No gear challenge Autumn

[Alan 13~7]

Now an ethical dilemma. Is it ok to ask the farmer if I can milk his goat?

ow e Missus its only been one night Mick..... loving the report & the banter so far. A trip with a sidekick (Dewi) sounds entertaining, I'm proposing A ration of tinnies should be aloud for social experimentation purposes, on this particular duo no kit expodition....

 

[mick91]

ow e Missus its only been one night Mick..... loving the report & the banter so far. A trip with a sidekick (Dewi) sounds entertaining, I'm proposing A ration of tinnies should be aloud for social experimentation purposes, on this particular duo no kit expodition....

Hahaha! Made me chuckle that did. The banter on BCUK is always good. Problem with a tinnie ration will be "here Dewi we should siphon some unleaded out of that car to get a fire going" *BOOM*

 

[dewi]

Hahaha! Made me chuckle that did. The banter on BCUK is always good. Problem with a tinnie ration will be "here Dewi we should siphon some unleaded out of that car to get a fire going" *BOOM*

Heeeeeyyyy.... I resemble that remark!

Personally I think the only drawback would be that we're both maniacs... other than that, I think it could work quite well... be easier to keep a record of as well (photos, video that type of thing)

So you've eaten okay, got plenty of water... you tackling the shelter mods now?

 

[mick91]

Heeeeeyyyy.... I resemble that remark!

Personally I think the only drawback would be that we're both maniacs... other than that, I think it could work quite well... be easier to keep a record of as well (photos, video that type of thing)

So you've eaten okay, got plenty of water... you tackling the shelter mods now?

Aye I think we would do ok actually. If nothing wed have a good laugh! Aye I'm looking at the shelter situation. There's a dumped hay bale I may try to use

 

[Alan 13~7]

don't know what happened here too much coffee maybe. I duplicated post...

 

[Alan 13~7]

Hahaha! Made me chuckle that did. The banter on BCUK is always good. Problem with a tinnie ration will be "here Dewi we should siphon some unleaded out of that car to get a fire going" *BOOM*

Perfectly within the rules I recon so long as the siphon tube & fuel container is scavenged also, not such a crazy idea as it can also be used in a tin filled with sand as a cooker, so that's a yes then?

 

[mick91]

Perfectly within the rules I recon so long as the siphon tube & fuel container is scavenged also, not such a crazy idea as it can also be used in a tin filled with sand as a cooker, so that's a yes then?

It's getting a spark to ignite it that would be a bigger problem. I still say I should be allowed a lighter. Things I carry everywhere anyway

 

[dewi]

I still reckon, even though its a no gear weekend, you'd enter a survival situation with what you have on you... most of us carry some sort of cutting implement or metal with us daily, some of us would have a lighter of some description and personally I never go anywhere without my litre hip flask full of bourbon

 

[Alan 13~7]

It's getting a spark to ignite it that would be a bigger problem. I still say I should be allowed a lighter. Things I carry everywhere anyway

A compromise might be a fire steel but that still counts as kit and then you might just start taking a small back pack everywhere you go & or secreting various bits of kit about your person.... so I guess not.... no gear means no gear or where do you stop?

 

[Alan 13~7]

I still reckon, even though its a no gear weekend, you'd enter a survival situation with what you have on you... most of us carry some sort of cutting implement or metal with us daily, some of us would have a lighter of some description and personally I never go anywhere without my litre hip flask full of bourbon

would it not then switch from a no gear challenge to a survival situation with what you have on you weekend...? doesn't have the same ring to it dewi?

 

[dewi]

True enough... you start with a lighter, then its a cup... before you know it, you're convincing yourself that you carry a sleeping bag with you everywhere you go

Concept of the no gear weekend changes drastically depending on where you are though... some places you're going to find litter you can adapt to your purposes, other places devoid of any litter (and I know thats not many places these days) leads to a whole different challenge... then there is the coastal no gear weekend. Loads of washed up junk, lots of options for food, but shelter becomes an issue. Be interesting to explore across different locations... see how it effects the outcome.

 

[Alan 13~7]

True enough... before you know it, you're convincing yourself that you carry a sleeping bag with you everywhere you go

Now that made me chuckle.

 

[mick91]

True enough... you start with a lighter, then its a cup... before you know it, you're convincing yourself that you carry a sleeping bag with you everywhere you go

Concept of the no gear weekend changes drastically depending on where you are though... some places you're going to find litter you can adapt to your purposes, other places devoid of any litter (and I know thats not many places these days) leads to a whole different challenge... then there is the coastal no gear weekend. Loads of washed up junk, lots of options for food, but shelter becomes an issue. Be interesting to explore across different locations... see how it effects the outcome.

Either way the outcome is going to be me suffering and people laughing!

 

[Alan 13~7]

Concept of the no gear weekend changes drastically depending on where you are though... some places you're going to find litter you can adapt to your purposes, other places devoid of any litter (and I know thats not many places these days) leads to a whole different challenge... then there is the coastal no gear weekend. Loads of washed up junk, lots of options for food, but shelter becomes an issue. Be interesting to explore across different locations... see how it effects the outcome.

That brings me back to :~ your entire kit made from rubbish challenge (as suggested earlier) a kind of a no gear the squeal challenge! anything not mass produced... & or made using mass produced tools... I guess winston would qualify as the main man here.... ie starting with winston & making everything else from rubbish

or it could be called it all started with winston?

somebody else suggested mick would be aloud to pick one luxuary item from each challenge to take on the next it would have to be a genuine found or made item...

 

[dewi]

Either way the outcome is going to be me suffering and people laughing!

Well yeah... if there was to get a live video feed of you suffering, you know I'd have done it by now

Joking aside... are you finding it easier or more difficult than last time? I was going to ask that when you got back, but being right in the middle of it, your opinion may be different.

 

[mick91]

Well yeah... if there was to get a live video feed of you suffering, you know I'd have done it by now

Joking aside... are you finding it easier or more difficult than last time? I was going to ask that when you got back, but being right in the middle of it, your opinion may be different.

Haha. Torture tv. Watch every cut and burn live online.

I have to say easier. Being a dump I have quite a bit to work with. Lumps of twine etc instead of improvising everything. Loads of food too

 

[Alan 13~7]

Either way the outcome is going to be me suffering and people laughing!

I've kept the fire at the very least embering, saves the hassle of going from nothing again. I'm trying to balance not neglecting the shelter while foraging about. Got a hell of a crop of blackberries and hazel nuts too!

I have to say easier. Being a dump I have quite a bit to work with. Lumps of twine etc instead of improvising everything. Loads of food too

These don't sound like the words of a suffering man?

 

[mick91]

I've kept the fire at the very least embering, saves the hassle of going from nothing again. I'm trying to balance not neglecting the shelter while foraging about. Got a hell of a crop of blackberries and hazel nuts too!

These don't sound like the words of a suffering man?

You spend 2 days eating nothing but fresh fruit, nuts and rabbit. Then go to the toilet but deprive yourself of anything even borderline soft strong and absorbent. Then tell me I'm not suffering

 

[Alan 13~7]

You spend 2 days eating nothing but fresh fruit, nuts and rabbit. Then go to the toilet but deprive yourself of anything even borderline soft strong and absorbent. Then tell me I'm not suffering

I was sure earlier you said you had found a duvet? that sounds borderline soft strong and absorbent. what do you think dewi?

 

[mick91]

I was sure earlier you said you had found a duvet? that sounds borderline soft strong and absorbent. what do you think dewi?

It wasn't a duvet it was a fertlizer sack on closer inspection. Strong aye. Not soft or absobent l