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In summary, don't burden yourself with excessive gear! Traveling light is also a lot easier! Money can be good or bad depending on how you deploy it. Buy less gear and travel more to learn more!

Spend some time outdoors before you spend much money. Experience will tell you what YOU VALUE and what you really need. Good footwear and clothing is easy. I started with a $20USD tarp from Amazon and 35F sleep bag from Walmart and piece of paracord. It is amazing how much fun I had and what...

Deep Red is your friend. The SST-20 Deep Red emitters for me work extremely well. I will second that Sofirn headlamp above as well.

A large tarp properly staked and deployed is great for the wet weather or excessive sun!

I live in the USA and recently ordered the Trangia 27 cookset in Hard Anodize with some accessories direct from Trangia in Sweden. The price was good with their "Black Friday" sale and shipping was under a week to me in Texas.

Customer service positions can lead to a lot of bad interactions with customers in my experience. For me, it was important to work with a group of people who were like minded or generally friendly and considerate of others. You don't have to be my best friend or agree with me to be a nice...

Eldercare is a real issue for a lot of middle aged people. I guess the question is do you let that keep you from living the life you want to in order to take care of them? Or do you travel and work as you want and do your best from afar? Younger people around me generally don't put effort...

Talking about corrosion on these, is it simple rust due to iron content or something else? How "bad" is corrosion for these if not used regularly?

For the cost, you can get a Strikeforce for less, at least in the UK or, a Light My Fire Army model. I would personally want to see one in person before I committed my money. Amazon has good return policies so, I guess that is an option for some. From what I read on Amazon, it looks like a...

As mentioned earlier, something to consider with a huge change of life and move to a distant land includes culture and political climate. I know as an American, I could never be happy as a resident in Rome because there is such a large and vocal percentage of the population that is...

I have debated buying a big sailboat myself. Sailing from the Caribbean to the Pacific Islands.

5Col.com I believe is a sponsor on the USA Bushcrafter site. I have bought a few things there in the past and have gotten good service. Those rods look like a great value for someone like myself when looking at the common striker rods sold at various places under different names. 4"x 3/8" for...

2 Strikefires are the same cost for me as 2 Light My Fire Army firesteels. Is there anything to recommend one over the other? It looks like the rods come from the same source so, assuming the dimension are the same, they seem to be equivalent to each other. I'm thinking Strikefire at the...

I have butchered a lot of "Feral Hogs" and the effort generally isn't worth it, or at least for any detailed butchering. These wild hogs have very little loin and bacon so, all you really get are the hams and butts. My worst night/following day was 17! Front end loader on the tractor to lift...

An "honor box" by my gate that is supported by good folks would only end up going to the THIEF that empties it. Unfortunately, all it takes is "one bad apple" to spoil it for everyone else. The guy that was evicted out of the rent farm house down the road apparently burned it to the ground the...

Are the Strikefire Firesteels available in the USA? Or, is there a site in the UK that ships to the USA for a reasonable fee? I would like to pick up a LMF Army as well but, normal sources in the USA are sold out of those unless you are will to pay >$50USD!

The problem I have where I live is that we don't have a restaurant and bar culture present I see in most of Europe. If I had a local coffee shop that made good coffee and pastries, I would be super happy to patronize it. However, in the USA if you can't drink your coffee and eat your pastry...

Where I grew up, city folks often came out to show us "hicks" how to grow crops and livestock. They assumed we were too dumb to make money growing food and raising livestock to be successful because we did not have the latest car or whatever. Today, we are still there and they are long gone...

I'm not the biggest Starbucks fan, in fact I don't particularly like their coffee that much but, the people that make society work generally are Starbucks addicts. For me, it is more of a benchmark. I generally look for good middle-class restaurants and common chain coffee places to judge...

Why would I want to move somewhere, even if I have lots of money, where the underlying economy is so messed up I cannot go to a Starbucks, Tim Horton's, etc. and buy a cup of coffee and my only dining options away from home are a 'heart attack special' at a fast food place or a formal sit down...