Wow, I can honestly say that I've not seen a disposable bbq. No trash bins where I wander and that would tick me off pretty good to have to carry danged bbq's out along with the other trash I collect.
Bushcraft Etiquette
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People are too lazy nowadays to try to walk in the dark woods without light. >Sit down in the darkness and your wyes will soon get used to the darkness and you will not need a lamp to find your way throught the dark woods. Soldiers never use lights but still they can navigate and walk long streches in the darkness.
Being in the darkness and be able to work in the dark is a skill as many other skill it can be trained.
If you must have light use candles or make small torches, they will be much kinder to an eyw who has got ued to the darkness.
Being in the darkness and be able to work in the dark is a skill as many other skill it can be trained.
If you must have light use candles or make small torches, they will be much kinder to an eyw who has got ued to the darkness.
With reference to shining torches at people , why not use a coloured filter ?
They are not that expensive or can be made easily enough and have the bonus of not destroying your night vision . Always carry a spade (or trowel) the ten turds is not a nice experience to go through when nipping out for a jimmy riddle bare footed .
Pumbaa
They are not that expensive or can be made easily enough and have the bonus of not destroying your night vision . Always carry a spade (or trowel) the ten turds is not a nice experience to go through when nipping out for a jimmy riddle bare footed .
Pumbaa
I've always made red filters for all my torches (Ever since being in the Air Training Corps when I was still at school) for use outdoors. I've never understood why other people dont. Sometimes, for KL1, Q3 or mini maglite sized torches it can be something as simple as pulling out the plastic seal from a coke bottle top and clipping it on to the head of the torch. Saves your night vision, doesn't disturb the wild life quite so much and doesn't disturb other folks you might bump into either.
Chatting to Mors Kochanski about this earlier in the year he provided the following
1. The cook is king
the cook should never have to fetch firewood or water. if you have time to spare offer your services to the cook, washing up, peeling potatos etc
2. stoking the fire
when food is cooking on the fire do not heap on firewood without making the cook aware of what you are doing
3. Cooking duties
if its your turn to cook wash your hands and clean your fingernails
4. do not spit
if you need to clear your thoat it should be done away from the general camp
5. do your laundry
stale clothing and body odor are as difficult to stand in the bush as anywhere else. your bush skills are poorly developed if you do not know how to return to civilisation as clean as you left it
6. walk around pots and plates
do not step over food
7. Rubbish
do not put rubbish into the fire whilst food is cooking or people are eating
8. Dishes
do not leave dirty (or clean) dishes under foot. if washing your own dishes is camp custom take care of this chor immediately, genrally it is excusable to do away with most eating utensils and even to eat with the fingers, however do not handle somone elses food with your hands
9. carry a small mirror
pay particular attention to the corners of your eyes and mouth when washing, after eating ensure there is no food on your face
10. borrowing
do not ask to borrow somones private knife, axe or saw. if a job needs doig and you do not have the required tool, ask the owner to do it for you.
11. following to closely
when on the trail if the branches from the person in front are slapping you in the face, its your own fault, dont follow so closely
12. visitors
when visitors happen upon your camp, it is the custom to at least offer tea
13. Snoring
if you are a loud snorer, or prone to considerable flatulence you should have the good manners to set up your own camp an appropriate distance away
14. Toilet decorum
cleanliness and neatness of persons are desirable quirks
15. the ultimate good manners
good manners dictate that all vulgarity, mishaps, blunders and accidents on the part of others be let off without comment with a philosophical indifference
1. The cook is king
the cook should never have to fetch firewood or water. if you have time to spare offer your services to the cook, washing up, peeling potatos etc
2. stoking the fire
when food is cooking on the fire do not heap on firewood without making the cook aware of what you are doing
3. Cooking duties
if its your turn to cook wash your hands and clean your fingernails
4. do not spit
if you need to clear your thoat it should be done away from the general camp
5. do your laundry
stale clothing and body odor are as difficult to stand in the bush as anywhere else. your bush skills are poorly developed if you do not know how to return to civilisation as clean as you left it
6. walk around pots and plates
do not step over food
7. Rubbish
do not put rubbish into the fire whilst food is cooking or people are eating
8. Dishes
do not leave dirty (or clean) dishes under foot. if washing your own dishes is camp custom take care of this chor immediately, genrally it is excusable to do away with most eating utensils and even to eat with the fingers, however do not handle somone elses food with your hands
9. carry a small mirror
pay particular attention to the corners of your eyes and mouth when washing, after eating ensure there is no food on your face
10. borrowing
do not ask to borrow somones private knife, axe or saw. if a job needs doig and you do not have the required tool, ask the owner to do it for you.
