Sammy and I chat about his introduction to primitive/survival skills, what draws him to them, woodworking, traditional southern Appalachian crafts (banjos in particular), ocarinas and more.
For Sammy, nature connection is the primary reason behind practicing survival skills, and we chat a bit about that and some of the teaching he has been involved with and hopes to become more involved with in the future.
Resources Mentioned
Samuel Kells on Youtube
Boulder Outdoor Survival School
Rhiannon Giddens‘ folk music — Take a listen!
Foxfire books edited by Eliot Wigginton — Fun books, I’d suggest taking a look through them at the very least. Especially if you live in the Appalachians. There is a whole collection of them, I just linked up the first one.
Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen
The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
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