This sort of environment strikes me as the apex of survival difficulty. Forget Everest or the Moon, this is the sort of environment right here that seems to me to require the greatest amount of grit and skill.
Photo credit: Benjamin Hardman
Getting knocked around by the Ol' Shawnee Appalachy River. Taken from 'Braving the Ol' Shawnee Appalachy - Pt 2, available now.
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Ol' pup's a-settin' sentry over camp like he's drawin' wages for it.
"I'm really surprised that any woodsman would be willing to go deep into the backcountry without this most important tool, which is a creature who can smell what you can't smell, hear what you can't hear, see what you can't see. Early warning system. It's just amazing.
They'll look off into the dark. You can't hear a sound. But they've heard something or they've picked up on something, and something is out there."
— The Practical Woodsman
I hate the masks and vices
Out in the halls of my inn;
I'm going back to the the meek hubbub
Of my laurel mountains.
With the poor of the earth
I want to cast my destiny:
Mountain streams are more satisfying
Than all the oceans.
Let vain men covet gold
That burns and shines in its pot:
But I, I want the eternal woods
When the sun breaks forth in them.
José Martí - Versos Sencillos, III
