I appreciate your patience with me, folks. I was sick for a couple of weeks, which made me get behind on some other responsibilities, including the fun things I had planned for Practical Woodsman. I could have churned out some things this week, but my heart wouldn’t have been in it. I’ve been working and with work comes the need for some down time. So apart from work, I’ve been allowing myself to recharge a bit before I get back in the game.
I do have some good things in mind for the podcast and other aspects of Practical Woodsman - Exclusive videos and that sort of thing.
But I hope you all are doing good and haven’t forgotten about me.
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 ...
