Living in the woods/The Bare Wilderness Numptys!

[carcajou garou]

Try a fixed blade knife...Buck kabar something a bit more durable that doesn't rely solely on a hinge.

[Wezley]

Hey Rusty,
Tell me more about dome shelters, and ... this is a bit different but, I was thinking of weaving domes out of bamboo (roots contained by a circular retaining channel) at the village. I've never worked with bamboo (and perhaps willow would be simpler), but was thinking it would be strong enough to hold a cob plaster or to bank the mud fairly high up, perhaps even allow for layers of grass and moss insulation. What do you think? Of course, I'll experiment, but any thoughts/ ideas ? (aka Roz)
I love this site. Can't wait 'till I've read it all.

[owl_girl]

Hey Wezley, I’ve used wood vines when building a dome shelter and they worked well for me, if that helps.

[wareagle69]

wezley sounds like you guys are doing an off shoot of arcosanti in Arizona.

i like the site and will be returning to it sort of what i am trying to establish here in Ontario with our homestead i saw that rusty has his input there allot too. he appears to be a wealth of knowledge best of luck


always be prepared

wareagle69

[wareagle69]

the boys only made it 13 days then had to call it quits, so sad too bad. they say that they will learn and evaluate from their experince hopefully they learn to read every site i have been on said the same thing 30 days in october in northern manitoba with only clothes and a knife no way.. not to be negative but what can you say to that..

[MCBushbaby]

So what was the reason they quit? I'm putting my money on lack of food. From their site it looked like they could build a shelter and fire just fine, but I saw no mention of them knowing the 3 dozen or so edible plants in the boreal shield.

[Sarge47]

So what was the reason they quit? I'm putting my money on lack of food. From their site it looked like they could build a shelter and fire just fine, but I saw no mention of them knowing the 3 dozen or so edible plants in the boreal shield.

They 1st came onto this site asking for help identifying the edible plants in that region already planning on trying to do this thing dispite all the expert advice against.

[Beo]

Suckers! Didn't stand a chance, but kudos for the effort and much respect for the ole' college try (cause ony a college boy woulda tried that)

[MCBushbaby]

They 1st came onto this site asking for help identifying the edible plants in that region already planning on trying to do this thing dispite all the expert advice against.

Ahh, that's how they became the butt of these jokes.

[Sarge47]

Ahh, that's how they became the butt of these jokes.

Here's the thread that started it all. I wasn't the Mod back then so I was a bit more abrasive!

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...read.php?t=378

[wareagle69]

according to the website it was wet raining mixed with snow oh yeah and cold they spent most of thier efforts on building a shelter and trying to get a fire going couldn't spend enough time on food..

i just shake my head in wonder..

[FVR]

What is their website? Like to read about it.

[Sarge47]

What is their website? Like to read about it.

www.barewilderness.com

[MCBushbaby]

Here's the thread that started it all. I wasn't the Mod back then so I was a bit more abrasive!

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...read.php?t=378

You're going out into the wilderness carrying practically nothing for a month in Northern Canada without knowing much of anything about wild foods, right? That is most unwise. Why in the world do you want to do that? Are you trying to compete with Les Stroud & Bear Grylls for a Discovery slot? I guess we could call it "Stupidman!"

I think you summed it up perfectly. Why in the hell did they choose fall to try this for the first time?! The only plants edible at this time are artichoke bulbs, some cattails, and the inner bark of trees... doesn't make much sense to go up their on nothing, expecting to forage enough food for a month. Stupidman indeed.

[trax]

don't need to check their site. I'm glad they got out ok. Any edible plants in their area are already frozen (there's a couple up there, no artichoke hearts in that area I think, Sarge, but I could be wrong. Plants aren't my strongest suit)

In a way, I guess I always found their attitude kind of arrogant. I hear a lot of people who think they can run off into the bush with just a knife because "well didn't the Indians live that way?" a) no, they didn't, b) they had thousands of years of community experience to rely on.

I hope exploding earth checks this out and some of the past threads on these guys, because he's trying, at least he's close enough to home to come back out, he isn't fool enough to make it into some macho endurance test.

[Sarge47]

I think you summed it up perfectly. Why in the hell did they choose fall to try this for the first time?! The only plants edible at this time are artichoke bulbs, some cattails, and the inner bark of trees... doesn't make much sense to go up their on nothing, expecting to forage enough food for a month. Stupidman indeed.

The sad thing is that they totally REFUSED to answer any questions about what would they do if tradgedy struck except to say "We don't PLAN on failing". My thinking was "then why come here and asks questions if you don't like the answers?" Oh well, hopefully they learned what we all were trying to tell them.

[trax]

That they learned something (hopefully a lot) from trying, and since they did put up a website, others might learn from their foolhardiness as well.

[Beo]

Next time thet come on here let's rip'em a new one jk (maybe)

[Jay]

So what happened to the two guys who were going to spend a month in the wilderness with only their clothes and knives?? any feedback? I saw the thread in Sarge's blog.

[Sarge47]

So what happened to the two guys who were going to spend a month in the wilderness with only their clothes and knives?? any feedback? I saw the thread in Sarge's blog.

Last I heard they had to give up after 13 days and came home very wet & hungry. Somebody said they haven't been doing any updating on their web-site. I'm just glad they made it home alive!