tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62893425458687732392012-01-12T21:16:39.987ZKerry Bushcraft School, IrelandDiscussing Nature education, long-term/low-tech medicine, self-sufficiency, and bushcraft skillsA. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-67995092645600843462011-12-04T18:01:00.000Z2012-01-04T18:13:18.022ZEdible Wild Plants in the British Isles Here in Ireland and the United Kingdom, it is easy to find plenty of edible options no matter what time of year it is. Wild edible plants can be found in the hedges and ditches along country roads and the edges of the wilder places.
When first learning what plants to find, harvest, prepare and consume it is important to stay with the safe options. These are plants that do not have a A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-43310886058027605962011-10-29T21:12:00.000+01:002011-10-29T21:12:43.622+01:00Winter Tracking As the winter season settles in and we see the days getting darker and colder the time for going outside to immerse yourself in the wonders of nature are never better. Now is the time to practise your five minute fire and build your debris hut that will keep you warm during the snowy windy nights. Once you have your fist sized fire warming your cup of tea, you look around the icy landscape A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-80987871362525117692011-08-28T19:41:00.000+01:002011-08-28T19:41:12.751+01:00Building a Debris Hut During our Basic Bushcraft course we demonstrate how to design and build a small hut made from plant materials and a few broken sticks. This takes about an hour of class time with ten people building one hut.
In reality, it would take a minimum of three hours for one person to build a one person hut.
When I was living in the Pacific Northwest outside of Seattle, I designed a built a A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-58881115470197019072011-08-16T10:02:00.000+01:002011-08-16T10:02:03.879+01:00Dressing in Layers <!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 1 397 2269 Remote Medicine Ireland 18 5 2661 14.0 <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-46163268018413109032011-07-19T08:47:00.000+01:002011-07-19T08:47:19.015+01:00Filming with RTEOver the past couple of weeks, Aebhric has been filming 14 episodes of Bushcraft skills for Elev8. It is a kids programme for RTE 2.
It was filmed on location at Kippure Adventure Centre in County Wicklow. During the filming there were demonstrations and challenges for the kids. They had to make a Lord of the Rings pitch torch, cutting edges from stones, edible feast from the woods and many more A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-35222795065980136852011-06-04T17:24:00.000+01:002011-06-04T17:24:07.483+01:00Wildcrafting your herbal tea.Bushcraft is all about a cup of tea. Let's face it. When you are out and about in the deep woods of Ireland or wherever you happen to be a cup of warm tea makes all the difference. It means that you have a good heat source, water source and good kit to boil the kettle. Once you are at the cup of tea phase of your weekend away it means that most of the hard work of building your debris hut and A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-60583964211788035132011-05-23T09:57:00.000+01:002011-05-23T09:57:31.912+01:00Adventure Weekend at the RDS We just returned from a three day event at the RDS where 60 small businesses gathered to show people where and how to enjoy Ireland's great outdoors. We had a small booth where we talked with hundreds of people who hadn't heard about Remote Medicine Ireland.
Aebhric also had a discussion at the Outsider Think Tank where he discusses Wilderness Psychology and why is it that some people live A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-78103125165864769002011-04-24T19:50:00.000+01:002011-04-24T19:50:06.363+01:00Bushcraft fitnessIt is important for bushcrafters to be able be out and about in semi rugged and remote areas in all sorts of weather conditions. Since we do this for fun we do have the option to be "fair weather walkers" but some of the most exciting and memorable bushcraft events have often been under adverse conditions.
In order to be certain that you return home healthy and happy, having a good constitution A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-5499463001351225892011-04-17T18:48:00.000+01:002011-04-17T18:48:02.565+01:00Walking Staff When out and about in the wilds of Ireland it is important to have with you a walking staff. It gives you added support on uneven terrain. It is a readily available tool for rustling up the coal bed or a place to hang your jacket...
There are many options out there for finding, making or purchasing your walking staff. In the past I have used store bought walking sticks that usually come inA. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-36431806088936102282010-12-11T20:31:00.004Z2010-12-11T20:34:09.672ZBook Review: Deep SurvivalThis is one of those books that must be read once per year. I have had this book for two years now and am just about ready for my third read. I also downloaded this book as an audio book. Anna and I are fond of listening to books as we drive or work around the homestead.
