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not working? :banghead:
does it need more of the address?
http://img78.photobucket
ok I give up - give me my axe and Ill fix it! :wink:
Gary you have only copied half the address!!
it should look somthing like this:
http://img57.photobucket.com/albums/v174/diabolik/gary.jpg
instead you have only copied the:
http://img57.photobucket
Ok mr 21st century will try again!!
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v342/bearclaw/hootchie_015.jpg
If this dont work Im gonna sulk!
It works! Nice one Gary! :biggthump
Thanks Adi - now there will be no stopping me! :yikes:
SquirrelBoy
12-07-2004, 18:20
Your right Gary, it is a sweet little set-up :-D
Now, how about a little write up on where you were and what you were doing... :mischief:
TheViking
12-07-2004, 18:33
Good idea SquirrelBoy! :-D Gary: man that keyboard... :o): 8-) :wink:
I was testing out the new Hootchie we just got in from Australia and also testing out the pot hanger which converts you mug into a billy.
Fortunately the weather was really foul so I can safetly say the hootchies are the dogs k...s and the pot hangers spot on too.
As for where - errrrrrr - well it was where I was allowed to be so I think I'll stay mum on that one. :pack:
Nice. What are you using for bedding there?
Its a US army poncho inside a british army bivi bag - idea being I could fit everything I hah for the weekend in a set of jetpacks.
Full list of what I had,
1 x New hootchie.
Poncho liner and Bivi bag.
Mora
Lap saw
US army cup
pot hanger adaptor
brew kit
Jerky
soup - beef and tomato as you can soak the jerky in it and make a tadty hot snack
2 x 1 qrt canteens
wool hat
jet packs
tinder pouch
Possibles
think that was it.
Put the hootchie up lean to style so i only needed one guy line and had a good wind break to my back and this reflects the fires warmth more.
Take it that's the kit list for our 'Back to Basics' then boss? :o):
And glad you found some jerky after my taunting you with it :twisted:
Hmmmm I wonder who came up with the crusader cup hanger??? :wink:
Good old jerky. Does anyone know where I could buy some? I make my own but it’s not a touch on the packet stuff. :-P
Justin Time
22-07-2004, 09:36
Wild West Jerky (http://www.wildwestjerky.co.uk/shop.htm) is a good online source.
Jerky - I have it on the website now! Three flavours in handy pocket size sachets! :super:
Kit list - no thats well over the top - back to basics is a knife and billy! :yikes:
Yes Stuart thats the one - but they are good so i guess your useful after all!! :wink:
How do you put a basha up with only one guy ? :?:
Mercury, contry to populate belief a hootchie or basha can be put up any way you want. The classiC style (which is copied off the army btw) is ok if your only after a roof but the lean too style (in the picture) allows you to block the wind, reflect your fires heat down upon yourself (and so is doubly warmer) and by just stringing up one guy on the top most edge also means it needs less cordage too!
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v342/bearclaw/hootchie_015.jpg
As with all things in the craft - theres more than one way to do it and the most popular way doesn't always mean its the best way. :wink:
More of a fan of the "suspended at 4 corners with bungees" myself
Yours and oppos bergans down one side for a wind break and quick bug out if need be , can be a bit chilly but with me green maggot and dos bag I'll be okay :naughty:
http://www.bushcraftuk.net/photopost/data/500/120DSCI0007-med.JPG
This is our camp from a few weeks ago, I prefer my Basha "lean to" style too.
I think its much easier this way. Just don't set it up with the wind coming from behind as it then loops over the top and drags all the smoke from your fire straight under your Basha. The best method is to set up with the wind direction along the length of the lean to.
Bungees and bug outs - ahhhhhhhhhh sweet memoirs!! Do you still find bungee trees in the woods too?
And yes Martin the wind trick is a good one and the same with shelter building using natural materials - it also helps keep the bugs at bay. HOWEVER if the wind is cold, wet or strong I like to angle my sheet off at an angle, a bit like a sail cutting the wind and braking its force - but to be honest this usually isnt a problem in woodland where the breeze disepates among the trees.
Bungee trees , cam string bushes , all sorts !
bushblade
02-08-2004, 07:55
Mercury, contry to populate belief a hootchie or basha can be put up any way you want. The classic TMN man style (which is copied off the army btw) is ok if your only after a roof but the lean too style (in the picture) allows you to block the wind, reflect your fires heat down upon yourself (and so is doubly warmer) and by just stringing up one guy on the top most edge also means it needs less cordage too!
As with all things in the craft - theres more than one way to do it and the most popular way doesn't always mean its the best way. :wink:
Whats TMN? am I missing something here? or just being dumb?
Depends on the type of basha...
TMN has been confusing me too. a quick explanation wouldn't go amiss
I believe its a typo
I think he meant TWO man ?
Yeah, btu there are still several types even so:
poncho/hootchie style;
single hoop;
twin hoop;
etc.
Tell us what style you have and one of us should be able to help. Each style obviously has a different method...
I'm guessing of course, but with recent treats of legal action and certain overpricing of some goods, an aggressive marketing, sponsorship, endorsement, pressure applied on small bassnesses way of going about life, I don't think its complementary, but I am only guessing.
I'm guessing of course, but with recent treats of legal action and certain overpricing of some goods, an aggressive marketing, sponsorship, endorsement, pressure applied on small bassnesses way of going about life, I don't think its complementary, but I am only guessing.
Ok, am I the only one totally confussed?!?!? :-?
Ok, it's a three letter acronyn used by the originator of the post in reference to a particular 'personality' in the world of bushcraft.
It wasn't a typo it was a reference to someone with a trade marked name who threated to sue me if I used it without their permission.
However to avoid confusion I will no longer speak with forked tongue and will will just use the name, after all as long as I speak with straight tongue I'm legally in the clear anyway.
AND BEFORE YOU ALL ASK WHO IT IS - forget it I dont want to highlight the petty squabbles that go on within the industry as this would only do us all, big and small, harm.
No need to name names Gary, I think everyone Knows who you are talking about. :wink: Don't want any litigation going on, but on the other hand both you and I could throw up a few older books whose contents seem to have been reproduced by TMN without any reference to the fact in the bibliography. Hay Ho s'pose barristers are cheap if you can afford them.
MODERATOR
Be Careful Guys you are treading very close to the line of what is expectable in this public forum, I think its best to go back to discussing the pros and cons of different tarp arrangements
Point taken, nods as good as a wink to a blind horse.
BTW Stuart is that Avid Merrions you're about to stick with the needle
Back on track
The new issue army poncho is a tad longer than the old jobbie and also now has loops on the corners so it can be used as a stretcher