K2.1

Being married with young children means I need to be very effective with my time. It takes me about 15 minutes to get to my sit spot, however because I am so curious it often takes me longer. Someone mentioned that you can learn so much just from your walk in and I agree. I pass over an open sandy section and I always try and see who has been coming and going. I have had to kill many march/horse flies unfortunately. I do wonder about how others feel about killing non-native species that have become a pest. The cane toad has become an ecological disaster for Australia. I saw seven pairs mating one morning in a puddle. Fortunately the puddle dried out the next day and their spawn won't breed.
I am really enjoying the weekly challenges. Not many people comment so I wonder others are doing them. I couldn't find a hair. I started a fire with one match in under one minute. I built my first real bow drill from completely natural materials (except shoelace).
The resource journals I find the most difficult. I find I need to go between two or three books to gather enough information. I also have to choose alternate mammals, plants, trees, etc.
For the whole I could not be happier with the Kamana program. I love their coyote teaching style and that is also something I am slowly absorbing. I love the stories, the sharing, and the learning.

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Comment by Kate Guenther on February 19, 2010 at 6:17am: Jon Young many times says it is the quality of experience, not the quantity that counts. Of course, both is best!. Others have said that one of the most important ingredients in making Kamana successful for any given individual is to somehow make it your own. Both these thoughts serve me from time to time.

Best of luck finding your particular path.

Comment by Christopher on February 19, 2010 at 12:25am: I'm also in Kamana 1 ..still. And like you, James, I have a little girl (and another child on the way) so time is tight. Most weeks I only make it out to my sit spot on Sunday, but I spend several hours. And like both of you I spend a lotta time wandering around. Especially since I just changed my spot. It's been really exciting though, lots o' sandy banks with long stretches of tracks. And I meet a tracking group there once a month so it's been great to learn from more experienced people. But I only sat on one of the last three weekends ..and that was only 30 minutes.

It sounds like you're comin' along James ..it's encouraging, with the similar time constraints. Enjoy your wandering Michelle ..I echo your sentiment about knowing other Kamana students are at work. It compelled me to post (first time).

Comment by Misha, Cougar, Michelle Wruck on February 13, 2010 at 4:50pm: James!

Thanks for your thoughts. I'm still on Kamana 1, and probably will be for a while. I'm kinda slow with things.

I've had the same trouble with the sit spot. I always wanted to wander around first, and didn't usually have a lot of time to do both.

Now I'm on an extended wander and don't know how I'll manage the sit spot in a different place every day. It's nice to know there are other folks plugging away at this. I hope you'll keep posting.

Michelle