No, not like that you degenerates, foul weather. Now that you’ve finally left your house and are out backpacking, camping, hiking etc you will need to consider foul weather or rain gear. This would be part of the planning process to begin with, as you’ll want it to balance with your area, situation and type ofContinue reading “Backpacking: Get wet”
Category Archives: Bushcraft
Food for Thought: Terrain Consideration
Know your area.The lower or inland regions of California are mostly hills covered in low grass and scrub brush and dry, rocky desert effectively. Very wide open affairs most of the time. But in the mountains or higher areas its chaparral. If you’re not familiar with it it is very dense high brush and lowerContinue reading “Food for Thought: Terrain Consideration”
Alps Mountaineering “Swift Insulated” Air Mat Review
After last years less that ideal experience with the Kylmit Static V air mattress I decided to try to out the Alps Mountaineering “Swift Insulated” air mat. I have not been able to find much in the way of reviews for this pad online so I had to base my choice on just the productContinue reading “Alps Mountaineering “Swift Insulated” Air Mat Review”
Brunton Backcountry Use Quick Reference Navigation Cards
A fundamental FieldCraft skill is using a map and compass. You don’t need an internet connection to have the piece of mind of information at your fingertips. As experts in the field of observation and navigation, Brunton offers this lightweight and durable eight page reference set that can help you better explore the backcountry. ThisContinue reading “Brunton Backcountry Use Quick Reference Navigation Cards”
How To Skin A Squirrel
Since we are all going to be on the verge of starving soon, I thought it would be a good time to bring back this article from the Groove-yard of Forgotten Favorites. There is more than one way to skin a cat, or a sqwack, but this is the way I do it. First cutContinue reading “How To Skin A Squirrel”
New Friend
I was on the mountain today and ran across a new friend. Weird looking dog.
Repost: Backpacking: Get Packing
Finally the part all my fellow geardos have been waiting for, the gear.Since we settled on a three day trip in the mountains last time we’ll structure around that. Below is a general list of items. It’s not perfect but it gives you a good starting point. The BackpackYou’ll need a decent sized backpack toContinue reading “Repost: Backpacking: Get Packing”
Repost: Backpacking: Let’s Get Started
PlanningBefore any trip you will need to analyze the area and start planning. For this exercise I am going to use the mountains as the main example and just have notes for other terrain to keep it from turning into a novel. So we have our location, now how about length? I feel that aContinue reading “Repost: Backpacking: Let’s Get Started”
Repost: So You Think You Can Camp?
Found some of the articles from the old site on “The Wayback Machine” so thought I would repost them. What kind of outdoorsman are you? A lot of us fancy ourselves living off the land like some sort of frontiersman of yesteryear, but we need to be honest with ourselves, that’s not reality. Of courseContinue reading “Repost: So You Think You Can Camp?”
Tangle Gut
It doesn’t sound tasty from the name but it is. It’s that time of year again. In the spring tangle gut grows. There isn’t much of a window to find it though. It doesn’t last long. Maybe about 2 weeks. Pick out the weeds, sticks, dirt, whatever is there and rinse it in COLD water.Continue reading “Tangle Gut”
Scattered Shots 