In the latest video, Exclusive 141, I start off the show in the shower. Some might wonder about the tattoo on my inner, upper arm written in Hebrew.
The reason it’s in Hebrew - ancient Hebrew, in fact - is that it’s taken directly from Ezekiel 34:25: “They shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.”
This was my first tattoo at age 35. I was holding out for the perfect idea. Some eagle-eyed viewers may notice that Eze 34:25 also shows up in some of my videos as a tin poster on my back wall.
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 ...
