The recent "Boone challenges" made me think about the difference between then and now.
I tried to imagine what a "modern" Boone would use, i.e. what did he not use because it was not invented and what did he not use because it is not practical. Of course the whole reason for him to be out there, to find trails across uncharted mountains or to get supplies for frontier forts, do not really exist so they will have to be imagined but what about kit and methodology?
To be out for weeks or months, up to a year, without resupplying and not using a horse, what would he have done different if he had had our choice of kit? The obvious is that he would use a good sleeping bag rather than heavy wool blankets and something other than a tarp.
Or would he?
What kind of shelter would he have used? In order to keep dry and warm, fire from natural fuels is still a must.
He would carry his kit in a modern rucksack.
I guess Lars Monsens trip across Canada can give some guidance but I feel that perhaps not much has changed other than modern, and not necessarily better, materials?
Just fun to let the mind run free a bit.
What do you think?
I tried to imagine what a "modern" Boone would use, i.e. what did he not use because it was not invented and what did he not use because it is not practical. Of course the whole reason for him to be out there, to find trails across uncharted mountains or to get supplies for frontier forts, do not really exist so they will have to be imagined but what about kit and methodology?
To be out for weeks or months, up to a year, without resupplying and not using a horse, what would he have done different if he had had our choice of kit? The obvious is that he would use a good sleeping bag rather than heavy wool blankets and something other than a tarp.
Or would he?
What kind of shelter would he have used? In order to keep dry and warm, fire from natural fuels is still a must.
He would carry his kit in a modern rucksack.
I guess Lars Monsens trip across Canada can give some guidance but I feel that perhaps not much has changed other than modern, and not necessarily better, materials?
Just fun to let the mind run free a bit.
What do you think?