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  1. Great egret

    Sleeping Bags: Mummy or Straight

    None, buy a top quilt. Best of both mummy and straight.
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    Top Quilt

    Warbonnet, Hammockgear, both make great quilts.
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    Net or no net Hammock

    I have spend months in my hammock, never a hammock without a zippered net. I like the idea of sleeping totally bug free.
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    The Wrong Climate Problem?

    The end of mankind is not the end of the world, statistically we are about to be an anomaly, a plague at the end of its peak. The world will go on perfectly without mankind just as ice ages and the dinosaurs were once here. So I totally agree with you, live your life everyday as if it was...
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    What do you not eat that therefore makes you "weird"?

    fish, shrimp, mussels etc i do not eat.
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    The Wrong Climate Problem?

    "A magnitude 7 is enough to cause famine in a large part of the world and reduce average temperatures by 1C (apparently)." We can use a 1C temperature drop so that eruption is exactly what we need then :)
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    Conflicted about the morality of trapping

    Personally i don't see use in taking (for example) a rabbit for my "entertainment" when a fox could have had a nice meal from that same rabbit. If you'd like to hunt get a license and go hunting when you know enough of how to hunt, in what season to hunt and what to hunt.
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    Big knives

    I have a Pohl Force mk9 as seen in the movie Last Blood because i wanted to have a BIG knife in the collection. There are some youtube video's of people actually using it, and if it was the only knife i owned i guess i could use it. Batoning will be easy, but fine work like carving a spoon is...
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    Mil Spec zip loc dry bags ?

    Ikea sells these ziplocks for a lot cheaper.
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    hammock tent or tarp

    I have spend months in a hammock and haven't been in a tent for a very long time, so i might be biased :) some pro's of a hammock: - You're able to look around, and have contact with your surroundings, seeing the stars at night is really nice - A hammock (especially a bridge hammock) is very...
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    Been diagnosed with Lymes

    When i finally got diagnosed with lyme in december 2021 i was given 200mgs doxycycline twice a day for a whole month. (As a reference, my mother in law with a pneumonia got 100mgs for 1 week.) My left foot is still not 100% because of the late treatment, but the rest of my pain is completely gone.
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    Been diagnosed with Lymes

    I have Lyme dissease too. My GP never thought of it. The hospital discovered i have lived with it for years. Took a very strong dose of antibiotics before i was cured.
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    Mobile Advice?

    I agree, the EU should have never allowed for Nokia to be sold to Microsoft.
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    Robens Trace Ultimate Hammock set-up

    This looks like a perfect setup for someone who wants to give hammocking a try.
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    Bushcraft Course

    In addition to safety and first aid; I don't know how the ticks are in your area, but i would at least explain what to do when someone has one on him. (i have had Lyme disease for years, you better prevend that if you can)
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    To stay or to go? Intentionally goin

    I just came back from 10 days Sweden, -4 celcius, still some snow on the ground. Did not want to miss it :)
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    Any one found a portable grinder or blender?

    i have a Timemore C2, not as portable as i'd like though :) Timemore C2