Deep Survival summary: In extraordinary circumstances, like accidents or catastrophes, some people survive and others die, A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-89432778946389668732010-10-28T09:37:00.000+01:002010-10-28T09:37:33.033+01:00Winter Bushcraft With the coming of crisp evenings and fall colours descending from the trees it is the perfect time to spend a weekend out in the wonders of wild Ireland. Grab your hammock, sleeping bag and some provisions and heat outside. The four basic bushcraft skills are Shelter, Fire, Water, and Food. Once you have taken care of all of these issues you are prepared to spend a lovely winter weekend in A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-26280693809092434462010-05-23T15:51:00.000+01:002010-05-23T15:51:02.335+01:00The Balance in BushcraftThere are many different approaches to learning wilderness survival and bushcraft skills. On one hand there is the military approach that focuses on a lot of high end kit that you have on you at all times. At the other end of this continuum is the Hippy approach to survival. The hippies tent to look at the wilderness with respect but can underestimate the ruggedness and how unforgiving Nature canA. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-42617065779594081552010-05-07T18:12:00.001+01:002010-05-07T18:14:00.769+01:00The Ascetism of Mountains and Living in Nature“The Mountain is not merely something eternally sublime. It has a great historical and spiritual meaning”Alan Paton TIME magazine, 25 April 1988, p. 106
Almost anyone can sense the mystic appeal of mountains and Nature. Mountains are, or transcribe in visible form, the lofty unknown. In principle accessible to humans, they are still a realm apart, purer than our daily world yet inhabited by A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-30357895381731799382010-04-28T07:52:00.001+01:002010-05-10T08:04:14.260+01:00Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course I just finished another ACLS course. This was the first one that I have taken since moving here to Ireland. It is still the same curriculum and still quite difficult to pass. It has been eight years since I took my last one and I still struggle with the drug list.
As an enthusiast for the Austere Medicine side of things it is a little difficult to get passionate about any of these drug A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-83093974089095595602010-04-18T08:25:00.001+01:002010-04-18T08:36:01.564+01:00The Rule of Threes You can survive without certain important things in a survival situation.
You can survive 3 minutes without air
You can survive 3 hours without shelter
You can survive 3 days without water
You can survive 3 weeks without food
We at Kerry Bushcraft School have added two more categories:
You can survive 3 seconds without your sanity
You can survive 3 months without a community
For some A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-67660688183538917122010-04-11T08:56:00.000+01:002010-04-11T08:56:05.800+01:00Spring Wild Edibles This is the best time of the year for finding and eating wild edible plants. The fresh green shoots are up and the tender leaves are just waiting for us to devour them.
My favorite spring plant is the Nettle. You can eat the leaves raw: Grab the leaf from the top, fold it over on itself, and roll it around between your fingers. You can savor this plant without getting stung. The Nettle leaf A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-89067869298973623752010-04-05T01:00:00.002+01:002010-04-11T08:53:47.278+01:00March 2010 Bushcraft course This past weekend saw seven students arriving at IPNA for our Basic and Advanced Bushcraft course. They arrived with great weather that quickly turned into rough wind and rain. Here in South Kerry we are used to seeing this kind of weather year around. We were a bit fooled by the incredible sunshine and warmth that arrived for the two weeks prior to the start of the course.
The A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-424852940139369692010-03-28T16:21:00.000+01:002010-03-28T16:21:48.930+01:00Dynamic Archery Dynamic Archery is the practise of shooting arrows while crouching, walking or running. For most people, the sport of archery consists of standing still and shooting your arrow with all the time in the world to perfect your shot.
Can you do that while someone else is shooting back at you? Can you aim correctly after running through the woods to get a better shooting position?
During A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-65227909896998311622010-03-21T09:54:00.001Z2010-03-21T09:59:33.313ZMedical Kits Whether you are in the woods or in town it is important to have medical training
and a good medical kit available.
