Empiricism matters, and we know the fundamentals, applied in an advanced manner, work. Quit trying to overcomplicate everything, and focus on the fundamentals, applied to gain incremental progression. You can thank me later.
Classes this year in Idaho Falls won’t begin until July, because I’ll be calving from mid-April through mid-June.
13/14 JULY—Clandestine Carry Pistol
Idaho Falls, ID
Cost of class is $500. Deposits for this class are due no later than 1JUN.
17/18 AUG—Practical Horse Packing for Pedestrian Preppers
Idaho Falls, ID
This is a new class. It will cover basic horse care and equipment for the inexperienced with horses or folks who don’t have much horse experience beyond arena riding lessons or day rides on trails. It will cover basic field care and first aid, as well as methods of securing horses in the absence of corrals and barns. We will discuss and practice different methods of packing loads on horses, including the use of panniers and mantied loads, and the use of different types of pack saddles, including using riding saddles as pack saddles.
If you have zero experience with horses, or think the idea of using horses in a post-grid world is ridiculous, this is a class you need to take. This is NOT a riding class. There will be no riding in the class, although we will discuss setting up riding saddles for riding as well.
This is not a field class. It will take place outdoors, but in an outdoors classroom environment. While camping is available on site, you don’t need to feel like you’re required to camp out.
There’s no basic gear requirement for the class, except long-sleeved shirt, long pants, and closed-toes shoes, but students are encouraged to bring go-bags/GHB/rucks of choice for illustration purposes with loading.
Whether you know nothing about equines, or are an experienced rider, you’re going to learn a lot in this class.
Cost of class is $500. Deposits for this class are due no later than 1JUL.
14/15 SEP—General Preparedness Rifle
Idaho Falls, ID
Cost of class is $500. Deposits for this class are due no later than 1AUG.
It actually depends more on the material than the specific color, although a broken color (i.e. camo pattern) will tend to work better, if the color delineations are dramatic enough. As Berglander pointed out, if you’re at one of the classes this summer, we’ll pull out the NVG and look at different gear in different colors, so you can see. Moisture also matters. For instance, old school M81 pattern…
Classes this year in Idaho Falls won’t begin until July, because I’ll be calving from mid-April through mid-June.
13/14 JULY—Clandestine Carry Pistol
Idaho Falls, ID
Cost of class is $500. Deposits for this class are due no later than 1JUN.
17/18 AUG—Practical Horse Packing for Pedestrian Preppers
Idaho Falls, ID
This is a new class. It will cover basic horse care and equipment for the inexperienced with horses or folks who don’t have much horse experience beyond arena riding lessons or day rides on trails. It will cover basic field care and first aid, as well as methods of securing horses in the absence of corrals and barns. We will discuss and practice different methods of packing loads on horses, including the use of panniers and mantied loads, and the use of different types of pack saddles, including using riding saddles as pack saddles.
If you have zero experience with horses, or think the idea of using horses in a post-grid world is ridiculous, this is a class you need to take. This is NOT a riding class. There will be no riding in the class, although we will discuss setting up riding saddles for riding as well.
This is not a field class. It will take place outdoors, but in an outdoors classroom environment. While camping is available on site, you don’t need to feel like you’re required to camp out.
There’s no basic gear requirement for the class, except long-sleeved shirt, long pants, and closed-toes shoes, but students are encouraged to bring go-bags/GHB/rucks of choice for illustration purposes with loading.
Whether you know nothing about equines, or are an experienced rider, you’re going to learn a lot in this class.
Cost of class is $500. Deposits for this class are due no later than 1JUL.
14/15 SEP—General Preparedness Rifle
Idaho Falls, ID
Cost of class is $500. Deposits for this class are due no later than 1AUG.
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The title of this article is something I heard—and later used—a lot, in my early days in the military. It’s something I still use, with my kids, when their appetite to do cool stuff outpaces their level of preparedness and background knowledge.
“Dad, I want to ride my 15 year old mare and complete the Tevis Cup!” (A 100-mile, 24 hour endurance ride in the mountains outside Susanville, California) is really no difference than the basic training private who insists “I’m going to sniper school!” even before he’s done his Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) training.
The gist of “focus on the 25M target” is to focus on the fundamentals, instead of worrying about the cool guy shit. The secret of course is that there is no “cool guy shit.” The cool guys are doing the exact same shit as the cherries, they’re just doing it a whole hell of a lot better.
What does that mean, in our context?
Well, it means a lot.
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