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    mens underwear

    What about these? Anyone tried them? Whats the comfort level http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxUsb6NMjn4 http://www.blastboxers.com/testing.html
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    Axe handle. Would you send this back?

    Send them an email explaining your concerns. They will either send you another or say it will be fit for purpose. If the latter and it subsequently breaks you have recourse.
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    The Living Bridge Builders

    yes they are but that's what outsiders call them
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    Leather shoulder carry for a sfa

    Very very nice indeed
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    Flint and Bamboo fire starter

    It has here - http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10517&highlight=Papua+New+Guinea+Fire+making+string BCUK members were the ones to reintroduce the technique to the bushcrafting community.
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    Almost fatal in Borneo 2013

    Bad luck about the illness. One can never real plan for something like that. Glad you made it. Actually the jungle is a reasonable environment as long as you work with it and not against it. Seeing it as a challenge and a test tends to be the Western way of doing things whether mountain or...
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    Kifaru Loco Review (PIC HEAVY!)

    Show us the pack in action. Otherwise this is just kit porn:D
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    GPS & Wrong Maps.

    They should not be given a bill however stupid and ungrateful they are. Why? Volunteer rescue groups should be encouraged and supported by their communities and to some extent by the local and national governments. Why? To keep alive a sense that one should help ones fellow man and to keep...
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    Recommendation for UHF units for Jungle use

    Hi All, We are looking for a UHF radio for use in a secondary and primary forest for communication between groups. Needs to be robust and reasonably splashproof , easy on the batteries and of course a decent range in demanding environments. As always BCUK is the first port of call for...
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    To Infinity and Beyond.

    Try this. It's free. http://www.sospecies.org/sos_news/success_stories/?11799/Community-cats http://www.sospecies.org/sos_projects/mammals/tigers2/malaysia_tiger/ http://www.junglecraft.com.my/index.php/category/jungle-trips/
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    Should We Eat Meat?

    The question now is should we continue to eat meat and keep the suffering of animals or go for Google burgers and steaks? http://gulfnews.com/news/world/synthetic-meat-how-the-world-s-costliest-burger-made-it-on-to-the-plate-1.1217350 Or is there an alternative, namely that the squeamish eat...
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    Mind Body Disconnect: Has it happened to you?

    Well put. Though there must have been some earlier experience on which the assumption is made even if not exactly the same?
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    Mind Body Disconnect: Has it happened to you?

    This term probably means a range of different things to different people. I was in the bush recently when I heard a rushing sound which I took to be a large animal running through the undergrowth. Where I am there are several large animal species and I guessed a wild pig was coming toward me...
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    Now THIS is an axe!

    Whatever it is it looks great
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    How do I get the OLD What's New page and not the new Activity page?

    Thank You ALL. I've been away too long, lost in the jungle only to return to find the cyber-jungle more bewildering than the real!
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    How do I get the OLD What's New page and not the new Activity page?

    Don't like the new one!
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    Machete Safety

    Interesting. I will try this with an old really blunt blade and see what happens if I let go
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    Finnish Navigation Aid

    Please will someone post a link to a site where it explains how these are used. I have seen opsiometers but can't work out how these Finnish measurers work.
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    Queries about Gypsy Wells

    fashion a lid or make the well bell-shaped and plug the top with a rock(s) to avoid things falling in. You are boiling it anyway and if the source water is fine otherwise you should be okay
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    Keys locked inside the car? The Bushcraft solution

    Its next to a collection of sticks/poles in case its needed again. I hope this is unlikely as I am making a spare tomorrow.