My buddy Jeff trodding along even though he came down sick with the flu while we were out in the mountains. I caught this stunning picture of him making his way with my dog Emerson accompanying him. Glorious time of year to be in the backcountry. Beauty overwhelms the senses every direction you look.
I will probably begin video uploads from this adventure next week. In the meantime, keep on the lookout for a video upload sometime today of every piece of gear from my pack and my dog’s pack that we carried out with us on this trip. Plenty of images from the trip are included.
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 ...
