These folks lost all legitimacy with me as soon as they revealed their absolute insanity by including pronouns in the closing signature. But I still appreciate this real email I got today.
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“Hi The Practical Woodsman Team,
“I hope you're doing well!
“My name is Vineet, and I'm the Founder of MillionPodcasts. I'm excited to share that your podcast, The Practical Woodsman, has been recognized as one of the Top 45 Survival Podcasts on the web by our panel.
“This list is the most comprehensive ranking of Survival Podcasts online, and we're honored to feature yours among the best!
“We have also featured your podcast in our Top 10 Bushcraft Podcasts and Top 100 Outdoor Podcasts list.
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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 ...
