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Who could imagine anyone these days building a bear trap with logs tied with homemade twine? As with Thoreau, their wilderness sojourn was not permanent, but they suffered endless deprivation, starvation and extreme discomfort however the experience was a real eye-opener as to what anyone can do if you put your mind to it. “By forsaking almost all technology known to modern man, Nikki and Micah have taken wilderness dwelling far beyond the boundaries that most seekers of the wild will ever do. “An unusual, compelling perspective on 19 months in the bush: by which time you may be ready to venture out yourself.” “Humbling and, at times, plain jaw-dropping!” –Jon Young, author of What the Robin Knows (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), and founder of Wilderness Awareness School
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Nikki’s heartfelt and transparent self-discovery, reconciliation and renegotiation with self, others and the offerings of our world is a model all can benefit from.” After becoming wild, Nikki returns to post-modern life to discover how far away her known communities have gotten from this original relationship-as all people realize when they reconnect with nature. Nikki’s deep calling to ancient knowledge, skills and authentic experience leads to powerful connections and reawakens ancient instincts, sensibilities and perceptions that are now mostly gone from modern people. Nikki van Schyndel’s incredible story tugs strongly at the heart of one of modern life’s greatest challenges: the massive disconnection of people from nature. “Becoming Wild is a must read for anyone concerned about the future of people and the natural world.
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Told in a voice that is both familiar and vulnerable, Becoming Wild explores our innate longings to connect with nature and revert to a pure, Eden-like state.
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In this remote world she learns to skin bears, make clothes from cedar bark and take great joy in gobbling a fish tail whole. To survive, Nikki must rely on her knowledge of BC’s coastal flora and fauna, and the ancient techniques of hunting and gathering. Sometimes predator and sometimes prey, twenty-nine-year-old Nikki and her companion Micah fend off the harsh weather, hungry wildlife, threat of starvation and the endless perils of this rugged Raincoast. Set in the Broughton Archipelago-a maze of isolated islands near northern Vancouver Island- Becoming Wild is a story of survival in the pristine wilderness of BC. She is a contemporary, urban young woman who threw off modern comforts to spend nineteen months in a remote rainforest with her housecat and a virtual stranger. Nikki van Schyndel is not your typical grizzled survivalist. Becoming Wild Living the Primitive Life on a West Coast Island Nikki van Schyndel