SARCRAFT

SARCRAFT SARCRAFT is an outdoor skills school based in Waleska, GA. We specialize in the areas of wilderness survival, bushcraft, and search & rescue training.

SARCRAFT is an outdoor skills school based in Cherokee County, Georgia. We specialize in the areas of wilderness survival, bushcraft, and search & rescue training.

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05/20/2026

“I want to be an asset to my family in an emergency.”⁠
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That’s what one student told us this weekend. ⁠
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She brought her family to our Bushcraft Essentials class and now every member of her family is equipped with the basic knowledge to prevail if something goes wrong when they’re hiking, in a natural disaster, or during another type of emergency.⁠
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Think about you and your family…⁠
Can you start a fire without a lighter?⁠
Can you navigate without GPS?⁠
Can you purify water without YouTube?⁠
Can you identify edible plants?⁠
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Most importantly, can you stay calm when things go sideways?⁠
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(It’s easier to stay calm when you’ve already practiced what to do.)⁠
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You hope you never need these skills.⁠
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But if you do, you’ll be glad your family practiced them together.⁠
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We’ll see you out there.⁠
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05/20/2026

Casey Brock demonstrating the "three knuckles inside a rainbow" knot to her "Women in the Wild" class this weekend at . She even had them doing it with their eyes closed!

Who can tell me the more common name of this knot?

We like to start and end every SARCRAFT class with gratitude, and this weekend was no exception. The turnout was incredi...
05/18/2026

We like to start and end every SARCRAFT class with gratitude, and this weekend was no exception. The turnout was incredible. Our Bushcraft Essentials and Women in the Wild classes were both busting at the seams.

Forever grateful for this journey we're on - come join us! (And, we might need a bigger pavilion...)

05/06/2026

One of our cooler finds from Wild Edible Essentials this past weekend - Aralia spinosa, or Devil's Walkingstick.

While not endangered, this is a pretty rare plant, and we're fortunate to have such a huge stand of it on the property.

The young shoots and berries are edible, but its primary value is medicinal. The inner bark is a powerful anti-inflammatory for pain relief, especially of chronic issues like rheumatoid arthritis.

It's best used as a tincture but can be decocted as well.

Aside from that, it's just a cool plant, with its gigantic compound leaves and spiny trunk. Makes a great living fence!

WILD EDIBLE ESSENTIALS/PLANT MEDICINE - 5/2-5/3-26Swipe ➡️ for photos from this past weekend's Wild Edible Essentials an...
05/05/2026

WILD EDIBLE ESSENTIALS/PLANT MEDICINE - 5/2-5/3-26

Swipe ➡️ for photos from this past weekend's Wild Edible Essentials and Sunday Afternoon Bushcraft: Plant Medicine classes!

Wild Edible Essentials is our flagship 1-day foraging and plant ID class, where we walk the property and cover three distinct ecosystems and usually discuss the edible and medicinal uses of 50+ plants, finishing with an intro to plant medicine and foraged cooking.

Plant medicine picks up where that class leaves off, covering the basics of how to make salves, infusions, poultices, tinctures, decoctions, and more.

Although separate classes, they complement each other well, and we had great attendance for both.

We'll be offering both of these classes again later in the summer, so if you missed it this time, you've got another chance this year.

Special thanks to everyone who came out and trained with us, and great job teaching as always, Phil!

Well, that was a fun way to spend 10 days! Proud to say that Air Assault is in the books - for those who don't know, thi...
05/03/2026

Well, that was a fun way to spend 10 days!

Proud to say that Air Assault is in the books - for those who don't know, this is the Army's rotary-wing aircraft warfare school. We learn cargo and vehicle sling load operations, a little Pathfinder knowledge, calling for fire/medevac, and lastly, air assault rappelling operations out of a UH-60. (Swipe --> for video)

It's physically and academically challenging with about a 25% attrition rate, but an absolute blast. It's drinking from a firehose in the best way. The instructor cadre were top notch, and fellow students were super cool and highly motivated.

Class 702-26, here's to us. "AIR ASSAULT!"

Now, back to work.

- Alex

Check this gear selection from this year's Spring Campout - the quantity is small, but the quality is stellar. First up...
04/20/2026

Check this gear selection from this year's Spring Campout - the quantity is small, but the quality is stellar.

First up is this gorgeous knife from - I went in knowing I'd be willing to purchase one knife at this event, and I'd know it when I saw it. This was the one. I initially walked away from it, but had an extremely vivid dream that night about skinning a bear with it, so I went back to Chris and snagged it right as he was packing up. Who am I to argue with the dealings of fate?

I'm a sucker for bone scales, and combined with the red and blue liners it's a work of art.

Second is this super cool titanium sporkula sorta deal from . It pulls double duty for cooking light backcountry meals just as well as digging deep in a bag of mountain house, and it's light as a feather.

These guys are doing really creative things with titanium, and are one of the few ultralight titanium gear manufacturers that's 100% American.

I'm a user of gear, not a collector, so these will be working pieces and earn their keep. I have no doubt they'll perform every bit as great as they look, and I'm stoked to get them out in the field this year as much as I can.

- Alex

04/14/2026

We've been harping on pace count a lot lately, but with good reason. In our experience, missing your pace count and either blowing past your point or (more often) falling short of it is the primary failure point for map & compass land navigation.

Haphazard map work is probably on par with it for number of failures but pace is still huge.

Last week we talked about how to set up a pace lane, today we're covering three different ways to actually record your pace so you're not trying to keep count of it in your head, which, let's be honest, is a recipe for disaster.

Pace clicker - most accurate and little to no risk of forgetting your count, but also loud and shiny. Not suitable for tactical environments but great for graded nav courses.

Ranger beads - the gold standard. Low tech, quiet, lightweight, and effective. Great for the field.

Sticks and pebbles - the field expedient option if you forget your gear. Still way better than nothing, though. Never underestimate your brain's ability to completely blank out!

If you're coming to the Spring Campout come hang out at our land nav class.

Otherwise, join us for Land Navigation Essentials on Saturday, May 30th. Go to www.sarcraft.com to learn more and register!

Salty update!"Hope things are going well back in GA, man. We're sitting in a Mexican restaurant in Atkins, VA around NOB...
04/14/2026

Salty update!

"Hope things are going well back in GA, man. We're sitting in a Mexican restaurant in Atkins, VA around NOBO mile 550. Won't be too long and we'll be on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Things are going smoothly. Finally warming up after some pretty cold and snowy days."

For those of y'all who are new followers, Matt "Salty" Robbins is our newest instructor, and teaches Ultralight Backpacking Essentials here at SARCRAFT.

He's currently on the Appalachian Trail with his wife, and is about to become a Triple Triple Crowner, having completed all three of America's major long distance hiking trails three times, for a total of over 30,000 trail miles.

He'll be teaching here again in November, so keep an eye on our Upcoming Courses page so you don't miss it!

Our most requested class of all time finally drops tomorrow.It's probably not too hard to guess, but drop a comment if y...
04/13/2026

Our most requested class of all time finally drops tomorrow.

It's probably not too hard to guess, but drop a comment if you think you know what it is!

04/11/2026

Distance awareness is one of those simple things that keeps you from getting turned around. Here’s today’s side quest:

Walk 100 yards and count your steps. Then, do it two more times so you get a solid average. Send me your number and let me know if it changed.

This is where real navigation starts.

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