Legitimate suggestions only, please. Should I go a day in using just a compass? Should I start fires in the rain? Should I go when it’s 2,000° outside? Should I go when there’s a blizzard? Should I show you more about pre-planning? (There’s a lot of research and planning that I put into every trip I take into unfamiliar territory.)

Let me know right here. I still don’t have a feel for why it is you folks follow me. Maybe you just like to see somebody doing what they love in the woods, and that’s fine, too. But I’d love to hear your thoughts, exclusively here on our Locals group.

Keep in mind that coming right up very soon will be some video documentaries of me training my new pups to be good companions in the woods. I don’t even have a choice in the matter, it’s something I absolutely have to begin in the next week or so, and that I am committed to recording and sharing with you.