How small can you go?
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I could go tomorrow and still take 5.... the rest have been eaten as part of my calorie controlled diet!
Fine if it is around 0C, no wind and plenty of dry timber to burn. and you are happy to only sleep or short periods of time.
You can squeeze a turd for quenching your thirst too.........
Keeping warm and sleeping is the basis of survival.
You can squeeze a turd for quenching your thirst too.........
Keeping warm and sleeping is the basis of survival.
Living and enjoying.
When you are young, you can sleep on a very thin mat, or a thin layer of something ( leaves, moss, twigs) and be fine in the morning. With advancing age, you need something more comfortable.
On our last 'minimal equipment' overnighters in Norway, my mat leaked. So I basically slept on the ground.
Back hurt for days, pelvic crest for a couple of weeks ( I only sleep on my side).
I can not go as 'small as I used to. I miss it.
When you are young, you can sleep on a very thin mat, or a thin layer of something ( leaves, moss, twigs) and be fine in the morning. With advancing age, you need something more comfortable.
On our last 'minimal equipment' overnighters in Norway, my mat leaked. So I basically slept on the ground.
Back hurt for days, pelvic crest for a couple of weeks ( I only sleep on my side).
I can not go as 'small as I used to. I miss it.
The worst that can happen?
One of the scouts could get turfed out his shelter by the the scout master?
In summer when we're maybe fishing and want to spend the night out we just take a blanket or jacket, and means to make a fire. For bed we just cut fir or cedar boughs to keep us from the ground . For food we eat some of the lake trout we catch cooked in fire.. Maybe our summers are a little warmer than in England.
There's a saying Joe, "dress for a British summer" in short take a rain coat! apart from this year which has been hot and dry an just perfect.
This is were the 10% rule comes in, we can lose at least 1.5 scouts before it’s an issue...
Personally I like a comfy time with a bit of luxury. ie thick mat. warm bag, some decent food and maybe a book as I tend to go solo. So basically if it fits in my sabre 45 in summer and 75 in winter it’s coming.
Even on multi day winter trips the weight isn’t excessive but makes for an enjoyable trip.
Each to their own eh
HF
Even on multi day winter trips the weight isn’t excessive but makes for an enjoyable trip.
Each to their own eh
HF
I've remembered it ever since I first read it here but can't for the life of me remember who posted it.
It was in one of the interminable "what's the difference between bushcraft and survival?" threads that we used to get.
It is fun to get ‘minimalistic’ when you are young, but becomes more important when your knees are ‘shot’.
Wear and tear, or damage, or arthritis. Usually the last one caused by one of the previous ones.
I had to replace my vintage, beloved Red Wing boots last year to a pair of modern, plasticky, pos outdoor trainers.
Knee could not take the lifting motion of the heavy RW anymore.
I had to replace my vintage, beloved Red Wing boots last year to a pair of modern, plasticky, pos outdoor trainers.
Knee could not take the lifting motion of the heavy RW anymore.
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