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and Goingoutside.com
Water camping in the wilderness is my favorite thing to do, if you're not into it then check out my site and do get into it.
All these items are very important to have when you go paddling in the wilderness.
| FIRE You need to be able to make fire. The easiest way is to bring some cheap disposable plastic cigarette lighters with you. Always bring a few for backup even though they rarely break, not even if they get wet. I usually bring three but I have never even had to use the backup lighters, but since they weigh practically nothing it's OK. | ||
| SLEEPING PAD Make sure you bring something to shield you thermally from the ground, comfort is a plus too. | ||
| LIGHT If you don't have a flashlight you can't see anything in the dark. Always bring an extra one too and extra batteries. | ||
| CAMP STOVE If you are in an emergency you need a stove that will work under any conditions and never runs out of fuel. This disqualifies all gas or liquid fuel stoves no matter how good they are since they do run out of fuel. This leaves only wood stoves. Stoves with electric fans are also out since they run out of batteries and will not work under any conditions. The only commercially available stove that is light enough for canoeing left (as far as I know) is the Trailstove. |
DEADFALL TRAP
This type of trap is very effective but it will kill the animal that gets caught in the trap, so if you decide not to eat it you killed an animal for nothing. Only make a deadfall trap in an emergency.
You need the following things: A heavy log, a round rock, a sturdy stick about 1 to 2 feet long, a thinner stiff stick about a foot long.
Lift one end of the log up and support it with the sturdy stick. The sturdy stick in turn should be standing on top of the round rock. One end of the smaller stiff stick is placed between the rock and the sturdy stick, the other end should be suspended in the air right under the log, the stiff stick should be roughly horizontal.
Carefully place the bait on the stiff stick.
To make the trap
more stable and more difficult to trigger you can cut the part of the stiff bait
stick flat where it rests between the rock and the sturdy stick. You can also
cut the bottom of the sturdy stick flat, it all depends on what size animal you
are trying to kill.
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