Pathfinder Express Lifts Off

Doug and I take to the skies in a about 12 hours, winging our way to the Canterbury promised land. As usual I am sure that I will find a few things to pick up and bring home some small parts of Ohio. I got the word from Dave that there will some form of rabbit stick contest. Doug and I spent some time in my back yard with some impromptu rabbit stick practice. More misses than hits, but it was more practice than we had to start with. Look out Ohio, here come two Oregon boys!

Fire using an agate & steel

Just a video to show that you don't necessarily need Flint and steel to make fire. Here I use an agate and part of an old file to ignite my charred material. My actual total time from start to flame was around three and a half minutes. The video is edited down since it's not the most exciting thing to watch a guy bang a rock on a piece of steel. You can do it too, you just need some charred material and a little practice.

Certified Pathfinder Phase 1

As some of you know I have been going though the Pathfinder School's phase one wilderness self reliance course. I got the word today!

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Dave Canterbury (Pathfinder) Our latest Phase one graduate, "Oregon Mike" Davis congrats Brother!



I started March 31, 2010 and got the word today. I learned many many things. Especially from parts of the course that I did not think I would learn anything. I would highly recommend this course to anyone that is interested in the outdoors. You will learn about plants, animals and many other things in your area. You are going to have to do some work though, but it is well worth it. Now it's on to phase 2!

June high water exploration part 1

This one days adventure exploring a recently flooded area. It may not be the most fast paced video and it does have some camera issues as it was mostly filmed by myself sitting on my kayak while trying to keep my camera dry, not drop the camera, keep the kayak straight, and not say something stupid.. all at the same time. I do not script my videos, so there may be a few flub ups and such. So take a look, I will try and do a video of the same area after the water has gone down in a week or so.

June high water exploration part 2

This one days adventure exploring a recently flooded area. It may not be the most fast paced video and it does have some camera issues as it was mostly filmed by myself sitting on my kayak while trying to keep my camera dry, not drop the camera, keep the kayak straight, and not say something stupid.. all at the same time. I do not script my videos, so there may be a few flub ups and such. So take a look, I will try and do a video of the same area after the water has gone down in a week or so.

Dual Survival premiering Friday, June 11, at 10pm ET/PT.

Well, the day is here! Dave on the big tube...



I am very proud to see a regular hard working guy have some success. Dave has worked very hard for this and the whole time keeping himself grounded in the roots of the common man. Now I know TV shows love conflict and will play up the differences between Dave and Cody, but that's just promotional stuff and editing. Dave says that they have become fast friends. So let's all sit back and enjoy this Friday's show. Finally a "survival" show with two guys that really know what they are doing out there. No disrespect to Les for his show, I am currently enjoying his book.

Here are some clips from Dual Survival:

Underwater camp

Underwater camp, originally uploaded by Oregon Mike.

Just a clip of a video I will be putting together on you tube. Sneak peek unedited. Full video to follow about mid week.