Winter ML + Climbing Coach :)

Delighted to have got through two recent assessments; Development Climbing Coach and Winter Mountain Leader

Winter ML has only been a slow burning ambition for the past 20 yrs

Development Climbing Coach was a fantastic learning journey; and in recent times I've been lucky enough to spend 4 months in the snow and ice of Scottish Highlands...

 

Thanks @alanhalewood + Glenmore Lodge for tough and great assessments!

 

Really excited to be offering Scottish Winter Courses, plus Irish based climbing coaching, going forward, hopefully.

 

Mountaineering Ireland

Possible Extra Summer Bushcraft Skills 1 Course, In Glengarriff/Cork

Next beginner friendly Bushcraft Skills 1 is fully booked. It may be possible to schedule an extra bushcraft course over the summer, midweek, possibly late Jun or early Jul.

 

Get in touch on bushcraftireland@gmail.com if you're interested...

 

Bushcraft Course Details Here 

Lowland Leader Assessment, Lowland Leader Training, Mountain Skills, Bushcraft Skills : All coming up over the summer

Lowland Leader Assessment, Lowland Leader Training, Mountain Skills 1, Bushcraft Skills

All coming up over the summer. Extra dates set; although some still provisional

Details : https://www.outdoorsireland.com/

Contact : bushcraftireland@gmail.com

 

6th - 7th Jun : Bushcraft Skills 1 (Beginner Friendly)

20th - 21st Jun : Mountain Skills 1 (Beginner Friendly)
6th - 7th Jul : Mountain Skills 1 (Beginner Friendly)
27th - 28th Jul : Mountain Skills 1 (Beginner Friendly)

6th - 7th Jul : Lowland Leader Assessment
27th - 28th Jul : Lowland Leader Assessment
29th - 30th Aug : Lowland Leader Training

Oct Dates : Bushcraft Skills 1 (Beginner Friendly)
Oct Dates : Bushcraft Skills Week (Beginner Friendly) 

Sea Kayaking Tours Available, In This Glorious Weather, Across Glengarriff Bay

Sea Kayaking Tours Available, In This Glorious Weather, Across Glengarriff Bay

Get in touch on bushcraftireland@gmail.com or text/whatsapp message 086 8604564

Last Min Upcoming Glengarriff Bay Kayak Trips 

Possible Extra Summer Date For Lowland Leader Assessment; Plus Map Reading-Mountain Skills 1

Lowland Leader Assessment this weekend fully booked. Going through students exam papers and route plans, in some very damp, midgy, rainforest-esque woods, this morning.

It may be possible to schedule an extra assessment date over this summer; either midweek or weekend.
Same for possibly scheduling an extra map reading Mountain Skills 1.

Location Glengarriff/Cork.

Get in touch on bushcraftireland@gmail.com if you'd like to be put on a waiting list 🙂
 

Mountaineering Ireland

Pyramid Fire Lay

Pyramid Fire Lay:

 

The basic pyramid fire lay. Built on a piece of dry wood, to serve as a hot ember base, and keep fire off damp ground initially.

 

You'll see the dry lichen, mixed with pine sap, to get the sparks ignited.

 

The trick with the pyramid lay is get it built quickly, to allow updraft effect, plus dry any dampness from fuel.

 

To increase your fire to camp-size/cooking-size; continue the pyramid lay, but increase wood size...

 

 

Click Here To See Our Bushcraft Training Courses & Survival Training Courses 

 

Rainy Day Cormorant

The rain seemed to make this cormorant especially friendly :)

Guided sea kayaking trip out across Glengarriff Bay...

They are pretty specialized, deep-diving seabirds known for hunting fish by swimming underwater.

They can swim to depths of 45m.

Unlike most seabirds, they have wettable feathers that allow them to sink easily, necessitating their iconic pose of standing with wings outstretched to dry.

A group of cormorants is called a gulp!

Click Here To See Details Of Our Glengarriff Bay Sea Kayaking Tours; Plus Our Bioluminescence Night Kayaking

Lowland Leader Assessments - Cork, Ireland

Our pre-summer Lowland Leader Assessment, is fully booked, however if there's enough interest it may be possible to schedule another for May/Jun (either midweek or weekend), in Glengarriff.

 

Please get in touch to bushcraftireland@gmail.com if you're interested, and also let me know if you can do midweek as well as weekend.

 

Thanks, Nathan 

Roasting Limpets - Bushcraft Training

Needed to practice something for a bushcraft course in May; that's involving sea shore foraging.

Limpets; pretty tasty; usually cooked in hot water, like mussels. But without a pan; what can you do?

1. Heat a stone on a small fire (which also sterilises the stone). 

2. Place limpets onto the stone.

3. Drag some hot embers over the top.

4. Leave roast for 4-10 mins, depending...

5. Clear the embers and eat off the stone.

 

In this case I overcooked them slightly, but still really good 🙂

While mussels are delicious, and we do eat them, limpets can be safer to eat; as they don't filter feed-they graze like a cow; so collect less potential toxins.

Limpets are high protein, have omega 3 fatty acids, and vitamin b12, among other things.

Bushcraft Skills Course This Coming Weekend - Glengarriff/Cork - Places Available

Two places are left available for a beginner friendly Bushcraft Skills 1, next weekend; 25th-26th Apr.

 

Over the weekend, among other things we'll be looking at simple bread making in a dutch oven; making fire from spark, using a pyramid lay; using a kelly kettle to boil water quickly; and of course some foraging for dinner.

Click Here For Details Or To Book