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Great pics , thanks for sharing

I think Wiggy is right about The waterproof/ breathable statement. As far as i'm concerned it has been just spin to get people to buy product and it worked. Back in the late seventies/ early eighties lots of us bush workers in BC canada bought goretex gear hoping and believing the claims. We...

Good stuff Martti. I especially like the push sled altho it wouldn't work around my area, snowmobiles work well of course. We get allot of snow but this year its been very warm. Finally yesterday we got a bunch of snow and now it looks more like winter. bill

Great pics Susanne

Excellent pics ,,,a wonderful looking place.

This winter i was pretty quiet. Kept my hand in bowdrill fires and some sewing of a wool anorak but i have some things planned for May in terms of edible plants, and natural cordage. Bill

Thanks for posting. Very nice job. I have a blanket shirt i made from an Italian blanket and was waning some kind of closure for the neck. You provided a good idea. Thanks

The awl works very well as long as it extends out the end of the knife like it does on the Farmer.

There's never failure , only hard lessons. Altho its a good idea to bring more fire starting material with you and spend extra time doing prep , one of the most valuable lessons is to spend time , allot of it, learning how to make fire with less. Start in the good weather, just a knife and a...

Happy new year Pete; hope the coming year is good to you.

I like your thinking Obviously there's something wrong with him,,,,,,,(-;

There's allot of posts here and i didn't want to read it all so my apologies if i'm just repeating other folks. I did a night out with one wool blanket last spring. I slept on a raised bed of pine needles in a lean-to, no fire. It got down to 5c. With the setup you posted at the beginning and...

Last month my neighbors gave me a 3.5 point Hudson Bay Blanket. bill

Have read most of the Earth Children series. Really only luke warm on one which was The Mammoth Hunters. I liked The Valley of Horses and Plains of Passage the best with COTCB a close second. Haven't read the last one. I'm not that critical when i read and i just enjoyed the everyday happenings...

One thing that can increase you camp site availability is to sleep in a hammock. bill