by katie.d | Feb 15, 2017 | blog
Journal date: April 20 2015 I read in Elizabeth Marshal Thomas’s book and understood that much of the calories of a Ju/wa village came from the long walks and heavy loads borne by the women of the village. I used this knowledge to shape my strategy for...
by katie.d | Dec 11, 2016 | blog
The item’s the Bushmen carry on a hunt, is very interesting to me and I am sure to many other bushcrafters, woodsmen and hunters. We are a materialistic civilization, it is evident when going to read and watch content on the internet on the outdoors. There are always...
by katie.d | Nov 10, 2016 | blog
The Ju/wa(the “/” is a click with the tip of the tongue) hunters introduced me to tracking, in likely the same way how they were taught to track game across the Kalahari. Not through the rigid rote of the Western education systems that I was funneled...
by katie.d | Oct 3, 2016 | blog
If you are reading this post it is because you are interested in survival in the Kalahari desert. I found myself searching Google for this very thing as I prepared to go survive naked in the Kalahari on the TV show Naked and Afraid. There was little good,...
by katie.d | Sep 5, 2016 | blog
I chugged a weight gain shake and forced down a half pound of bacon while flipping through hand drawn flashcards of summer wild edibles in the Caprivi Strip of Namibia. It was February in Washington and I was preparing to go onto Naked and Afraid on the far side of...
by katie.d | Aug 21, 2016 | blog
This lake is so beautiful. It lured us from afar with its crystal blue waters cradled by a valley of snow that fed into this little glacier lake. It’s like a little nasty trick saying you can look, but don’t touch because the moment you do your heart will turn to...