During our Basic Bushcraft course we discuss how important it is to always have a small survival tin with you at all times. You can make them small enough that you forget about it somewhere in one of your pockets. You should have one of these kits in every jacket, jumper, and A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-2921606255605471132010-03-14T01:00:00.003Z2010-03-17T09:21:46.237ZJedi Training There was a comment on the Modern Yamabushi blog about why Western culture has a fascination with the idea of the warrior monk found in different forms in books, TV and films.
In my time with the Tracker School in the states I noticed that a majority of the hundreds of students who come to the courses have this need for the mystic, austere and divergent experiences. They are usually A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-13400363051305640272010-03-07T01:20:00.000Z2010-03-07T04:06:11.518ZIPNA students in Chile earthquake
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Two students who attended bushcraft and medical courses last fall A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-37139234925764258582010-02-28T10:05:00.003Z2010-03-02T18:34:52.721ZGaisce Presidential Award This past week we hosted twelve teenagers who were meeting the requirements to earn the Gaisce Presidential Award. This programme was set up by the President of Ireland to challenge Irish youth to get out and experience the outdoors and their community. It is offered to all Irish youth aged from 15 to 25. It consists of a three tiered award system offering Bronze, Silver and Gold awards.
A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-13269276433275190492010-02-20T18:47:00.002Z2010-03-02T18:35:07.096ZAidless Navigation: How to find your way home It is exciting to explore new places. It is also easy to become immersed in the awe and wonder of Ireland’s vast beauty. But it is essential to know where you are and more importantly, how to return home. Aidless navigation is how you can keep yourself from getting lost while hiking in remote areas.
Before you leave home you should spend some time with a topographical map of your A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-87552947705791343762010-02-13T09:53:00.002Z2010-03-02T18:35:53.795ZAmmo Pouch Flask The Bushcraft applications for the Ammo Pouch flask was quickly apparent. It is a new phenomenon for me here in Ireland and the UK. In all my years as a Special Forces medic I never came across the ammo pouch flask.
It wasn't until late 2009 when I was teaching the medical BATLS course for the UK military that I saw a quite a few of the squadies and staff carrying this small device. A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-68668523079813294492010-02-07T10:00:00.002Z2011-02-16T12:06:50.810ZWilderness Emergency Medical Technician I have just returned from taking the Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician course run by WEMSI. It was located at the Larch Hill Boy Scout Camp near Dublin.
This course was intense, informative and confidence building. It is a programme that I will be encouraging all of my WFR students to attend. It starts at the First Responder level and adds quite a lot of hands on scenario and A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-66113914147038095792010-01-28T15:07:00.003Z2010-03-02T18:36:06.963ZThe Bent Stick Trap The art of trapping goes back far into antiquity. For some cultures it was a main staple for food. The earliest writings describing animal trapping is from the Dao De Jing. It was written in the 4th century BC.
For those of you who have taken my Basic Bushcraft Course I introduce the art of primitive trapping. We show you both the figure four trap and what we have called the "modified A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-30647193007409649402010-01-24T01:00:00.003Z2010-01-24T12:59:50.025ZYoga and BushcraftYoga and bushcraft are two very different hobbies. At first they appear to be completely different. The average person going to a yoga retreat will be dressed nicely, have clean hands, had a shower that morning, slept in a warm comfortable bed the night before, and have a look of calm serenity.
On the other hand you see the average bushcraft enthusiast. He has been sleeping outside all weekendA. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-37958568362290122022010-01-17T01:00:00.007Z2010-03-02T18:36:21.504ZThe Five Minute Fire Can you build a small fire within five minutes? How about if you fell into a winter stream and are now facing hypothermia? Suddenly, those five minutes feel like a lifetime. How do you build a life saving fire quickly?
