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.
Gettin’ outta the glorious rain in the glorious backcountry with my glorious dog
I found this video interesting as it relates to conversations we have about the true nature of things, what is really important and what is not, and how little importance some things have depending on the needs of the moment.
For example, this guy and his fellow soldiers, while being shot at would just dump their blankets - the blankets were totally unimportant to the immediate goal of staying alive. This meant later suffering, but at least they were alive.
I think about this sort of thing all the time when seeing guys building elaborate, beautiful shelters in the woods. When you’re hungry and lost, or simply traveling through the wilderness, nobody is going to care about building an elaborate shelter. You’re only going to care about conserving energy and using energy for only things that are absolutely necessary in any given moment.
This means sleeping under a rock outcrop, or a fallen tree, or just trying to get through the night under your sweater and some leaves you scrounge ...
