To those of you who were expressing interest in a potential West Virginia gathering, I spoke to the folks at Anthropik and they are down for organizing one again this year at Seneca Rocks. What would everyone like to see happen there?
Hello, my nameās Art and I hail from the southern tip of Texas. I live in a unique bio-region thats part southwest, part sub tropical and part Gulf Coast. I come from a long line of tribal people including Celts, Gauls, Picts, Saxons, Danes and Cherokees to name a few that I know of. Iāve been called Hispanic as well do to my immersion into the local culture but to be honest my Spanish sucks.
Iāve been intrested in survival skills for longer than some of you have been on this good Earth but only recently have made a serious effort to master them. I could be considered an old school survivalist but I gave up most of the para-military aspects. Instead I wish to learn how to live with the land as simply as possible. I do enjoy learning primitive skills but I donāt see giving up steel knives and firearms until Iām comfortable in my skills. I want to make a gradual transition. Iāve been relearning alot about hunting and fishing. High powered rifles and compound bows have been replaced with muzzleloaders and recurve bows to reduce mechnical advantage and to force myself to fine tune my abilities.
I have had an intrest in anarcho-primitve ever since I learned there were people trying to remove themselves from soceity. I discovered on the internet about 9 years ago that there gatherings called Rabbitstick, Winter Count, Earth Circle and River Cane. Since that time Iāve been drawn to the idea of learning about the Paleolithic lifestyle and how it could broaden my survival knowledge. On all levels of survival and sustainablity I have alot to learn but I am striving to close the gap.
Iāve had an intresting 40 years on this Earth and hope to be able to contribute something back to the forum while I try and learn from you folks. Iāve studied how rural people survived the Great Depression, both from books and from first hand accounts from my father. I donāt know for sure if civilization will collapse for good but Iām pretty certain itās going to do some stumbling soon. I donāt really have anything against Civilization, just the majority of people that live in it and the government/elites that try and control them.
'Cowboy!
I bid you welcome!
and to all the other new folks welcome,welcome,welcome!!!
This sub-thread started by Luddite has been moved to Rewilding Mind & Heart due to the fact that it deserved its own topic.
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hey folks, my name is kestrel and I am an internet junkie. there, I said it. I also am 25, living in Seattle and working at Dickās Drive In of all places to finish paying off the land my brother and I bought out on the Olympic coast (Washington). My life goal is to help create and experience a community thatās self sustainable without using agricultural methods, is free of assigned gender, and does not hide from death.
I took the name TrollSplinter from a childrens book. When trolls are exposed to sunlight they turn to stone and burst into thousands of tiny splinters. If a person gets these troll splinters in their eye, then what is beautiful to most, is ugly to them and vis-versa. Well, the TrollSplinter clan is very slowly growing, and we definately hope that in our life time there will be an enormous human catastrophy. Most folks would find that horrible and negative, I find the thought comforting and optimistic, so I must have a troll splinter I guess.
All I want is to follow the elk, and be killed by a cougar. Untill then Iāll continue hunting rabbits and geese in the city parks to go with my thistle roots, and weed salads.
Dicks Drive In! Thatās funny dude. Good burgers from what I remember. Welcome to the forum!
hey everyone,
my name is margi (not mar-jee, but mar-ghi.) iām a 24 year old woman and i live in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada where i was born and raised. i live with a toxic, unhappy father in a beautiful house by an old castle and near trains and a big lake. i used to love cities and i even lived in the biggest city in canada for about three years. now i hate cities!!! i love walking in forests and riding my bike. i am moving to Sandpoint, Idaho (close to WA and near the BC border) in mid to late August!
i have two post-secondary degrees and the question i hate most is āwhat are you going to do with those?ā i know that i can never have a regular job and i do not want a career.
iāve been a raw foodist (primarily fruitarian) for about 2 years now. my interest in thinking about eating led me to anarcho-primitivism and rewilding. right now i am writing a book about wild edibles for raw foodists. it will be an ebook. i am also hopelessly addicted the internet and i keep a blog and it is http://rawcanadiangirl.blogspot.com
m.