11. following to closely
when on the trail if the branches from the person in front are slapping you in the face, its your own fault, dont follow so closely
12. visitors
when visitors happen upon your camp, it is the custom to at least offer tea
13. Snoring
if you are a loud snorer, or prone to considerable flatulence you should have the good manners to set up your own camp an appropriate distance away
14. Toilet decorum
cleanliness and neatness of persons are desirable quirks
15. the ultimate good manners
good manners dictate that all vulgarity, mishaps, blunders and accidents on the part of others be let off without comment with a philosophical indifference
I'd definitely like to second the point about fire ettiquette - there's nothing more annoying than carefully constructing a fire to get the best out of some damp firewood, only to have someone flatten it and dump more (damp) wood on. I once nearly punched a good friend for that - had to go for a long walk to calm down. 
Which also helps to keep the bears away from the main camp...Stuart said:
My pet hate is those who bung empty cans on the fire in the expectation that the fire won't then contain cans in the morning.
If you do use a flashlight (torch) at a campfire at least aim the beam to the ground out of everybodies eyes, turn it off a the first occassion. Bring along a bag of marshmallows for all to use.
just a thought
just a thought
Stickie said:
Been there & done that in the dark... fall down a hole = broken femur and dislocated a hip = end of career
Not sure a torch would have helped tho as we were pished as newts at the time and on the way back to barracks...
A small torch or a candle lantern is all that is really needed to navigate bad terrain in the dark.
If you have a searchlight or a super bright gas lantern is it really needed to get yourself to the campfire?
I would say though that olive green or black guy lines stretched out across a pathway do need either flags or marker lights if you do not expect someone to demolish your camp in the dark.
If you have a searchlight or a super bright gas lantern is it really needed to get yourself to the campfire?
I would say though that olive green or black guy lines stretched out across a pathway do need either flags or marker lights if you do not expect someone to demolish your camp in the dark.
People putting cans in the fire is bad enough, but one time my brother tried melting a glass bottle in the fire.
I raked it out and left it to cool, 10 mins later while going for another beverage I start picking up empties for the bin :tapedshut I lost the skin off my fingertips
glass has a fairly high specific heat capacity and it takes ages to cool. I should know that doing chemical engineering at uni
I raked it out and left it to cool, 10 mins later while going for another beverage I start picking up empties for the bin :tapedshut I lost the skin off my fingertips
glass has a fairly high specific heat capacity and it takes ages to cool. I should know that doing chemical engineering at uni
all good points
this is why I am un-sociable, and camp alone.
rubbish is my pet hate whilst out camping.
Who takes a Tin Bath in the woods with them?
I have found one in Wareham, then dragged it to my lorry (I have a 3 ton Isuzu Tipper lorry 
) drove to my building site, and placed it in a skip!
it must have taken more effort to carry the bath into the woods, than to take to the local skip
I would have loved to have seen them tip it ( they would have been lying in the skip next to the bath )
this is why I am un-sociable, and camp alone.
rubbish is my pet hate whilst out camping.
Who takes a Tin Bath in the woods with them?
I have found one in Wareham, then dragged it to my lorry (I have a 3 ton Isuzu Tipper lorry ) drove to my building site, and placed it in a skip!it must have taken more effort to carry the bath into the woods, than to take to the local skip
I would have loved to have seen them tip it ( they would have been lying in the skip next to the bath
)
One of my pet peeves is people who build camp fires with no thought to removing the turf or clearing up afterwards to leave as little trace of it as possible. A lovely area near me is covered in the charred remains of campfires (plus the tins and bottles mentioned previously).
And don't drive goats into the other team's camp when out on a competitionsteven andrews said:Don't find a hedgehog, pick it up and place it in your mucker's shell scrape while he's asleep.
Oh this type of etiquette, don't put on a bear skin rug and charge the campfire unless you know there is no guns in camp
It was really funny!!!! they beat me senselesssss,, would still do it :werd:
It was really funny!!!! they beat me senselesssss,, would still do it :werd:
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