and live alone in the wilderness 2.4 I live alone on the Isle of Skye in a tipi almost impossible to find without detailed directions. It might seem unusual for someone of sixteen, but I love my own company and I'm passionate about preserving wild spaces. I grew up with my mum, Ghillie, and older s sister, Yazzie, in a remote and sometimes inaccessible home in the Scottish mountains, using cross-country skis to drag food and supplies to the house. Mum, a cookbook writer, taught us about possible dangers and how to cope with them, then let us run wild from an early age. I spent so much time with tribes who rely on the land that 10 1 40 this became second nature to me. When I gained a place at the School of Adventure Studies on the Isle of Skye last year, I decided to live in a tipi, practising what I preach. I sleep on an ancient canvas camp bed my grandfather gave me, is with two old army blankets and some skins I tanned myself for warmth. I have an open fire and spend my evenings tanning animal and fish skins, and carving wood. I store clothes and books in an old metal trunk of my mum's - it's covered in stickers from her travels. I wash my clothes in the river and dry them in the wind or in the heat from the fire. I have a bush shower using water from the river. Zeki I wake at 6 a.m. and get the fire on straight away using flints and steel. ² ? Sometimes I just jump in, especially when there's frost on the ground. When I rush back to the tipi, it's like a sauna. I get my backpack organised, including any food and kit I need > for the day, cover the fire to keep it low, but alive and walk thirty minutes to the school. There are twelve of us on the course, of all ages, and we've just finished mountaineering. We're about to start whitewater kayaking. I've had a few hairy moments. Once I was on the hills, when the 30 weather turned bad and I became disoriented, but thanks to Mum's | Focus 4. Second Edition. Student's Book | 5/41

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1. B. Mum, a cookbook writer, taught us about possible dangers and how to cope with them, then let us run wild from an early age. We also travelled abroad

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