The Nature Reliance Podcast: Where Wilderness and Human Nature Collide

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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· Foraging For Fun, Eating Weeds

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· Introduction to the Study of Edible and Medicinal Plants

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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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· 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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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.  

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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 discuss 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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Essential Wilderness Navigation: A Real-World Guide to Finding Your Way Safely in the Woods With or Without A Map, Compass, or GPS

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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

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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

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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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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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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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Would you consider yourself a tourist in your own neighborhood?  You might be surprised by taking what Craig calls the Tourist Test.

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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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