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Wood Trekker Update
Hey guys. I know I have been absent for a while. For those who have reached out in concern, no need to worry. Everything has been going great, I’ve just been too preoccupied to do much writing. The...
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Why I No Longer Buy Under Armour Products
This post is an opinion piece, done to express my disappointment in Under Armour as a company and make clear my intention to stop purchasing any of their products.For those of you not familiar with the...
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Trip Report: Classic Backpacking 6/18/16–6/19/16
As you guys saw in my last post, I’ve been doing a bunch of fishing on my more recent trips. I have also been doing some Clasic Backpacing. I haven’t posted much about the trips because they are fairly...
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What Has Wood Trekker Been Up To?
Hey guys. I know I haven’t posted in a while. Nothing to worry about. I’ve just been very busy with work. I still go out on my usual trips, I just haven’t had time to write about them. It is a very...
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Classic Backpacking Gear: Stoves
The issue of stoves when it comes to Classic Backpacking can be a bit complex. The reason is that we have to look not only at the options available at the time, but also at how and if they were used.In...
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Trip Report: Classic Backpacking 2/13/16 - 2/14/16
"Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side." Fridtjof NansenLast weeks outing was uneventful, so I decided to skip...
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Classic Backpacking Gear: Clothing
The issue of clothing in the context of Classic Backpacking is a tricky one. The reason for the complexity is not the subject matter, but rather giving you any kind of coherent compilation of the...
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Classic Backpacking Gear: Small Items
In this gear post I want to go over all the remaining small items I use as part of my Classic Backpacking equipment. The literature of this time period is filled with a wide assortment of items that...
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Classic Backpacking Gear: Pots, Cups, and Canteens
The next set of gear I would like to discuss in the context of Classic Backpacking is the cooking and water carrying system. Some of the items are very similar to what we use today, others are not....
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Trip Report: Classic Backpacking 1/30/16 - 1/31/16
"Surely, when one is going on a camping trip he does not desire to live just as he would at home, for in my opinion much of the pleasure of camping is derived from taking things just as we find them,...
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Classic Backpacking Gear: Cutting Tools
In this post I want to focus on butting tools which would have been available to and used by woodsmen during the Classic Backpacking period of 1880 through 1930. As with shelters, actual choices by...
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Trip Report: Classic Backpacking 1/24/16 - 1/25/16
This advice is not intended for the tenderfoot, for he should never attempt to "rough it," and that is just what it means to "travel light," for when making long journeys over land, carrying the...
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Classic Backpacking Gear - Blankets
Along with the “canvas tarp”, the blanket is one of the most integral parts of the myth of the woodsman. While it is correct that for warm weather most woodsmen in the time period between 1880 and 1930...
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Classic Backpacking Gear - Shelters
The next piece of gear I want to discuss in the context of Classic Backpacking is shelters. The amount written on the subject by authors of the time period is quite large, so here I will try to hit the...
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Classic Backpacking Gear - Packs
The first piece of Classic Backpacking gear that I would like to discuss is the pack. I want to point to some things that I have discovered during my research, and to tell you what I use as an...
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Trip Report: Classic Backpacking 1/1/16 - 1/3/16
“The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth. He can follow his bent, obey the whim of the hour, do what he pleases whenever he...
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Classic Backpacking: Concept and Theory
For several years now I have been writing and trying to practice a concept that I have been referring to as The Modern Woodsman. At its base is the assertion that woodsmanship did not end or peak at...
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Dual Survival Returns For Season 7 With New Hosts
That’s right folks, Dual Survival is coming back for another season. It was very surprising when The Discovery Channel canceled the show after the alleged issues with co-host Joe Teti (have a look...
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How to Camp Out, by John M. Gould
These past few months I have been doing a bit of reading on 19th century camping, and I came across the above book. It was first published in 1877, and contains one of the earliest discussions I have...
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Trip Report: Beaver Pond Duck Hunting 12/19/15 - 12/20/15
I didn’t really have any particular trip in mind for this month’s trip report, so this past weekend I figured I would take advantage of one of the last duck hunting weekends to get out and give it a...
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