What kit are you lot takeing out with you .and do any of you go out with bear minium ie sleeping bag pot knife and axe and good clothing or do you end up with stuff you did not even use like me
what kit do you take out
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jason sears said:
I'd look even more silly taking my monsterous bergen out with hardly any kit in Jason - you know me mate, my bergen just aint packed right if it's not bulging
I was discussing this via PM with another member earlier today and to be honest I just love taking my toys out for a play in the woods - hardly worth having if I left them at home
Mind you I do fancy a bit of extreme bushcrafting with hardly any kit - could be fun!!!
Phil.
i usually take an axe, folding saw, knife, zebra billy, trangia, tarp, sometimes a hammock, sleeping bag although i am getting some blankets which i will use in the warmer months and i cant really think at the moment so that will be it for now.
i know that i could scrap the saw and just use an axe or the other way round or leave the zebra billy and just use the trangia but i havent been out much so i dont really know what works best for me
i hope to become knowledgable enough to go out with just an axe and a cooking pot when i am older, now that would be fun
leon
i know that i could scrap the saw and just use an axe or the other way round or leave the zebra billy and just use the trangia but i havent been out much so i dont really know what works best for me
i hope to become knowledgable enough to go out with just an axe and a cooking pot when i am older, now that would be fun
leon
I new you would jump in hereToo Much Kit To Carry said:I'd look even more silly taking my monsterous bergen out with hardly any kit in Jason - you know me mate, my bergen just aint packed right if it's not bulging
I was discussing this via PM with another member earlier today and to be honest I just love taking my toys out for a play in the woods - hardly worth having if I left them at home
Mind you I do fancy a bit of extreme bushcrafting with hardly any kit - could be fun!!!
Phil.
Perhaps it's time to unleash pictures of the Bushcraft Shrine upon the folks on BCUK?jason sears said:I new you would jump in here
Phil.
doooo iittToo Much Kit To Carry said:Perhaps it's time to unleash pictures of the Bushcraft Shrine upon the folks on BCUK?
Phil.
I think that the images might upset a few people as they could be considered to be "not very Politically Correct" - I'll have to save them for you as I just can't Doooo iittjason sears said:doooo iitt
Phil.
you are jokeing there verry funnyToo Much Kit To Carry said:I think that the images might upset a few people as they could be considered to be "not very Politically Correct" - I'll have to save them for you as I just can't Doooo iitt
Phil.
thats sad
At first, when I started. I thought it would be fun to go with the bare minimum. to go extreme. But it wasn't fun at all. From then on my kit only grew and grew. Now I'm at a point where it's beginning to schrink. But I still carry loads.
Sleepingbag with bivybag - thermarest selfinflatable - poncho (wich I use as tarp and poncho) - Knife - Hexamine/esbit burner - mestin - stainlessteelcup - And I'll be fine. When circumstance asks for it a saw and/or tri-fold shovel are optional.
Sleepingbag with bivybag - thermarest selfinflatable - poncho (wich I use as tarp and poncho) - Knife - Hexamine/esbit burner - mestin - stainlessteelcup - And I'll be fine. When circumstance asks for it a saw and/or tri-fold shovel are optional.
I went bare minimum on a survival course in the army, world war one battledress, ichy as hell, missing half a leg and all the inside left of the jacket torn open, a pair of old army boots with no laces, and with nothing else on underneath.
They instructors gave us a PSK with a candle, a flint + striker, a button compass and a wire saw (you know the really crap ones!!) and a sketch map of the area we were in.
And off we went for three days on Dartmoor in November. If I said it was Brilliant I'd be lying..
So ever since then I have always packed as much gear as I think I will need, even if it doesn't eventually get used, Anyone can be uncomfortable but not me I like to enjoy myself when I go out these days.
They instructors gave us a PSK with a candle, a flint + striker, a button compass and a wire saw (you know the really crap ones!!) and a sketch map of the area we were in.
And off we went for three days on Dartmoor in November. If I said it was Brilliant I'd be lying..
So ever since then I have always packed as much gear as I think I will need, even if it doesn't eventually get used, Anyone can be uncomfortable but not me I like to enjoy myself when I go out these days.
This weekend it will be in my coat:
Frosts Mara knife
58 pattern water bottle
Turbo lighter
Mobile phone
FAK
BCUK Torch
In Bag:
Hammock
Sleeping bag
Tarp
Candle latern
Petzl Myo headlamp
Folding saw
hank of paracord
DC4 sharpener
Second 58 pattern water bottle + plastic cup
Gas Trangia 25 (two days) or Military Trangia (one day)
Personal hygiene kit + towel
Food bag
Frosts Mara knife
58 pattern water bottle
Turbo lighter
Mobile phone
FAK
BCUK Torch
In Bag:
Hammock
Sleeping bag
Tarp
Candle latern
Petzl Myo headlamp
Folding saw
hank of paracord
DC4 sharpener
Second 58 pattern water bottle + plastic cup
Gas Trangia 25 (two days) or Military Trangia (one day)
Personal hygiene kit + towel
Food bag
Hmmm....I guess the first question I always ask is "what's the climate and what is the weather likely to be"....
I kit accordingly.
However, had a trip to Sweden last September and took WAY too much stuff. ...I think it's a microcosm of life really...you learn by doing more of it!!
Phil
I kit accordingly.
However, had a trip to Sweden last September and took WAY too much stuff.
...I think it's a microcosm of life really...you learn by doing more of it!! Phil
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
jason sears said:
You should have a "what you stand up in", weekend at your bucks site mate... I'd be happy to join you or maybe we can do it next time we're at Pete's, he's even been threatenin to join in too!
I did an 1800's weekend a couple of summers ago and very much enjoyed it, must get round to organising another one soon.
Cheers,
Bam.
Depends, if I am going to the woods I take axe, knife, small billy can, good clothes and bed roll and a small possibles pouch with tinder, DC4, fireflash and Opinel in it.
If on hills, fells or mountains I take more stuff such as rations and a stove if there is no wood.
If on hills, fells or mountains I take more stuff such as rations and a stove if there is no wood.
Last time I was out was with TMKTK.I had a sleeping bag,hammock,mess tin and knife.He had everything else.
Well this is always a compromise between not having a lot to carry and being comfy.
I guess it all depends on certain things like, how much walking your going to do, how skillfull you are at replacing certain things by making them in the wilderness.
Personally i like to take minimum, and add comfort items based on where/what im doing. (sometimes ill take extra just for the fun of it)
I guess it all depends on certain things like, how much walking your going to do, how skillfull you are at replacing certain things by making them in the wilderness.
Personally i like to take minimum, and add comfort items based on where/what im doing. (sometimes ill take extra just for the fun of it)
got one in the pipeline cheers bambambodoggy said:You should have a "what you stand up in", weekend at your bucks site mate... I'd be happy to join you or maybe we can do it next time we're at Pete's, he's even been threatenin to join in too!
I did an 1800's weekend a couple of summers ago and very much enjoyed it, must get round to organising another one soon.
Cheers,
Bam.