First, you need to find some way to raise your whole fire structure off of the ground. Moisture tends to condense close to the ground and makes things more difficult to A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-44880602496597963932010-01-10T01:00:00.013Z2010-03-02T18:36:34.438ZFinding Food in Winter As we embrace the long winter nights, finding wild food becomes tricky at best. Most of the plants have retreated deep underground and are patiently waiting for the warmer longer days. This is the time to get out into the woods and challenge yourself to find wild food now while it is difficult. Anyone can eat well in the woods in August while berries run amok. Go out now and enjoy some wild A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-7213578388091507912010-01-03T02:00:00.006Z2010-03-02T18:36:55.680ZHydration and the Kelly Kettle A few days before Christmas saw some very rough weather here in South Kerry, Ireland. The temperatures were far below the zero mark and I was beginning to get flashbacks of living in Alaska. There was ice everywhere. Even the bog felt solid.
The minus temperatures froze our water pipes as well. We were without water. No problem, we would just grab a bucket of creek water and boil it for ourA. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-67905767963220557332009-12-27T05:12:00.005Z2010-03-02T18:37:09.532ZKamana naturalist training programme Those of you who have taken my bushcraft courses might remember my discussion on nature awareness and animal tracking. We mentioned how important it is to enhance your personal awareness and interact with Nature on a more profound level.
How do you do this exactly? Is there a light switch somewhere inside you that once activated opens up powers of awareness and understanding that was just A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-1664592317301956682009-12-20T18:31:00.003Z2010-01-24T13:09:47.788ZWinter SolsticeThe end of the year is fast approaching. The weather has turned an intense cold and I can see 20cm icicles hanging from our cabin roof.
I find the winter cold refreshing. The sun has been out for over a week now. It is the longest stretch of sunlight we have had since June. At least the midges aren't biting in December.
Solstice is always a special time in the O'Kelly household. It marks the endA. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-31106507326537524352009-12-13T11:25:00.006Z2010-03-02T18:37:24.947ZSelecting a Bushcraft Knife There are many edged options available. Some are expensive (Bear Grylls £400) some are cheap (£10 Frost knife). In today's economic climate I would highly suggest staying on the lower end of that scale.
Here are the fundamental characteristics that you need in a knife:
1. Full Tang
2. Non serrated edge
3. Single edged
4. Drop point
5. No longer than your pinky to A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-21373895992207951162009-12-06T20:03:00.008Z2010-01-24T13:09:14.281ZWhy Learn Tracking? There are many advantages to learning the art of tracking. The most basic reason to study tracking is the enjoyment of seeing what comes around your local area. Through tracking, you can learn a lot about wildlife. You can see who is around, what they are eating, the routes that they travel and the time they come by.
Tracks are the individual notes that animals leave as they write their A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-51340391671611529222009-11-22T16:58:00.006Z2010-03-02T18:38:07.309ZCommunity Oriented Medicine Last week we talked about how modern medicine is coming to an abrupt end. We showed how medicine is completely dependent on fossil fuels and unlimited energy sources in order to maintain the current levels of care. This week we are going to talk about how to design a New Medical Model for providing sustainable healthcare in the coming change.
Medicine used to provide localized care. A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-46376458839517192632009-11-15T12:05:00.004Z2010-03-02T18:38:22.247ZThe Coming Collapse of Modern Medicine Modern medicine cannot continue to operate with the current standards in which it is operating. There are three major reasons for this: First, medicine is extremely energy dependent. What happens when cheap energy is no longer available? Second, basing medicine exclusively on scientific research provides a large margin of error, plus the ethics of who is funding the research. And finally, A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-34619532825991997662009-11-08T17:42:00.004Z2010-03-02T18:37:48.212ZWhat is a Ranger Scout?ranger |ˈreɪn(d)ʒə|noun1 a keeper of a park, forest, or area of countryside.2 a member of a body of armed men, in particular• a mounted soldier.• a commando or highly trained infantryman.3 a person or thing that wanders or ranges over a particular area or domain : rangers of the mountains.
This is a question that gets asked quite a lot. There are many characterizations of Rangers in history A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-84788496839346650592009-11-01T14:57:00.006Z2010-01-24T13:08:07.761ZEnd of the Teaching SeasonIt is with great relief that we end the season of bushcraft and wilderness medicine courses. For the next couple of months, Anna and I will be recuperating and enjoying some quiet down time.
During the past eight months we have offered 17 courses for 77 students. We are quite happy with the outcome during our first full year after opening our school.
