The Scroll

11/22/2025

My happy place. We will be running a couple of Pole and Paddle Clinics next year. 2026 schedule will be finalized and posted in a couple of weeks.
https://www.thescroll275.com/

11/22/2025

11/22/2025

For the past several years, I have been providing private training to several ER Doctors, Physician Assistants, and Wilderness and Austere Medicine Fellowship students from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. This year's training was to focus on what skills are needed to spend an unplanned night in the woods with minimal equipment (minus the great dinner that JD cooked😀). Over two days and one 19-degree cold night, the students learned:

Knife/saw/axe safety and use
Water procurement
Fire building
Knots
Emergency shelter construction
Local plant and tree identification and uses
Outdoor cooking methods

Awesome job by these folks and I am blessed 🙏 to be able to pass on these skills. If you would like to set up some private training, please reach out to us.
https://www.thescroll275.com/

11/15/2025

Thanks again to the New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center for a great year!!!!

11/10/2025

Great year at the New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center. Many thanks to Craig Poirier for helping me with all of the classes and taking all of the photos throughout the year. I am looking forward to next year.

11/03/2025

Just wanted to share a few photos of our Wilderness Survival 102 overnighter from last weekend. 4 students trekked into the woods for a day hike and learned what it takes to spend an unexpected night in the woods. A full day of hands-on learning included basic compass familiarization, site selection, safe knife and axe work, making water safe for consumption and utilizing a rapid ridgeline for setting up a super shelter.
We are happy to say that all 4 students battled the cold and dark to walk out of the woods the following morning, with no injuries or issues!
Thank you to Rick The Scroll for his sharing his expert knowledge & experience. Also, thank you to Steve S. for the elk jerky & chili!

If this sort of thing interests you, please check out our 2026 schedule at https://nhoutdoorlearning.com/class-schedule/

NHOLC, let Us help You get Outdoors!

10/20/2025

We finished up the last Survival 101 and Land Navigation classes for the year at the NHOLC New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center last weekend. The number of students signing up for these classes has been increasing, so we will be running four of these classes next year. NHOLC 2026 schedule is posted https://nhoutdoorlearning.com/ . Thank you to all our students!!!

10/13/2025

Good Day Everyone,
Just wanted to remind everyone that the weekend of Oct. 18th-19th is our last SOLO Wilderness First Aid class of the year. We still have a few spots left. So if your almost due for re-cert or have been think up clicking it up a notch on your first aid skills this is the class to get it done. Anyone who spends time in the woods owes to themselves to be prepared and SOLO is the best. Looking forward to seeing you there. Thanks,
Steve

10/10/2025

I know that little green guy is around here somewhere 🧙‍♂️

09/24/2025

A few days late, but just wanted to thank Jae and No Monkey Business Dog Training. Oliver and I have been training there for the past four months and Jae's private sessions have been exactly what we have been looking for. We look forward to our next round of training.

09/12/2025

No electricity, no problem. Pizza cooked in a solar oven. Thank you big, bright sun 😎