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I am seriously considering making a tipi of fairly traditional design and am wondering, if I do not have access to Lodge Pole Pine (which I don't) and I only have common UK woods to choose from, what wood from the following list would be suitable for making 14ish foot long tipi poles from...

What 'firsts' have you experienced recently? Here's a couple of mine to be going on with (I'm fairly new to all this, so firsts are easy to come by...) First fire without use of matches or cigarette lighter. Got me a firestick and lit a fire with it on Sunday, birch bark tinder. Took a...

I want to share my experience as a beginner in the world of bushcraft in case there are any 'just curious' browsers reading this forum wondering what all the fuss is about. I have been lucky enough to live near what I, with a glorious lack of precision, like to call 'the countryside', for my...

I'm thinking of moving into the world of tarp and hammock camping and am wondering what experience has taught others about cordage for such a set up. I mean in terms of: what length ridge line do you use? What length guy lines? what diameter cord? Same for hammock webbing, what length and width...

Hi folks Greetings from a suprisingly sunny Stalybridge (in the shadow of the Pennines, Northish Manchester, UK). Fairly new to genuine bushcraft, but have been mucking about in woods and getting muddy my whole life, just without any real purpose. Hope to be posting some kind of noob...