been a long break, but we’re back. Introducing instructor Tessa Storey and recorded in the Guide Shack, we discuss current events, our upcoming programs and the best beer of 2022. Here are two photos of that beer on the East Branch of the Penobscot that we talked about on the podcast.

PHOTOS:Tessa and Tim in the Guide Shack, recording this podcast. The bottom two are of us drinking the beer we found on the bottom of the East Branch of the Penobscot.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 113 | Long Break, We’re Back

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Part 2 of my discussion with Paul Sveum about simplifying fly fishing. We discuss #6-10 of the top ten things Paul wishes someone would have told him when he was getting started in fly fishing.

PHOTO: A Y-stern canoe on the Bonaventure River in Quebec, headed upriver to fish for Atlantic Salmon.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 112 | Simplifying Fly Fishing with Paul Sveum, Part 2

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This episode featuring Paul Sveum began as a blog post, but we decided to have a conversation about the top ten things to keep in mind when getting into fly fishing. This is part 1, where we discuss points 1-5.

PHOTO: Paul fishing an Aroostook County stream.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 111 | Simplifying Fly Fishing For Beginners with Paul Sveum, Part 1

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Matthew Rhode just successfully completed the Journeyman Certification on the fall Wilderness Bushcraft Semester. We welcomed him into the studio to discuss the course, his approach to time management, the usefulness of a table, and how to be successful on our program.

PHOTO: Early morning during solos, looking east.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 110 | No Days Off with Matthew Rhode

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We’re nearing the end of the fall, 2021 Wilderness Bushcraft Semester. We just finished a 48 hour primitive living experience and are headed out on solos tomorrow. In this episode of the JMB Podcast we discuss these experiences, as for listener input on the next step for our online network at BushcraftSchool.com and ask for great paddling destinations to break up the drive from Maine to Texas.

PHOTO: Moose by the pond at the field school.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 109 | Solos, End Of The Fall Semester

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We’re back after a long hiatus to talk about resiliency, the need to balance stress with recovery, sleeping out in the cold with no sleeping bag in front of a fire, and the need to prepare your hands for a robust outdoor life. We just finished week 6 (of 9) on the fall Wilderness Bushcraft Semester and life is busy and full.

PHOTO: Otter swimming in the pond at the field school.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 108 | Training For Resiliency

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End of the spring semester. Back from our final trip, the spring 2021 Wilderness Guide Training Semester is finished. In this episode of the podcast Christopher and I discuss two aspects of coaching people and how they differ. First is nurturing them to build their confidence, and second is focusing on accountability and what needs to get done. It is difficult for a single person to do both in a short period of time. To learn more, listen to this episode.

PHOTO: Pails over the fire beside a Maine river.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 107 | Nurturing Vs. Accountability As A Coach

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The fourth and final installment in our multi-episode reading of On The Trail; Selected Canoe And Snowshoe Trip Journals. This time I read the journal of a 2001 trip on the wilderness waterway through Everglades National Park in Florida.

You can download a free copy of On The Trail from the downloads section of BushcraftSchool.com. You can also purchase one for $0.99 from Amazon.

PHOTO: On The Trail – Canoe & Snowshoe Trip Journals.

Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 106 | Everglades Wilderness Waterway

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