Woods Walker
The Wood is cut, The Bacon is cooked, Now it’s tim
In the woods last weekend. Was pushing all day. Hiking shoes were a block of ice. Feet were over a little hobo stove fire to get the feeling back. Bivy bag with sleeping bag tossed on the ground. Had a good pad though! But the ground wasn't level. Suspected I might be in for a cold one. Boiled water and drank Hemlock tea. That helped. Water starting to freeze up in the canteen. So anyone else ever have a rough one. Slept under the stars. Initial field test of the solo stove "campfire". I intended to see if it actually lived up to it's billing. Working a Nitecore Lantern review as well.
My chilly camp!
The next day!
Everything froze up.
Turned it to Hemlock tea.
Lets go!
More pics.
My only knife.
Biggest bang for the pack weight and bulk buck. Items like hats, socks and gloves.
Have hawk will travel.
Firecraft.
My feet were wet and hands numb. Going to spend the night in the cold woods sleeping under the starts. Temps going to fall into the upper teens. So what did I have for a fire kit? That's it. I have several options. Wild flint and steel or friction fire.
Also I have not water so going to need that fire to boil. Have two edged tools. The above hawk and this.
Go! Also I don't have much time till dark. Why is it always like that?
Cedar bark. This is the only tree and mistakenly only took enough for one try before heading back to the camp area.
Yellow Birch Bark.
Hanging Beach leaves.
Crushing local quartz. At this point it's clear I have decided to take advantage of the charcloth. If I had more time would of considered making a bow drill as well using the cordage from the necker lanyard.
All set.
Tinder prepped and ready to go!
Extra wood for the night. I am testing this stove and hope the wood gassifier doesn't burn much.
Wood to get the stove running once the tinder goes up.
and it works though took 5 minutes and a few rocks. The video is in the stove review which is being worked on now. I took a risk by only having enough cedar bark for one try. If I spent more time could have even charred extra.
Hikers were frozen but thawed.
Water boiled to make potable.
Ok lets talk reality. I did use this to start my fire along with natural materials.
But it wasn't free. Hands were so cold I got a small cut. Using a knife as a striker sounds great and it is but the dark dank woods has a say as well.
Also I am stupid but not stupid enough to go into the cold woods with just some charcloth and a tin. If it didn't work out and things got ugly would have pulled the plug or cracked out this.
Thanks for looking.
My chilly camp!
The next day!
Everything froze up.
Turned it to Hemlock tea.
Lets go!
More pics.
My only knife.
Biggest bang for the pack weight and bulk buck. Items like hats, socks and gloves.
Have hawk will travel.
Firecraft.
My feet were wet and hands numb. Going to spend the night in the cold woods sleeping under the starts. Temps going to fall into the upper teens. So what did I have for a fire kit? That's it. I have several options. Wild flint and steel or friction fire.
Also I have not water so going to need that fire to boil. Have two edged tools. The above hawk and this.
Go! Also I don't have much time till dark. Why is it always like that?
Cedar bark. This is the only tree and mistakenly only took enough for one try before heading back to the camp area.
Yellow Birch Bark.
Hanging Beach leaves.
Crushing local quartz. At this point it's clear I have decided to take advantage of the charcloth. If I had more time would of considered making a bow drill as well using the cordage from the necker lanyard.
All set.
Tinder prepped and ready to go!
Extra wood for the night. I am testing this stove and hope the wood gassifier doesn't burn much.
Wood to get the stove running once the tinder goes up.
and it works though took 5 minutes and a few rocks. The video is in the stove review which is being worked on now. I took a risk by only having enough cedar bark for one try. If I spent more time could have even charred extra.
Hikers were frozen but thawed.
Water boiled to make potable.
Ok lets talk reality. I did use this to start my fire along with natural materials.
But it wasn't free. Hands were so cold I got a small cut. Using a knife as a striker sounds great and it is but the dark dank woods has a say as well.
Also I am stupid but not stupid enough to go into the cold woods with just some charcloth and a tin. If it didn't work out and things got ugly would have pulled the plug or cracked out this.
Thanks for looking.
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