@@nickkammer5863 thanks man. I would have done a better job showing what it was capable of (in action) but considering I was renegade camping about 50-60ft off a main hiking trail I had to keep it down to a dull roar. 😁🤘😎

​@BlazeYourOwnPath haven't seen anyone try to chop wood like an axe yet

Even sweeter if it's already up when it starts.

@@BlazeYourOwnPath true

Hope you brought some water wings. I had a hit of lightning strike SOOOO close last night. 100 metres tops. Bright as F×××. Sounded like somebody shot a 30-06 off right by my head with no muffs. Definitely got my attention. 🤘😎

@@BlazeYourOwnPath wow bloody hell mate thats mental hope your ok

@roughwalkers I'll live. Didn't help that I was looking right in the direction when it hit. Lit the woods up like it was day. Like somebody flashed you with a camera. Then I really couldn't see shit and my ears were ringing. 🤣🤣🤣

@@BlazeYourOwnPath hahahah sounds pretty fun tbh that would of made a brilliant video too

@roughwalkers you ever just been in the woods sitting there after a storm and then some random big ass branch explodes and comes falling down not too far from where you're at? Shit starts crackin and poppin and you're wondering where that impending doom noise is coming from. Keeps you on your toes. 🤘 Turn you into a human tent peg.

Spend enough time alone in the woods long enough you'll start seein' and hearin' all sorts of crazy sh$t.

@@BlazeYourOwnPath oh yeah , my family and I have heard some strange noises a few times ... one sounded like a chimpanze yet we live I. Western Washington state.

Didn't even leave the tent to poop. They were bad and after the day I had before was just not in the mood.

@@BlazeYourOwnPath Not going to lie ..... thats some Special Forces SHT How are you doing brother ...

@@RoughWalkers It was a bad week Brother. Moved in and got kicked out of a storage unit in one week. I thought I was being discreet but apparently the hills have eyes, and ears, and mouths so yeah at my buddy Bill's house who I've known forever having a few pints Good Sir. Actual shower and some fresh socks am ready to go for another 3 months strait. 😎🤘

@@BlazeYourOwnPath damm hope your ok bro that sounds crazy

Two cans and a string, carrier pigeon, falcon, smoke signals. Whatever it takes Brother. Used motor oil over the top of some pine will definitely get the rescue planes circling. 🤘😁

Same thing here. Been pretty steady on and off for about the last 3 weeks or so. Fixing to rent a unit here in the next day or two to stash all my extra gear. (It's at a buddies right now) You know, dry, clean, something with metal walls and a concrete floor. Between tools and winter gear goes to shit quick if it's not in a place that they can be hung up and /or aired out. Give me a place to operate out of for a minute. Need to replace some worn gear, do some work on the bike. You know shit that's hard to do in a Walmart parking lot.

Time for some new shoes and socks for sure (me). Between year-old trail runners, old socks and high humidity with alot of rain...... Definitely got some FUNK goin on. Yowza.🤪 Cross between sewer and sweaty dog balls.🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thanks Guys. Kind of bulky but it burns cleaner than the iso-butane/propane mix. Tanks are easier to come by on the road and with the adapter hose that I have I can refill them for about $1.50 apiece instead of anywhere from $8-$12 per tank at a store. Works good as a hand warmer/ tent heater too. 😁

@@BlazeYourOwnPath thats a well good idea

Besides, wood is always wet around here, smokes like a banshee, ALOT of airports. I'd have every letter in the alphabet soup decending upon me trying to explain I'm just some poor old fella trying to make a cup of tea.🤣

@@BlazeYourOwnPath hahahahah

Just for the record, I DO know how how to process wood and make a fire. 😎

As opposed to my lily white Scandanavian bean pokin around with the rest of me covered in actual camo it does a pretty good job. Unless there's no bugs out and somebody does actually see you then you just look like a creeper. 🤪

@@BlazeYourOwnPath hahhahahaa thats true i might have to try this on phil

Yeah, I'm a woosie. If a cold soaked tea bag or a pinch of coffee grounds ain't gonna mask that nastiness my ass is off to another spot.

Or at least have the "Mosquito-Meter". On a scale of 1- I'd rather jump headlong into a wood chipper, how bad are the bugs today Bob?

Rode all day yesterday in it. 40 miles. Went to check out a fishing spot along the Wisconsin River till I got there and realized the flooding was wayyyyy worse. No where to camp unless you were using a hammock.But you'd still be standing in a foot of water in what is normally a woodland. 1/2 mile off the river in some parts. Skeeters, relentless. I was like f- this. Came back to the same spot and am currently drying out my shit. Need a weatherproof camera. Phones all I have for pics. It was coming down.

