Knowledge Weighs Nothing - Life Hacks, Bushcraft etc

[Easy 6]

Been watching a lot of The Grey Bearded Green Beret lately, he has tons of content on his channel and as you might guess... yes, he's a former Green Beret so he definitely knows his business

Picked one of his shorter clips to introduce, because its rare for anyone here to wanna watch 30-45 minutes of something... this clocks in at 21 minutes, and the point he makes here is to show you that you don't HAVE to have high dollar gear to get out in the woods

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Been watching a lot of The Grey Bearded Green Beret lately, he has tons of content on his channel and as you might guess... yes, he's a former Green Beret so he definitely knows his business

Picked one of his shorter clips to introduce, because its rare for anyone here to wanna watch 30-45 minutes of something... this clocks in at 21 minutes, and the point he makes here is to show you that you don't HAVE to have high dollar gear to get out in the woods

Yeah, I learned a long time ago that while it's great to have top-quality stuff, you can actually have too much of it.

Gotta find ways to trim things down so they fit in your pocket or whatever. Which is why I like the LifeStraw. It literally can go right into your shirt/pants pocket, and in a pinch will keep you hydrated for a week no problem.

One example is my back-up emergency survival kit. I often receive flies in these small ziploc bags about 3 inches by 4.5 inches. In it I put a small space blanket, two honey packets (like you get from Circle K/QT), a 3 inch piece of chopstick with 10 ft. of duck tape wrapped around it, and a small Altoids tin with a half dozen emergency matches, 4 tablets of aspirin, and two small SuperGlues.

The honey is high-energy food/anti-bacterial topical, the duck tape can either be tinder or to bandage a wound or make a splint/joint wrap, the tin I glued a small piece of sandpaper to the inside of the lid for the matches, and the SuperGlue is for stopping a more serious wound.

That ziploc goes in my shirt/pants pocket, so even if I somehow get separated from my backpack/gear/boat I have enough to start a fire, dress minor wounds, protect myself from moderately bad weather. Total cost about $6-7? Add in the LifeStraw and a multi-tool/knife and I can go out in the woods reasonably certain that I can survive a few nights in the woods with nothing but the shirt on my back.