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    Everest 2019

    Hi Bishop, To be honest it wasn't much better in 2017 I was with a support team at base camp and the team of 8 climbers that was due to summit had a lot of trouble due to the overcrowding, in the end they gave up after being in the Death Zone too long and decided to come down for safety reasons...
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    Interesting reading; appropriate interesting reading :)

    Toddy, Thanks for the link its very interesting reading! Dave
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    I'm going to show my age here...

    Hi Buck, I first got the Bushcraft bug when watching Jack Hargreaves and I have just started collecting the DVD's and it is really great to look how things were done back in the day and of course Les Hiddens 'The Bush Tucker Man' he was really interesting to watch! Liked the Hat!!! after...
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    Ray Mears' New Book

    Well I put Ray Mears new book on my Christmas list and he delivered! actually it was a She that delivered as it was my Son and his girlfriend who's name is SANTA and that's the honest truth!:lmao:
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    Ray Mears' New Book

    Ray Mears new book looks good! I've put it on the Christmas list, hopefully Santa will deliver!!!!! D
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    Will there be snow

    Not sure if we will get snow this year? the temperatures are all over the place a couple of weeks ago it was -6c in the South East and within a couple of days the temperatures have gone up to 12c even as I am writing this it's 01:30 and it's 11c crazy temperatures for this time of year! D
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    First solo camping trip

    Hi Northumbriman, I know how you feel when that happens, a similar thing happened to me a couple of years ago I was walking along the Cotswold Way and thought I would wild camp for the night so I found myself a nice quiet woodland so I set up my tarp and bivvy made myself a small fire enough to...
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    Book recommendations for a bushcraft beginner

    Eddie McGee 'No Need to Die' this was the first book that I bought back in 1989 and as D.B. said it is a very easy book to read and understand but like all these sort of things practice makes perfect! Ray Mears 'Outdoor Survival Handbook' this also is a very good book when starting out in...
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    Robin Hood !!

    The new Robin Hood!! The chances of repeating that for a second time is slim!
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    Your 're-discovered' music

    Roger Waters 'Amused to Death' (2015) is another album I bought recently, some of the solo albums are brilliant assuming you like Roger Waters!
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    Your 're-discovered' music

    Roger Waters 'Pro And Con's of Hitch Hiking' (1984) Originally Vinyl. Roger Waters 'Radio KAO's' (2003) I had both of these albums years ago which someone decided to take when I had a party and just recently bought them again! Timeless......
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    Bivvy in October

    You can bivvy any time of the year as long as you make sure you have the right equipment with you and warm clothing, I have used a Bivvy in October and it was cold in the night and woke to ground frost! I had a pretty comfortable night I used a Thermo rest Pro Lite Regular Camping Mat it cost me...
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    Movie, recommendations

    'Hell in the Pacific' (1968) War story about a Marine pilot (Lee Marvin) and a Japanese naval officer (Toshiro Mifune) stranded together on a Pacific island in 1944. Filmed on location on Koror, Micronesia. pretty good film the only two actors in the entire film, It looks at the importance of...
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    Movie, recommendations

    'The Railway Man' (2013) with Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman Based on his best-selling memoir, The film tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax...
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    Top 5 bushcraft skills

    Survival Techniques and Bushcraft Techniques go hand in hand with each other from the first item being the 5 things you need in survival is as follows; Fire Shelter Water Food The Environment All of the above is what you require but at the same time it all depends on your environment which...
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    Wild camping

    Sounds good to me, I have a few friends that would jump at the chance so you can count me in, Please forward details as and when you have them and I'm sure we will be there!
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    Survivalist film (2015).. any one watched it.

    Watched the 'Survivalist' the other night, to be honest I thought it was pretty good, when you look into the story and the reason why he acted the way he did you get a good understanding to why he was a bit of a loner, but to be fair it may not be everyone's cup of tea!
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    Diarrhoea Problems - Help/advice needed

    In the past I have used sphagnum moss and doc leaves, once your problem sorted drink plenty of fluids to stop dehydration, also try and keep your hands washed/clean or you will just recycle the problem!
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    Camping New Forrest, Help in Choosing site.

    Thanks! it is Ashurst and the other site is Hollands Wood! :cool:
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    Another weekend in the woods

    John, Looks like you had a good time, and looked well organised! by what I can see in the photos it looks a good area too!