Yall get thunderstorms over there? Here, it rains sideways and rips the roofs of of shit.

@@BlazeYourOwnPath yeah we do but not quite as bad as what you guys get, some places in scotland get it bad but yeah doesnt sound too good mate look after yourself out there

It's all good in the hood baby. I think that's a prerequisite isn't it? Coffee, tea, tire patch kit, etc. Yeah man, not alot you can do when you're stealth/camp/living. A spots a spot. Even though you're parked at the bottom of a widowmaker and the drainage sux. Ground traffic fucking airplanes, hot air ballons or drones or who the fuck ever. You gotta kinda weigh your options for each individual situation. As you can see the ship took on a little water from a "tactical" perspective it was pretty well hid.

In all reality it should be a Zippo, but I remember having a Bic in my pocket for about as long as I can remember now.

Ah, someone noticed. 😁 Luzianne southern style (family) size bag. Makes 1/2 gal. So 1ltre is actually a double brew strength. Those little bitty bags will drive a man insane. Too much monkeying around.

Even for like an Earl Grey I'll rock two bags for about 12 Oz of h20. I want it to Jumpstart my bean.

@RadicNomadic in a coffee cup I do 3 bags of tea

Rasta that. I want it to bend the spoon when you stir it.

Funny you should mention that (trench). I had to dig a little offshoot to give the water somewhere to go about an hr. into the storm...😁🤘😎 As far as gear I load pretty heavy so I usually have everything and the kitchen sink. Check out my video "Ultralight Camping this Aint."

Yeah, diggit. My tent has a lightweight "footprint" attached to it which helps but like you said I usually survey the terrain pretty well before I pick a site unless for stealth reasons you gotta be in the bog. Lots of conifers where I'm at and have found that a nice bed of pine needles seems to have the best drainage. 😁🤘😎

I've got a Sawyer Mini and an MSR handpump style filter I use if I'm going to pull it from a lake, stream, or pond. I've been living off my bike and trailer for 5yrs. now all over the US. Am in the Midwest now. Winter sucks but so does being in the desert where it's 100 by noon everyday and you have to travel 15 miles round-trip to the nearest water source everyday so you have to pic the lesser of two evils I guess.

@@BlazeYourOwnPath Oh sick! You’re doing what everybody’s always dreamed of doing, I’ve always wanted to lol. I figured if I ever did it I’d be migrational, winters down south and summers up north, but I’ve never experienced a desert I bet it’s still a little tough no matter what. You’re a champ man keep living it up 🤘

@@duckman12498 What can I say. Am Gen X. Grew up in the woods. Just got back from 20yrs of living in the desert to come back to the Midwest. Left about the advent of the internet and came back to a whole new world. Just waiting to see whether it's gonna collapse or explode. Ya see, in the woods I feel pretty safe. Easy to identify the danger. Falling trees/rocks, bear, deer in rut, honeybadgers, drowning/floods. You know that sort of shit. In the city it's hard to tell nowadays. Hope you have a good rest of the summer. 🤘😎

Yeah Brother. Kind of a toss up isn't it? Having been all over this great land of ours you can either curse the rain or the sand and the sun or try to adapt. All I know I s that water weighs alot and at 8lbs a gallon you don't realize how much you need in a day until you have to bring it with you or (hopefully) collect from a nearby river, stream, or off the top of a tarp. 😁

Midwest/ Great Lakes...

Thanks man. One thing I've learned about being on the road of life is that time is precious and never to be wasting an opportunity. Although camping in the rain ain't my idea of a grand time by being resourceful I now don't have to break camp and risk being spotted to collect water from a stream or pond. Not only that but by collecting almost 2 gals of rainwater I don't have to spend the next 2hrs. running it through a filter either. 😁🤘😎

Zebra Cake from the brand Little Debbie. So yes, like a twinkie. Then dipped in white chocolate. 😁 When you've covered 30 miles in 4 hrs and your ass is about to drop to the floor because you haven't eaten anything. Hard to eat and peddle. Eating on the side of a busy hiway sucks. Just a little kick in the ass with some caffeine to power you through so you can get the hell off the road and find somewhere to hunker down. Yesterday was a BITCH ! 65 Miles in just over 24hrs. Lots of rolling hills, LOTS of pushing.....🤪🤪🤪

@@BlazeYourOwnPath omg sounds lush !!! And thats a great effort mate massive respect

It's pretty delish. I was only going to pull 20 miles till i got to the Mnt. Bike Park and realized the cop shop was right down the road (plus nowhere to hide) so had to come up with plan b. I need to do us all a favor and come up with a formula for dehydrated beer. 🤘