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i was navigating an obstacle on the path up through a gully blocked by branches and uña de cato (literally "cat's claw, an aptly named vine) when i saw something bright yellow ca.6ft away: it turned out to be an oropel (=eyelash pitviper, a tree-dwelling reptile whose colour can vary) less...

recently i watched an older "Chad Zuber" video on YouTube about weaving a basket from cattail leaves, so today i a go and created the (probably) wonkiest basket in history... i also used green leaves as that's what i had available, but it was fun nonetheless :-) , i'm already toying with the...

wooden stick since a sprained ankle in my long-gone youth... he's honorably retired now, but i still have the faithful friend who accompanied me since 2005 for over a decade around Down Under, Aotearoa, Mt Fuji etc.; he's currently writing his memoirs and went on board of a few flights in a...

the screen on my phone isn't that large to make out all details, but post #38 solves the mystery

is the stone just sitting loosely on top of the strop or did you attach it somehow? (and if yes: how?)

i got my first ember following a description in one of Ruediger Nehberg's books, using either poplar or hazel; my cord was from an old electric fence and similar to heavy-duty fishing line. one trick i found -- iirc -- in an older Tom McElroy video: the spot where the cord breaks first is where...

technically not "buying" but bartering instead, but a friend went to nicaragua over easter to visit relatives and bought two slingshots from a local corner store (i jokingly told him now he's an international arms dealer... ) -- one was a gift for me, in exchange i gave him two wooden spoons i...

today i harvested some sweet potatoes -- one of the quickest and easiest crops to grow (and tasty :-) out there... i also have some cassava in the ground but that takes a few more months there's also plenty of an obnoxious weed called "banana" on the farm but sadly the owner doesn't get rid of...

iirc Steve McQueen trained with Chuck Norris and was the one who convinced him to give acting a try... Lee Marvin was a sniper in WW2, so he wasn't just acting the tough guy like some other actors

i just finished reading a book about him (gift of a friend): he served 4years in the military (which is where he got introduced to martial arts) after a tough childhood; one of his brothers died in Vietnam...

the boogeyman checked under his bed for Chuck Norris and Superman and Chuck Norris once had a fight -- the looser had to wear his underpants over his trousers afterwards...

that's really sad news... RIP! i remember his short appearance in "Expendables 2" (which probably doubled the ammunition budget) and him telling how he got bitten by a king cobra -- which died after 5days of agonizing pain (i'm rather fond of Chuck Norris jokes...)

i'm on a limited budget, so sunflower oil is all i can afford (i avoid palm oil and soy oil like the bubonic plague!) -- interestingly the cheapest one comes from ukraine: good to know the russians haven't managed to capture the ukrainian oil fields yet, and central america can still be supplied...

our local quartz is white and too "crumbly" to use and i haven't found anything like the type of tinder he uses locally, but now i've something else to try :)

the locals use plastic bags, but they (usually) don't last very long and for some reason (don't ask me why) staff at our local national park insists on dipping their snouts into visitor's luggage as plastic bags are not allowed... animal bladders would probably go funky in no time, but Toddy's...