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its cool i worked out it wasn't me after. lol

this is funny tho. ray mears, pah.

don't take the michel, it happens to the best of us.

a map is only as good as the person holding it. and its a bit superfluous without a compass.

where was that too?

i'm just thankfull that i know some basic survival skills. keep out of the wind. stay carm. insulate yourself from the ground and most importantly stay warm. we found a tree with a natural trench under it with plenty of moss to raid. i will never go out without my basic kit again.

i learned a valuable lesson the hard way last night. me and a friend went onto dartmoor for a hike an thinking we were above the element and had a good idea of the lay of the land went very ill equipt. no camping gear or compass. all we had was a packup an some water and a small pen knife. long...

ok. this thread should be in kit chatter. if meadiators could kindly move it there i would be very gratefull.

i like to take webbing on days out with a small 35lt bag with random stuff in. anyone else like to ramble with a full webbing on?

sorry about that. i'm still getting use to this contraption. give me a hammer an nails any day.

i have a small pine chopoping board i made for a bit of a laugh once. it comes with me but hardly comes out of the bag. it seems a wasted effort bringing it sometimes but if i catch anything while i'm out its handy. i use washing up liquid in a little bottle from my billy cook kit. its not an...

i always bring one. i use hexi or wood with it an i also have a coke can stove that goes in it and works great. the whole kit goes in a plastic bag and lives in my billycan along with a blowpoker, matches, cooking oil, washing liquid, water puritabs, etc. i keep that in a sack that came with my...

thats just mad. but i can talk because i have a spetznas shovel. i have a problem with shovels that fold. the hinge is a weakness an will break with excessive force. stick to the good old gru spade anyday. its become an old friend on camp.

i hate that negative attitude some ppl have for the strange or the unfamiliar. ppl should relish new idea's and appreciat the old idea's that have worked for hundreds of years. i think the general public just become complacent an take life for granted. too scared to come out of there bubble they...

looks like a lot of money for something you can do without. just use a sandwich bag or small pill tubs work well. why does it need to be waterproof. are you going swiming with it.lol

i was only trying to cut out the weight of the tin by trancefurring it to a different container but i guess i could live with it. besides it'll only be in there the first night an it'll get eaten so its no big deal.

the music on the film reminded me of star trek the origional series. i half expected spock to jump out and say ''its life jim but not as we know it'' lol then bones would say ''damit jim am a docter not a miricle worker''.

thanx for all the replys, i'm not fussed where my noodles come from, the cheaper the better i say. its just one of those ones that fits in the billy well an has no weight at all. what sort of bag do you use for the contense of your tinned food?

my prefured camp ration is noodles an i discovered a classic mix that works. its noodles, chopped tomatoes and corndbeef. its brills. just adds weight to the pack. post your fave veriation on noodles. it would be good to get a list of noodle ideas. oodles of noodles.

i use king alfread or a bracket fungus i found at a country park. can't remember what tree it came from. its also a knifestrop fungus.