Most of our students chose to attend our A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-79809302948028410532009-08-30T08:20:00.002+01:002010-01-24T13:07:41.162ZAutumn ArrivesThe slowing down of the summer courses brings a welcome calm to the IPNA land. It has been a hectic summer with the Residential students as well as the other courses. Anna and myself have had little time to work on the land and get to the long list of chores to do before winter sets in.
We are still waiting for the summer weather. The past two months have shown record rainfall. The land is soakedA. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-36177352247702466912009-06-14T08:56:00.005+01:002010-01-24T13:07:26.436ZResidential Programme Update The residential students have finished their first month of the three month programme. During this first month, they have been working on their hickory bows, finished their primitive living structures, making herbal medicines, and fleshing their sheep skins.
I originally thought that three days a week would be difficult to fill with skills and learning. As it turns out, all three A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-85421461347985200372009-05-24T09:07:00.002+01:002010-01-24T13:07:10.860ZResidential Programm Starts!!!! This week starts the first annual Residential Programme here at IPNA. We are happy to have three students come in for the summer. Two are from here in Ireland and one is coming in from Sweden.
We are bringing in some guest instructors. Greg will be here for most of the programme. He has a BSc in Animal Tracking and has passion for the primitive skills. Kristy has a MPhil and will A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-73109210036397331162009-05-03T23:09:00.004+01:002010-01-24T13:06:55.148ZMedical AnthropologyFormerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak,men mistake medicine for magic.-Thomas Szasz
Medical anthropology is an emerging science bridging the concentrations of anthropology, wilderness medicine, and history. As a discipline of anthropology it connects the anthropological theory and methods with A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-21957462472335331042009-04-23T19:26:00.013+01:002010-01-24T13:15:17.749ZSustainable Medicine
Imagine a world without oil. If that is too much of a stretch, imagine a world where oil is scarce and energy is too expensive for the average person(1). Imagine for profit healthcare management organizations struggling to keep business in the black amidst the spiraling energy costs.
The current medical model is heavily based on petroleum and petroleum products(2)A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-54624773227322340882009-04-04T13:18:00.001+01:002010-01-24T13:19:31.399ZEthnobotanical Applications for Wilderness Medicine
Ethnobotanical Applications for Wilderness Medicine"Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence.”Mourning Dove Salish, 1888-1936
While Ethnobotany has emerged as an important discipline in the search for new drugs (Berlin & Berlin, 1994), there are applications for wildcrafted herbs that can A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-76248014733837332222009-03-15T22:55:00.004Z2010-03-02T18:38:44.497ZModern Yamabushi: The search for the modern Jedi
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As a warrior, you take responsibility for holding the balance between A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-83082160376148641022009-03-13T08:07:00.010Z2010-01-24T13:16:14.996ZSeaweed Collecting
With the weather finally coming around after a rough and wet winter, Anna and I finally found a day to bike down to the local sandy cove. We found three types of seaweed that we enjoy, but it was the Kelp that was the main focus of my search.
When I was living in the remote Southeast area of Alaska, the sea vegetables where a major source for vitamins and minerals. Here in Ireland, A. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-88990283377730327192009-02-15T22:45:00.002Z2010-01-24T13:00:31.503ZCommon Wilderness DiseasesIntroduction to Wilderness Medicine
Wilderness medicine incorporates many different methods and practices of medicine. It borrows from emergency medicine, sports medicine, military medicine, and environmental medicine (Backer, 1995) It incorporates a unique spectrum of topics and special perspectives that facilitate it as a distinct field of study. Wilderness medicine can be seen as patient careA. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6289342545868773239.post-80330334866019749112009-02-01T18:51:00.004Z2010-01-24T13:00:12.772ZA New Medical Model There have been a few discussions on the web regarding the coming collapse of healthcare. More educated people than myself have weighed in with excellent points. Look here and here.
Peak oil, a falling economy, or even a profound environmental catastrophe could bring about about a collapse of healthcare. It doesn't matter how far in the distance this event might be. It is imperative that weA. O'Kellynoreply@blogger.com0