(13 December 2013, 16:39)Midnitemo Wrote: Yeah agreed its a circumstances thing.....but circumstances weren't against s13 on this occasion and I would have been looking for a more sheltered spot and some of natures insulation if the weather was being a real bitch but it wasn't.....the way I see it is going back to basic's and playing the stoneage wonder woodsman is a nice hobby but could you be arsed with time taken/effort expended on a daily basis if you were living it rather than playing at it....kit is really really good now and cheap(ish) I know how i'd prefer to do it and that's with a selection of well chosen and multipically duplicated modern outdoor kit....I just see it as perverse wanting to do things the old fashioned way.
in the same way as I don't understand the Amish not wanting to embrace modernity and its benefits.
Mort you haven't met my youngest son and his dickhead mates....I wouldn't back them to survive anything....failed the the bronze D of E for lack of effort and ability!!!!