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Stan Rogers was an awesome man, musician. His voice is fantastic. In my small repertoire is White Squall. I’ve also messed around with, for example, Forty-five Years from Now: an awesome love song. And of course The Mary Ellen Carter has kept me going through hard times.

If you like Stan Rogers, have you listened to Schooner Fare?

Many, if not most, of my favorite performers have passed out of this plane.

There’s a few blue-grassy songs or artists I find compelling, but I can’t bring them to mind. They roll around on some of my Pandora stations and I give them a thumbs up which means they keep rolling around, but I don’t notice names of groups or songs.

I don’t know modern popular music at all, I’m afraid. I will look up Jesse Wells and maybe that will give me a better idea of what you are interested in.

I see you also like the outdoors. What do you do outdoors? It is also a big interest of mine. (See, I can practice conversation, too. )

White Squall is my favorite of his! Those other ones you named are great too. And yeah, I've totally listened to Schooner Fare.

I don't really know of any modern pop stuff either. Welles is a newer musician (and not a popular one by any means) who's apparently done a lot of alternative rock/grunge type stuff, but he's been doing the folk protest songs lately and has gotten quite a bit of attention online for it.

I'm into a lot of bushcraft and primitive camping, as well as fishing (mostly in creeks for smaller fish; catching a bunch of little fish is way more fun than one or two big ones imo), hiking, and kayaking (just with a cheap little inflatable 2-seat kayak). I want to get into mushroom hunting and backpacking though. What about you?

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

White Squall is my favorite of his! Those other ones you named are great too. And yeah, I've totally listened to Schooner Fare.

I don't really know of any modern pop stuff either. Welles is a newer musician (and not a popular one by any means) who's apparently done a lot of alternative rock/grunge type stuff, but he's been doing the folk protest songs lately and has gotten quite a bit of attention online for it.

I'm into a lot of bushcraft and primitive camping, as well as fishing (mostly in creeks for smaller fish; catching a bunch of little fish is way more fun than one or two big ones imo), hiking, and kayaking (just with a cheap little inflatable 2-seat kayak). I want to get into mushroom hunting and backpacking though. What about you?

I am mostly a canoeist, as you might guess from my name and avatar. My passion is long, like 3-4 week, trips in wilderness totally removed from people and civilization. I do a bit of fishing here and there. I do hunt and eat wild mushrooms. I’m a flop at backpacking.

I’ve done a bit of work on primitive skills. I can start a fire with a magnesium stick and knife, but not with a bow drill, for example. Where have you learned your primitive skills?

 

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@WhitewaterWoman Ah, nice. Canoeing looks cool. I'm a big fan of really remote places too.
On the topic of mushrooming, we (my family) think we found a morel in our backyard of all places. It was old and rotting so we didn't eat it, but it didn't look like a false morel to me. Hollow, with the proper morel pattern.

I can't do a bow drill either. I mostly learned off of youtube and such online, and practice. Tarp shelters are one skill I really enjoy. I've got a (crazy heavy) 10x10 foot canvas tarp, and setting it up into a bunch of different shapes is fun.

 

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I can't do a bow drill either.

If you're in a warmer climate a magnifying glass is your best friend. You can only start fires during daylight but it's very quick and easy.

Tarp shelters are one skill I really enjoy. I've got a (crazy heavy) 10x10 foot canvas tarp, and setting it up into a bunch of different shapes is fun.

I spent a decade living in remote tropical rainforests and 3 years of that living under a big tarp. I loved the remoteness and solitude.

 

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Welcome my friend, nice to meet you

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

@WhitewaterWoman Ah, nice. Canoeing looks cool. I'm a big fan of really remote places too.
On the topic of mushrooming, we (my family) think we found a morel in our backyard of all places. It was old and rotting so we didn't eat it, but it didn't look like a false morel to me. Hollow, with the proper morel pattern.

I can't do a bow drill either. I mostly learned off of youtube and such online, and practice. Tarp shelters are one skill I really enjoy. I've got a (crazy heavy) 10x10 foot canvas tarp, and setting it up into a bunch of different shapes is fun.

I love morels. But they do not grow where I live now. Lucky you. Hint: if you find one morel, keep looking. They rarely fruit individually. Search in a spiral pathway around the location of the first one.

I have only very lightweight tarps. Now made of sylnyl. I have set it up in a variety of shapes when shelter is needed from sun or rain or wind. I can never get a nice looking set up. Too many trees, bushes and poison ivy or thorny plants get in the way.

Once you set it up, do you sleep in them overnight?

If you're in a warmer climate a magnifying glass is your best friend. You can only start fires during daylight but it's very quick and easy.


I spent a decade living in remote tropical rainforests and 3 years of that living under a big tarp. I loved the remoteness and solitude.

Were you able to use a magnifying lens if all the twigs, leaves, lichens, etc. are wet? Do you have to have clear sun, or does it work on partly cloudy days?

I have not tried it, but will consider it for the future. The trouble for me is that the very time I need a fire, it is usually dark and rainy.

 

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Were you able to use a magnifying lens if all the twigs, leaves, lichens, etc. are wet? Do you have to have clear sun, or does it work on partly cloudy days?

No, almost nothing practical will start a fire in wet material, but the sunshine doesn't have to be all that strong to start a fire. You don't need to use really fine punk or fluff for the first flame either, just leaves and sticks.

I live in a hot climate though, even as far south as I am at the moment I can expect 280 days a year of unbroken sunshine. 1000 miles further north and that jumps up to 330 days a year. Also most of our trees are eucalypts and when those leaves start burning it's difficult to put them out.

Actual glass magnifying glasses work the best, the plastic ones aren't as effective. If you've got just the glass with no handle it takes up very little room in your pack and they're fairly robust and don't break easily. A handy tool to have.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

No, almost nothing practical will start a fire in wet material, but the sunshine doesn't have to be all that strong to start a fire. You don't need to use really fine punk or fluff for the first flame either, just leaves and sticks.

I live in a hot climate though, even as far south as I am at the moment I can expect 280 days a year of unbroken sunshine. 1000 miles further north and that jumps up to 330 days a year. Also most of our trees are eucalypts and when those leaves start burning it's difficult to put them out.

Actual glass magnifying glasses work the best, the plastic ones aren't as effective. If you've got just the glass with no handle it takes up very little room in your pack and they're fairly robust and don't break easily. A handy tool to have.

Makes sense that glass would work better than plastic. I am going to try this out. I do have a glass magnifier.

On my last trip, I ended up cold and wet and everything was wet. The wood was soaked. The twigs covered with fully hydrated lichens. The forest floor was soaked with soaked pine needled. Even downed wood, off the ground, was soaked. I was getting hypothermic and knew I needed to get a fire going asap. The tinder in my emergency kit did not work! Apparently the cotton was polyester. I had to dig around to find some cotton and piled the fire build way high with tiny tiny twigs and finally got that thing going.

Waterproof matches have been replaced with Bic lighters in my emergency kit. More reliable.