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.....get what we want (or NEED) for bushcraft. Ive been reading threads and posts on here and at times been in stitches,ok some are joking but it seems there are others like me with the same illness. People asking neighbours for dryer lint, nicking swmbos face pads, seeing a tin of condoms...

I got mine from amazon they sell it for bout 8 quid.

I have to say Kochanski's bushcraft is top,but i do like Ray's outdoor book cos its split into seasons and imho its before he was all commercially wen he was still using hawks. As for loftys book i dont really rate it,yes i devoured it as a kid but then thats all there was tho i did like...

According to this guy i saw on tele the best way to spear fish is to free fall from an aeroplane land on the fish stunning it then bite its head off and eat the guts, cant for the life of me remember his name. Mear grylls i think.

I like how someone commented that it ould be perfect for bear gylls lol

Its got to have a handle er oo and a blade.

Are there no depths this guy will not sink to.

Millets sell them and mugs too.

Could i see your identification please Alex.

Stayed at the youth hostel there cheap as chips but prob not wot your after

My friend and i spent boxing day to new year in the cairngorms a couple of years back,2 weeks before 2 lads froze to death on a mountain there but unfazed we still went.We were tooled up to the eye balls had to keep a fire going for about 12 hours a day no twigs n branches we had to fell dead...

That was quite scary to watch someone go insane before your eyes,being a social animal we tend to crack up with out the company of others. But to watch someone unravel and go all lord of the flies was almost painful to watch.

Thats Christopher McCandless who died of starvation in alaska, Sean Penn made a film about him a couple of years back.

Love that dvd also the follow up silence n solitude to see dick in his late seventies and finally hear his voice ,hes my all time hero,theres also a free follow up book on his one mans wilderness book at the bottom of his wiki page :)

A couple of years ago me and my mate spent 5 days in the cairngorms just after christmas (cold wasnt the word) anyway my pack weighed nearly 5 stone not including the 1 stone of food i carried in a stuff sack. We walked about 10ish miles in then set up camp and had a great time but by jingo...

ps if you like real old bushy films watch nanook of the north a fantastic silent movie from the 20s i have it on dvd but i believe its on youtube and veoh.

This man is my all time hero what a fantastic life he led,must have read the books a dozen times hes got to be one of the luckiest and most interesting people to have ever lived,would love to visit his cabin before i shuffle.:You_Rock_

One mans wilderness-an alaskan odyssey from amazon for about 8 quid,and more readings from one mans wilderness available free,wiki richard proenneke go to bottom of the page and you will find a 500 page download from the national parks service.Hope that helps.

What an amazing man dick proenneke was imo he led one of the most interesting and healthy lives of anyone ive read about,and the cabin he built is absolutely beautiful,a fantastic film.I have read both his books and recomend them to anyone.

Ray Mears sells them on his site or you can make your own with a coke can and chocolate lol