SgĆĘĆĀ«no!
I suppose I should introduce myselfāIām Jason Godesky, from the Tribe of Anthropik. Many of you have already met my prissy wife. 
Really very green as far as my rewilding goes, but hey, my feet are on the path, and thatās farther than most, right? My skills at the moment are scanty, but Iām taking advantage of what opportunities I have to practice, perfect and expand them. Iām from the Longhouse in general, and the Tuppeek-hanne specifically, though I do most of my working and sleeping at present in Dionde:gĆĘĆĀ¢ā (a.k.a., āPittsburghā).
NiawĆĘĆĀŖnā!
To those of you who were expressing interest in a potential West Virginia gathering, I spoke to the folks at Anthropik and they are down for organizing one again this year at Seneca Rocks. What would everyone like to see happen there?
See also, which is really just pointing over here. Weāre going to try to make this yearās Mountain Festival more of a āRewild Camp,ā like what youāre doing in Portland, i.e., āBarCampā for rewilding. Labor Day weekend, Seneca Rocks, WV, but weād like to hear from whoās interested so we can get some idea of what all to throw in, or even if thereās enough interest to make this viable, so if this piques your interest, then please speak up!
It piques my interest, but I wonāt be able to make it this year. Stretched a little too thin as isā¦ :ā(
Iām starting to become a little disheartened. Iād expected a stronger response; so far, thatās the only response Iāve heard. Maybe there just isnāt the interest out there to justify something like this. Thatās certainly a discouraging thoughtā¦
Kestrel, Margi, Jason, welcome to the forums.
Jason, Iām sorry to see the lack of response to your rewild camp. I had thought more buzz would surface, as it seemed that Penny and some others had thrown the question about quite a bit before.
I want to extend the welcome though, to use the REWILD wiki to set up, publicize, organize as needed. You can take ideas from Scoutās page for the Portland REWILD camp. It looks like not much planning is happening there either, but slowly and surely interested folks do trickle in.
If you do decide to set up a wiki page for your camp, let me know, and Iāll provide links to it through the news at the top of the forum and via the wiki sidebar.
For what itās worth, I havenāt seen that many ppl come thru here today. Iād give it at least a day.
Itās been about a day. Iām not giving up yet, itās just a little more disappointing than Iād expected.
Thanks, Rix. I thought the REWILD.info wiki would be a good place to post stuff up, it looks like you guys are really opening this up to be a much wider thing, so Iād love to be able to bring the Longhouse into it. Right now, itās in the early planning stages. Once we have more tied down (like place, exact days, etc.), Iāll be posting everywhere I know.
another thing to keep in mind: some users donāt have regular internet access, so it may take a while for all the interested parties to drop by.
Iāll be there with materials for a few workshops. Like yucca for a cordage, some yucca flower stalks for hand drill fires, and emergency/survival cordage from a t-shirt. With the t-shirt cordage we will make bows for bow drill fires and maybe quickie bows for hunting.
I really would like to see this gathering happen. West Virginia is so very awesome.
I know Penny Scout will probably be going and sheās got lots of materials and stuff too. She has limited access to computers right now since she ran away because her parents did not approve of our love. 
ā¦You think Iām kidding.
I know better than to make assumptions like that, but hot damn, thatās some made-for-TV drama.
Welcome Jason! I hope the Longhouse Rendezvous gathers some steam here in the coming weeks. I wonder if somehow weāve missed some crux on āgetting the word outā for events like these primitivist rendezvous. Perhaps if people going to feral visions and the rainbow tribe gathering (and other such gatherings) could spread the word for rewild camps both east and west?
letās get word of mouth going.
In general, absolutely!
In this specific case, we need to figure out time and place first.