This is it for now. I've been ill.

Those really well known thermal resistance gloves that don't melt cos they totally aren't synthetic? *cough* (wool gloves get wet and horrible, ask me how I know,...) Also who is going to war? This is hiking not WW3.

That is true, aluminium is lighter than titanium as a material - although the problem is you need more aluminium to make the same strength pot vs titanium, so titanium works out lighter because it's stronger so you need less of it. But in practice we are talking a few grams here, it's a pretty minor differencs.

Thank you!

Thank you, and glad you liked it!

@@harduphiker we have all been guilty of one or two of them over the years hahahah love it. ✊🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I do, and I've hiked 100s of trail miles this year (535 miles and counting, longest ones are tied at 170 miles each) and took risotto, noodles and pasta. Those dehydrated expensive readymeals are chewy and awful....tried them on my Scotland trip, regretted it. I'd rather take a bit more fuel and slighlly more weight - hardly any more if you weigh a Gallo risotto pack vs a Firepot meal, it's very similar - simmer mode on alcohol stoves and pre-soaking means you use not much more fuel tbh. I'd rather make pasta, noodles or risotto than that shit.

@@NCArtVT oh yes.. We don't have that issue here but it's the same with emergency beacons or GPS ones, almost no-one has ever used them so you HOPE they work!

Are you telling me to do a long through hike? LOL. South Downs Way -3 parts, 95 miles Nov-Jan. Thames Path V1: 170 miles - March in a 2 week period West Highland Way and Great Glen Way - done at the same time, 160-170 miles over a 2 week period in May Thames Path V2 - Goring to Source, 100 miles 2 weeks ago.... I mean some of those (Scotland, TP 2) aren't up yet, but the lives are, and the posts about them, and I even used footage FROM those trips in this video... Maybe you should've taken a quick look at channel before commenting? I mean the very footage I showed testing the Firepot meals - which I streamed live, was from a tent in the middle of nowhere 11 miles from Fort William. So yes I know what I speak of....those meals are foul and not worth the weight benefit - and they are destroying the planet. Please tell me you are reusing the mylar packs and not just throwing them?

@Lands_Solo I hear you, but I'm talking people going on an overnight camp and having them camping meals like it's a 'got to have.'

@@AnIdiotOutdoors Roger that, I totally agree, there are much cheaper ways to do it, though sometimes for a one nighter I just test these meals for a proper through hike later, if I'm going to suffer these meals they at least have to make an effort on the taste front 🙂

@@harduphiker I know you have done some through hikes, my point is that these dehydrated meals serve a purpose where nothing else is suitable. Whichever strategy you take you have to make compromises, either weight, convenience or something else. When I'm yomping through miles of bog and mountains saving the planet isn't top of my list in a survival situation (though I am mindful of the environment). If saving the planet is your main concern you'd be sleeping on a hemp mat, wearing hemp clothes under canvas, but that doesn't appear to be your current set up, so please don't try to lecture me on a few mylar bags. Until the manufacturers get their acts together there isn't much I can do about their packaging, apart from starve. You have to carry rations in some kind of packaging so I'm not really seeing your point there and rehydrated rations are the only real option on a serious through hike in the wilderness, I have 26 years military experience so I'm comfortable that I'm solid ground on this one. You might also want to temper your tone a little bit, we can have a much more civil discussion without the sanctimony, see the an idiot outdoors' comments for details.

Thing is, there isn't any light usable green alternatives for those things (sleeping pad, tent etc) where there ARE alternatives for single-use mylar. I have used mylar to store dried milk but I try to reuse the bags, and avoid it where I can. Sadly you can't re-use it safely for hot meals as the glue weakens. I use bioethanol for this reason as it's way better than butane which is oil derived. I reuse bottles for water. That is the point, you try and be green where you can and then reuse and reduce where you can't. It is not a binary. But not happy with you coming here lecturing me about tone when you should re-read your first post especially the word "serious" suggesting my hikes so far have been silly or basic. It reads to me as patronising and rude. So the same comment about 'tempering your tone' applies to you. I don't come to your channel and start lecturing you on your hikes, suggesting they are basic?

yeah its a long video with a lot of points 🙂

Yeah, especially when you are walking across many different places on a long through hike....you have to represent them all in your walking shots etc. it simply gets too much to do on a long hike.

@@harduphiker i totally agree 👍 I have been on some short adventures trying to capture shots and all the exercise walking back and forth can get overwhelming at times so much going into making these crazy videos and shots hard up hiker aka Tim Love ❤️ Peace ☮️ And Chicken 🐔 Grease my friend keep pressing forward young man

@@lowermichiganadventures Thanks! 🙂

Yeah stealth camping doesn't need fire, I'd say some of the sketchy places I've camped if I'd had a fire it would be like a massive beacon saying 'I'M HERE!'

@roberttolley5055 I couldn't agree more! 😄💪👊

Yes we are trouble ;-)

Well thanks for watching! I thought people being able to hear better was enough to post this, also trimmed out some of the 'is it recording' stuff because it's not needed, but otherwsie left is as is, because I think we all made important points.

Thank you.

Would not be possible without your footage, and ideas we came up together.

he is a great live guest, and a guest in person....

Dorking is a place, but the Dorking Hen/Chicken is a breed. One they are oddly proud of...

Dorking hen, it's a breed of chicken en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorking_chicken

I grew up mear Guildfoed, whcih is similar,. I'd not say beautiful cos of that, cos for teenager these places are a bit like prisons.

just a bit!

Not seen the 1.5lt one...yes I wish might was a bit wider so it could be used as a frying pan, but really happy with the efficiency.

@@patsmith7710 Thanks!

Yeah I love my folding Sea to Summit cup...the insulation helps too. I'd carry wooden cutlery but I can't cook with it, hence now using Outlery, found the folding sporks tended to fold back during use. I find that at Waitrose you can often cadge free soy packets from the sushi counter.

Thanks!

I carry two lighters, wood firelighters and a ferro rod and tinder in my Swiss Army Knife (toothpick ferro steel and Helix tinder) Just in case!

Me too! FIrst part of Scotland first but having a rest...

OG HIKER!

Wow...yes they can be rather steep and also I find a lot of roots or stones sometimes.

Glad to hear it! It's a hat I bought on my Scotland trip, new from a Charity shop

Thank you!