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nuentoter
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Moonrock knows what it's all about. A good hammock, warm cozy blanket, 3-4 good big tarps, a little too much paracord, Maverick's suggestion of the MSR international backpacking stove(!), and some military surplus aluminum mess kit and potpan set, a swedish fire knife (fucking best knife for under $20 for camping) , a good multitool, a folding buck saw, a good small hatchet.
I keep a cast iron pan in the vehicle when I go bird/rabbit hunting, first one of the day usually ends up as lunch. Toss a few potatoes and onions in the back of the truck and they keep forever in fall.
I grew up hunting, fishing, and camping, my grandfather was and old trapper and lived off the land and would camp out in the winter in northern Maine just to run his footholds and beaver trap routes. He spoke 95% french and was a log runner on the river for years too. Just talking bout camping makes me fuckin smile and think of him. He taught me so much shit it's unreal, and his respect for the balance and the humbleness that nature can provide if you listen and look. anyway....
Cattails are the shit too if you got em near where your going. Their roots can be mashed up into a poultice to help ease cuts, wounds, burns, stings, and bruises. If you take a nice thick leaf, you can burn it and the ash is an antiseptic and what didn't burn but is charred can be used like a styptic pencil.
My Pepere (grandfather) showed me how to make pancakes from the male pollen. The male is the top yellow corndog on the cattail thats only there in the spring, the stereotypical brown corndog is the female (good as a firestarter if you tear into it). You can use this pollen to stretch out your pancake mix, using 1:1 mix, unfortunately it won't stick together on its own though, but you can use it on it's own with a sandwich baggie of spices to coat a fish to fry.
A good hatchet is always indispensable too, I keep mine super sharp and could probably get by with it over a knife (that fire knife is the shit seriously look it up), the fiskar x7 hatchet is light, a little over a foot long so its not huge and wont knock your knees hanging off you pack, that fucking thing will chop for days, and hold an edge pretty damn good, it'll take some pretty serious abuse.
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Repertoire89
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Re: Cheapo camping hacks [Re: nuentoter]
#23927892 - 12/14/16 10:27 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Being trained in outdoor living at a young age is enviable, I know so little
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nuentoter
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I know people around here that still live close to that life style. On the show mountain men, I don't remember what season, but the guy from Maine, Charlie Tucker, I'm not that far away.
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The geometry of us is no chance. We are antennae, we are tuning forks, we are receiver and transmitters of all energy. We are more than we know. - @entheolove "I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for" - Georgia O'Keefe I think the word is vagina
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Re: Cheapo camping hacks [Re: nuentoter]
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Prisoner#1
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Re: Cheapo camping hacks [Re: Crystal G]
#23928745 - 12/15/16 09:44 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Crystal G said: If you're into camping and survivalist shit, you'll get a kick out of this.
Guy tries to test and review a survivalist kit from China, and fails miserably at it
the cable saws are actually good tools when you arent trying to break them
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CookieCrumbs
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OhMrJohnson
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Before I finally came out to CO I took the time to set up an extensive camping/survival kit in case worst came to worst and I was forced to rough it in the woods for a while
Here is a full list of my gear:
* Guerrilla Packs Gladiator 70L Internal Frame Backpack * Bushnell Roam Series 1-person backpacking tent * 7x7' tarp * Slumberjack Ronin 0 degree sleeping bag * Closed-cell camping pad * Gransfors Bruk Small Forest Axe (mad props to this axe by the way, most gorgeous fucking axe I have ever seen in my life, well worth the price) * Morakniv Garberg (full-tang stainless steel blade, this is my main knife) * Morakniv carbon steel Craftsman knife * Sven saw * Fallkniven Diamond-Ceramic whetstone * SOG Knives collapsible shovel/entrenching tool (for digging out firepits, holes, etc.) * Swedish Firesteel * Poncho * Thermal underpants (95% polyester) * Thermal undershirts (also 95% polyester) * Military-style thermal gloves * 6 pairs of thermal wool socks * Stainless steel cooking pot * Stainless steel knife & spork combo tool * Duct tape * 100' of 550 paracord * Fine brass wire (for making snares) * Baby wipes * Leather boot polish & buffing cloths * First-aid kit * Sawyer 100,000 gallon Mini water filtration system * Collapsible plastic water bottle (stands on its own when full and can be folded up to a smaller size when empty) * Standard plastic water bottle * Emergency Food Ration Bars (2400 calories) * Baby wipes * Binoculars
Any experienced campers/survivalists out there can feel free to critique my gear and offer any suggestions as to make it better/more streamlined, I have not yet put this gear to the true test but I most certainly plan on doing so once the worst of winter has come to an end
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nuentoter
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Fine brass wire (for making snares)
used guitar strings work awesome, they already have a tension tested wound eyelet on one end.
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The geometry of us is no chance. We are antennae, we are tuning forks, we are receiver and transmitters of all energy. We are more than we know. - @entheolove "I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for" - Georgia O'Keefe I think the word is vagina
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OhMrJohnson
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Re: Cheapo camping hacks [Re: nuentoter]
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Hmmm I never thought of that actually, good idea
I have a huge interest in the art of bushcraft, learning how to survive and/or prosper in the depths of the wilderness, how to adapt to any situation and simultaneously become more in-tune with both nature and myself
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CookieCrumbs
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Well when you go for survival I'd say it doesn't pay to go cheap.
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OhMrJohnson
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Also if you've never heard of it you should definitely get this book
https://www.amazon.com/Bushcraft-Ultimate-Guide-Survival-Wilderness-ebook/dp/B00C7XDYMO
Hands-down one of the most useful tools in my arsenal by far, it's fucking stuffed with all kinds of useful information.. it was written by a man who led his own search & rescue team in the South Pacific during WWII, this guy & his team rescued dozens of stranded/hostage soldiers over the course of years and never lost a single man
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OhMrJohnson
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CookieCrumbs said: Well when you go for survival I'd say it doesn't pay to go cheap.
Agreed 100%
For the most part my gear is pretty high-quality but I did cut a few corners here and there to save some $
Might invest in a higher-quality backpack as a start cuz all this gear cost me well over $800
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moonrockmushy
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Prisoner#1 said:
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Crystal G said: If you're into camping and survivalist shit, you'll get a kick out of this.
Guy tries to test and review a survivalist kit from China, and fails miserably at it
the cable saws are actually good tools when you arent trying to break them
Did he try to use a fish scaler as a saw?
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crackbaby
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sorry i didn't read through this whole thread...i've been to a bunch of Rainbow Gatherings and do a lot of stealth camping, so my best recomendations for living off the grid would be 1). Sawyer Squeeze mini water filter (20 bucks...you can basically drink water from any pond or stream with it). 2). winter gloves, socks, and hat for cold weather (most body heat is lost through head, hands and feet c). first aid kit including bottle of peroxide to prevent infections (i've gotten staph infection before which really sucked) 4). Permethrin spray for clothes, tent, gear, if your in an area with ticks or lots of mosquitoes and mites.
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