Author: seratbushcraft (Page 2 of 64)

I listened to a post by Shawn Kelly some months ago about (Intent). I cant recall the youtube clip exactly, however it has stuck in my head for weeks. Its taken this long for me to get its meaning. Several weeks in hospital over Christmas and New Years gave me lots of time and free WiFi to come up with lots of ideas for new articles and posts. I kept drumming over in my mind how to finish off the fire starting tins, I keep starting and putting down. I was just filling up tins with tinder materials and fire starting tools, but they had no intent.
With intent instead of just a tin full of crap to clean up space, they became a cooking fire starting kit, a flint and steel kit , a survival kit etc. Each with a place to be , giving me more of an idea of what to place in each tin to make them different from the next. I also started applying this methodology to other pieces of equipment.

You can fit a lot into an Altoids tin however I favour tobacco tins. Wasting a few hours on a wet afternoon trying out different combinations of what fits and what doesn’t.

Ive been thinking of getting back into hammock camping. Due to back issues sleeping on the ground. I’m also finding it difficult to get up off the ground not being able to place weight on my left knee. Since I last tried sleeping in hammocks there have been a lot of updates in gear with strap systems and over/under liners making it much easier than trying to get into a sleeping bag.

I was using an ENO Double Nest hammock but have been looking at the Onewind Double and sil nylon tarp but using the Snugpak cocoon system instead of carrying both an under quilt and over quilt.

Im also looking at purchasing the Onewind over quilt as a stand alone poncho.

Onewind poncho/overquilt

Snugpak cocoon

Hammock tips

Onewind complete system

Hennessey hammock snakeskins

Onewind tarp