Recent content by Bushycon

Slightly/deliberately missing the point of my post, I was making a light hearted joke about the relationship some people have with dogs and used the aircrash to exaggerate it. If the animal that crossed his path was a tapir, or sloth or pretty much any other of the 450 or so species of mammal it...

Thats the one, just seemed a little extreme dropping someone in a jungle or desert or something with absolutely NOTHING!

The thing is i guess i'm right at the start of a learning curve. I'm starting this just as the easy weather is probably leaving us and I guess maybe tarps are a leap a little beyond my ability/comfort zone. I've gone for a solo figuring that down the line if i don't get on with it £30 is not so...

I caught an advert for this on TV and wondered if anyone had seen it? The premiss is this, A man and a woman are selected from applicants to the show, they are then dropped in a remote location completely naked and they then have to survive for 21 days and reach an extraction point. All the...

Referring back to the guy that was forced to eat his dog in the Amazon, It does make me chuckle about how people are with dogs :D I wonder how they would react to the survivors of Flight 571 forced to cannibalise their fellow passengers to survive lol probably wouldnt bat an eyelid most of them!

That looks awesome :D

I had been looking at the Gelert solo but I noticed it only has a 1500 head and weighs 2.9kg, I just recently found the KARRIMOR Ultralite 2 Man Tent which has a 3000 head and only weighs 2.3kg and would give plenty of space for an amply proportioned guy like myself ;-) I am going to look for...

when it comes to the tent vs tarp debate are there any other advantages other than weight that would make people choose a tarp over a one man tent? I only ask because adding the bivvy bag liners etc the weight saving looks like it could be nominal. I went to leith hill and fortunately managed...

I have been watching good old youtube for ideas to help reduce my pack and one guy packed a heavy duty bin liner and filled it with dried leaves to use as a bedroll, I thought it was genius! it folds down to a tiny square and virtually no weight to it plus it doesn't break the bank. I know it...

Thanks for all the replies, plenty of food for thought! I checked out that article and that is exactly the kind of thing i needed. I guess it is hard to know what to take for the trip with no experience. The kind of camping i'm used to i can afford to take plenty of contingency kit but I really...

Hi all, I am new to bushcraft and the forum :) I have recently decided to go a step or two beyond my comfort zone and try some solo hiking/camping trips. I have always liked being outdoors, I have spent a good part of my life working outdoors in all weathers, i like camping, walking, fishing...