I read the SAS Survival Guide by John "Lofty" Wiseman, and I'm looking forward to trying out some of the skills presented in the book while backpacking this spring/summer. The book includes a plant identification guide; cultivating this skill is something I've been working on around town (thanks to genuinegirly for turning me on to urban foraging). I can readily identify camas, which is plentiful in the woodlands around here, and I know how to prepare it.
So you can practice, you just have to create the opportunity to do so.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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