Recorded on June 26th, 2023, this is a stab at a new format for the JMB Podcast; doing it solo. The topic for the day is differentiating between professional training and personal enrichment. We embrace both styles of program, but they are definitely not the same thing. The student has to decide what they want out of a program and an experience, and the instructor has to design the approach, the goals, and the management strategies accordingly. During the podcast I make several references to episode 107 of the JMB Podcast; Nurturing Vs. Accountability As A Coach. Click the link to go back and ..read more

Recorded on June 3rd, 2023 at the headquarters of Full Tang Outfitters in Tracy, New Brunswick, Canada. Tim and returning guest Blake Towsley discuss scheming for winter trips, dishonesty in marketing knives from people who have been on the tv show “Solo, By Myself, Without Clothes”, and the currently trending topic of Wild Pooping, or defecating in the woods that is growing rapidly in popularity. PHOTO:Cooking over the fire on a recent trip. Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 117 | Wild Pooping Kid-Friendly? There is a bit of profanity in this episode. Links: Full Tang Outfitters BushcraftScho ..read more

Recorded on May 25th, 2023 in the Guide Shack, with an outside temperature of 43 degrees F, Tessa and Tim talk about the spring, 2023 Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester and making hard decisions. It has been a long month and we were both tired while recording this, and we’re still looking forward to the weather warming up. PHOTO:On the Wilderness Canoe Expedition Semester. Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 116 | Making Hard Decisions Kid-Friendly? Kid friendly, no profanity. Links: BushcraftSchool.com Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar   Apple Podcasts | Play, Download Or Subscri ..read more

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. PHOTOS:The first public photo of the Aroostook River Guide Grill Basket. Show Notes: JMB Podcast Episode 115 | Don’t Believe The Hype Kid ..read more

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 Kid-Friendly? Kid friendly, no profanity. Links: Tessa’s bio and instructor ..read more

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 Kid-Friendly? Kid friendly, no profanity. Links: Journeyman Certification BushcraftSchool.com Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar School Of The Forest Calendar   Apple Podcasts | Play, Download Or Su ..read more

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 Kid-Friendly? Kid friendly, no profanity. Links: BushcraftSchool.com Jack Mountain Bu ..read more

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 Kid-Friendly? Kid friendly, no profanity. Links: Book: The New Toughness Training For Sports by James E. Loehr Jack Mountain Bushcraft School Calendar Sch ..read more

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 Kid-Friendly ..read more

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 Kid-Friendly? Kid friendly, no profanity. Links: On The Trail ebook on Amazon 3-Week Sum ..read more