C.S. Brookes

Hello Everyone.

My name is C.S. Brookes. 

Growing up as a young boy in the Midwest, I found a love and passion for the outdoor early on. I started camping with my family at a very young age, caught my first fish before I was 3 years old, and by my teenage years, spent more summer nights in a tent or under the stars than I did in my bed.

I wasn't much of a student, graduating with a C average, daydreaming most of my class time away on adventures outdoor. I excelled in the Boy Scout, reaching the leadership rank of Senior Patrol Leader, the highest leadership position. I was also ranked a Life Scout, the 2nd highest rank next to Eagle Scout, as well as being a Brotherhood member of The Order of the Arrow the National Honor Society of Boy Scouts. I was a master of outdoor winter camping and backpacking, earning the Polar Bear Award 5 years in a row before I was eighteen.

As a young man, I expanded my outdoor adventures of camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, and canoeing to the south and east from the Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio backwoods of my youth to include Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas where I learned kayaking, whitewater rafting, and ocean fishing.

In my mid-twenties, I moved out west, traveling and camping along the way in beautiful places like The Badlands, Yellowstone, and Moab, finally settling in the Southwest where I enjoy 4×4 off-roading, desert camping and wilderness survival, and a trip to the mountains of the Sierra Nevada.

I have also backpacked South-east Asia, spending more time in guesthouses and hostels but the occasional overnight jungle stays in National Parks in Lao, Cambodia, and Thailand with a predominance in the Isaan region of Thailand in the rural, poorer, jungle farming northeast.

Besides bushcraft skills, I have always found a desire to be prepared for emergencies that people face every day, and over the years have transformed my outdoor lifestyle into a way to be better prepared for when things go wrong in society. I hope that my experience and logic can help others to be independent and ready for whatever life might bring them.

I hope that my travels and knowledge will make you get out and enjoy nature. There are many great national parks in every state besides state and county parks close by where ever you live.

Enjoy

-C.S. Brookes

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