Greetings from the Raft [Floating away due to Colorado flooding]
Hello and greetings to everyone.
Been a long time poker of outdorsy things, but recent events have for, whatever reason, gotten me interested in backpack camping and general survival camping as well. I've been camping a lot when I was in school, but now some 10 years later, I'm wishing that I could get back out into the bush where its possible to see the stars again. I've been hunting a few times, but most of my outdoors work has been car-camping with my dad and a single trip out with the 'boys' during a weeklong elk hunt when I was in high-school.
As for general information, I'm a 27 years mature (yea right, just ask my boss) guy, in relatively good health condition. Problem that I have is that I'm working and taking another crack at college, so I don't have enough time to take a whole day and make a trip out into the boonies to practice stuff like plant identification and shelter building. I know there has to be something I can work on during the 3-4 hours I have in mornings before classes, but I need suggestions. So to that whit, I appeal to those of you who are practiced in this stuff. I'm hoping to make a couple of days camping trip over thanksgiving break from school, but being Colorado, there could be quite a bit of snow on the ground too. I've whipped up a basic bug-out-bag style kit to take camping with me. But I know the old saying 'The more you know, the less you have to carry." So far the only thing I've managed to squeeze in is some target practice with a classic style sling I made.
Anyway, I appreciate your input and look forward to chatting with you lot on the forums.
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