tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post4649549508992210698..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: mountain man myth 1 of 2-post 1 of 2 todayJames M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-50221616606109369832016-03-17T11:32:50.973-07:002016-03-17T11:32:50.973-07:00Gary, excellent post. It would be interesting if ...Gary, excellent post. It would be interesting if you turned these thoughts into an article. (Hint, hint, hint.)<br /><br />Your post has made me think of a new criteria for family members.......<br /><br />........If I can barely make it through Thanksgiving dinner with you and your quirks, you are NOT coming to my place in a disaster.<br /><br />Idaho Homesteader Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-78367914855956445202016-03-17T05:48:14.152-07:002016-03-17T05:48:14.152-07:00And most people who join a group pre-collapse have...And most people who join a group pre-collapse have all the modern Oil Age generation split baggage. Yep, you only want the pick of the survivors.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-19847585080857603552016-03-17T05:42:52.355-07:002016-03-17T05:42:52.355-07:00On the Eden book, I must have gotten another editi...On the Eden book, I must have gotten another edition which wasn't linked to the one you refer to. So, thanks, this one is much more reasonable. LMM might only be $11 but with shipping it is a $15 book, and a short one at that. As I read it before, it isn't worth the price, to me. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-90414902768645134802016-03-16T18:08:51.346-07:002016-03-16T18:08:51.346-07:00Jim while The Mountain Man is a myth (except rare ...Jim while The Mountain Man is a myth (except rare cases)a modern lone wolf has the advantage of cached supplies to extend his time alone. The advantage of this survival path is if he returns to a community it has proven its self . Most preformed groups will fail due to lack of compatibility, planning or skills. Post collapse groups will have a better chance as they are proven. A lone wolf or his pack can trade between groups and decide where they would fit best.<br /><br /> I have little faith in group prepping it is futile. Hell even families can't agree on who's house and what to fix on holidays. If I join a group after it will be because I offer them something and they offer me something of equal value. If not I would be a trader between groups.Gary in Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-82369354182848628692016-03-16T15:33:37.087-07:002016-03-16T15:33:37.087-07:00I'm not sure which book that you're referr...<br />I'm not sure which book that you're referring to James? But I saw a paperback version of Last of the Mountain Men for $11.00 at that same link:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Last-Mountain-Men-Story-Solitary/dp/0960356665<br /><br />And the other book, A River Went Out of Eden for $14.00 used.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/A-River-Went-Out-Eden/dp/0938530569/ref=pd_sim_14_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=0RB22K1P5T9Z8XWZ4ED8<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-50937203582804565532016-03-16T14:47:55.793-07:002016-03-16T14:47:55.793-07:00Florida was a good idea, but flawed. Amongst othe...Florida was a good idea, but flawed. Amongst other problems all the coast residents were Gott Damn Yankee transplants and very few Southerners. No helping/caring culture as per the rest of the region, breed out by the FedGov with thirty pieces of silver. Of course, all the angry Black ghettos were still there.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-40690152757594925162016-03-16T14:44:57.244-07:002016-03-16T14:44:57.244-07:00The preferred book you cite is $90 used, so I'...The preferred book you cite is $90 used, so I'll never read it. But thanks for the thought. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-19242994901037024232016-03-16T10:05:40.077-07:002016-03-16T10:05:40.077-07:00With regards to Sylvan Hart James, I don't kno...With regards to Sylvan Hart James, I don't know if you had an older out of print version, or the version in the link below? But I had heard that there was one copy floating around that was said to be an autobiography about him, but really only discussed the highlights of the area where he lived, and only briefly mentioned him. Even in the copy below, one reviewer is saying that it's bunk, and that even Sylvan Hart claimed that it was, and that a better book is "A River Went Out Of Eden" by Chana B. Cox. I honestly can't say because I've never had the book, but you should probably read the reviews before getting it.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Last-Mountain-Men-Story-Solitary/dp/0960356665<br /><br />You bring up a good point with regards to the mountain men, but they were probably about as self sufficient as one could be, only having to enter civilised society annually. One fellow during the Victorian era hated that rigid society so much that he abandoned it to take on a Squaw and live naked amongst the Indians, and there's a book on his life:<br /><br />My Life as an Indian: The Story of a Red Woman and a White Man in the Lodges of the Blackfeet (1907)<br /><br />I do think that it would be great to have the stone age survival skills, and it would be a great ace to have up your sleeve come the collapse. Personally, I hate almost all people, and a group survival setting will not work for me, so I plan on going into stealth mode (i.e. pretend to be poor, starving, living in a shack, cache all supplies, etc). Most people have no ability to think outside of the box, and generally fall into two camps: The left that supports all the sick things that I find disgusting; GLBT's, feminists, etc. Or the neo-conservative right that want to build more prisons to throw more guys that get caught with marijuana into, support the police state, and wage endless wars on the other side of the globe to keep us “safe” here. I hate them both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-39293259785638833242016-03-16T08:11:26.011-07:002016-03-16T08:11:26.011-07:00"Instead of taking a community through the lo..."Instead of taking a community through the looking glass with you, you need to form one afterwards."<br />============<br /><br />Precisely!<br />I've been talking to my only tribe member about this. We are both frustrated that the others in our small community have their heads in their asses and are incapable of being trusted with the secret handshake at this time.<br /><br />Only recently did I remember that after the few hurricanes I've been through in Florida did people try to work together, not before. A persons mindset changes due to conditions.ghostsniperhttp://www.deadcenter.comnoreply@blogger.com