shouldn't tea/coffee be an essential item? mainly from the mental stand point i.e if you get lost, stop and make a brew (and in doing so make fire etc)
what John said....
shouldn't tea/coffee be an essential item? mainly from the mental stand point i.e if you get lost, stop and make a brew (and in doing so make fire etc)
hmmmm i wonder if my shelter is still standing,....
good idea about the book Teepee, will add that to the free bees, ref fishing kit, if it fits in your tin then you can have it. the idea behind the tin was allot of people have a small tin like that with some basic kit in stashed in the car etc etc, so you would probably have access to it.
the whole idea of this challenge is to test skills with minimal kit, i have done it before with 5 items but that was quite uncomfortable, i was hungry too.
should be a good test when i get round to it....
Thanks for that mate.
Nothing really bothers me except missing food (and fags but thats covered), I figure grilling a couple of trout with some spruce/pine tea is about all the belly filler I'm likely to get
Foraging ain't my strong point.
This could be fun.
Where im staying at the moment has no water that isnt contaminated heavily with chemicals so i assume hauling in 3 days water is cushty? providing i boil it?
your a lucky man if you can get trout where you camp, i cant, i will be eating lots of veg and roots, maybe some critters if i can find any, the area i will be using is nearly all pine so not all that good for foraging really...
i used to live in Cambridge for 4 years, and Peterborough has lots of water around the area though...
I'll prolly head off somewhere to do this mate, somewhere up in Scotland is likely. Nene fish are an 'acquired' taste anyway
Very interesting thread, would like to play but I don't think I am unto that standard yet. But I will keep watch and see what I can learn from the outcomes.
Good luck to all.
can i come, i would never have a chance and im skint..
Always a spare seat mate and yorks is on the way!
If I'm going to suffer, I'm doing it in style
why not have a try just for the day, it get rid of most of the risk but by not taking food would give some incentive, add-least to get a fire going and boil some water sourced from your site.....
give it a go, you will be fine, just ask if you need any help....
I might just have ago at a one day with minimal gear, maybe just my little survival tin