Monday, May 14, 2012

Made You Tube video of my Gear and what my plans are.
see video at Pilgrimsbushcraft

And it begins

1MAY12
Started a new job that I shouldn't have taken but there is still no work in my Union so I'll do this crappy job that pays peanuts until I get back to work. To save money I'll be car camping and changing my diet. We'll see how long this adventure God has me going through lasts. I'll do Video on stuff I do and post it to utube as I get time to do it. The gear I will have with me will change in the coming days as I learn what I use everyday and what I should have brought with me or left at home. The gear list is as follows:
  • Car
  • Day pack
  • 2 guyout SS bottles with large and small nesting cups (Ti)
  • Spork (Ti)
  • Travel Alarm clock with temperature gauge
  • small NT Bible
  • Rite'N'Rain Pathfinder School field book
  • BHK Knife w/ Ferro rod
  • Mora knife
  • Gerber multi tool
  • Heavy Duty Space Blanket
  • Clear Plastic 9'x12" 2 mil
  • 2 Bungee Cords
  • 70D tarp 7.5' X 10'
  • Worbonnet Blackbird hammock- 1.7 double bottom
  • zero degree sleeping bag- Syn
  • watch & compass wrist band
  • full roll of 70 lbs. bank line
  • roll of 150 lbs. bank line
  • folding saw
  • Norlund 1.4 lbs. hatchet
  • lansky sharpening rod
  • T-Bungees
  • 6 stakes
  • three Bic lighters
  • cotton discs fire starters in Skoal tin
  • K7R compass w/ beads
  • Jute twine
  • two 55gallon garbage bags
  • Head lamp w/ extra batts
  • toothbrush w/ paste
  • glasses & extra contact lences w/ cleaner
  • Binder clips
  • Work Lunch Cooler
  • Shower Shoes/ Flip Flops
  • Nalgene Water bottle
  • Instant coffee packets- 10
  • Trail mix
  • Tuna cans
  • canned soup
  • Glass cup
  • Cell phone Charger
  • Camera Batt Charger
  • Book- Trees of Massachusetts
  • Haversack
  • Tincture of Iodine
  • Mag Flashlight
  • Ductape on Credit Card
  • Guerrilla tape 2" roll and 1" roll
  • 3- bandanas
  • Hudson Tobacco Tin w/ Mag Glass, carrying sail needle, chaga, char cloth, Char rope, Flint & Steel
  • Cheap Safety Sunglasses
  • Carpenters Pencil
  • Ink Pen
  • 3 pair Pants; Rail Rider, work, and REI pant/short combo
  • 3 T-shirt
  • 1 long sleeve shirt
  • 2 wool soaks
  • boots
  • sandals
  • paper diary
This is what i grabbed for the coming week. I'll add and take away from this list throughout the week.