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Physical Health

3/4/2015

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3 compartment compost bin

grafting edible apple to crab apple

using fish wheel to catch salmon

It is almost impossible to live independent and off the grid without being health conscious. What we eat, where we get out food, how to preserve that food is important. How to take care of ourselves when we get sick, and there are no doctors around can mean the difference between life or death. I spent 30 years in the Alaska wilderness. I have pulled my own teeth stitched myself up, depended on medicinal plants. This is the place to ask, contribute, learn about do it yourself health issues.

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Miles Martin here, hi.

My main life skill is wilderness survival. I have written several books on the subject, written for the New York Times, Geo in Europe, and Alaska Magazine. I spent 25 years alone in the Alaska wilderness as hermit, mountain man, subsistence person. Beyond just ‘off the grid.’ I was born and raised in the city, had few skills beyond what I learned watching Walt Disney and some minor family camping. I paid a pilot to drop me off in the wilds, cold turkey. I walked out a year later. I built a houseboat, lived off the land nomadically with no electricity no ID no bills with my sled dogs. I lived on $2,000 a year for many years. I’ve been an artist writer knife maker for a living, mostly in my later years. I’m a 64 year old senior now. I have spent time in my youth in the city, more years in the wilds, and some time in remote villages. I travel doing art shows so am at least familiar with a variety of situations. I feel I am in a position to comment and offer meaningful advice on a lot of survival situations.

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