first meet was this weekend (14th-15th june) and it went very well. there was only Donal and myself, with a brief visit from Luke of Survival.ie. luke has a more american approch to bushcraft (everything big and nasty and extreme etc.) which clashes a bit with our ethos (maximum comfort and relaxation, nice cups of tea, etc) but he did give us some neat pointers on edible foods in the wild. thanks luke.
anyone interested in getting involved in this kind of carry-on? contact myself or Donal.
you can find Donal (crapbag) on this thread on boards.ie, or you can email me at archangelstudio (at) gmail (dot) com. all members over 18 are welcome. (under 18 please contact us to discuss further) no experiance vital.
fire was lit with the oldest method around. flint and steel.
mr brown likes to light fires.
here you can see cordage made from nettles (about 2 feet each. quite easy to make and pretty strong too) my flint and steel, some birch wood harvested for making various things, such as bowdrills. and the birchbark curls for making birchtar glue and for providing tinder.
without tea it is only survival. with tea, its bushcraft.
my shelter. i sleep better in this than i do in any bed. (although the company isn't as good)
Donal. attracting every bug in the place with his red jacket. lol.
this is a chain saw with manual power. works ok actually. will make you fit!!
it rained a little bit, so we elected to have dinner in my place.
Donal.
2 comments:
nice camping day. :) You guys are good with making fire!
Last time my bf (Johnny), and I went on a camping trip at Yosemite, we couldn't get the fire to work for half an hr because all the wood we collected around the area were wet. It rained that day. But after a while we gave up on trying to make fire the old way, we brought out the fire log that we packed, we got it to work and had a wonderful bonfire afterward. it lasted 'till late.
whatever it takes to get a fire going is all good when it is cold and wet.
for gathering firewood, look for dry stuff inderneath the wet stuff. look for dry tinder such as flaky bark of trees that you can peel off (dont take much from any one tree.
it is nice to practice the fancy methods of firelighting when the weather is ok, but once it gets nasty i tend to avoid fire altogether, and just snuggle up in my bag. lazy i know :)
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