Place to practice primitive skills

[Sawin]

I'm down for this as well, just to mix it up a bit. My brother in law and I have been camping roughly every 6 weeks, for a few years now; year round. It would suck to not have my -20* bag and thermarest on a night like tonight, but I'd make do.

My get home bag lives in my trunk, along with a bunch of other items that prove useful from time to time...especially in winter. If I were in a situation where I was going to grab my bag and leave my vehicle, 95% of the time my normal daily life will have me within 20 miles of home. 99% of the time I'll be within 50 miles of home. My destination would always be home, unless it no longer existed. If the situation were different, and I was forced in to becoming a permanent nomad, my selection would be quite different.

[HoneyBadger]

I have done this exact thing in the location circled on the map below. My wife dropped me off at location 1 with just my "get home bag". I egressed to a safe place to (uncomfortably) spend the night, then navigated to the parking area at Rampart Reservoir (location 2) the next day. It sucked. It was cold. It wasn't any fun, but I survived it just fine. Straight line (like I drew below) it was about 9 miles, but I estimate the actual distance traveled to be closer to 10.5 (extra distance was comprised of choosing an easier, or sometimes harder and more concealed path - but most of the time I was just following terrain and elevation to minimize perceived elevation change.) Be forewarned, It gets COLD in those mountains, even in July! I know this is a bit of a drive for you (probably about an hour and a half), but the Pike National Forest is great for this sort of stuff. I would highly recommend waiting until summer when it is really hot to do something like this, unless you really want to test your winter/high plains desert survival skills!



I haven't done anything more than a single night on my own. I went through a survival program with the AF where I was with 2 others for 5 days and no outside contact or help. That was basically a glorified camping trip where I was really hungry the whole time.

[rbeau30]

Thanks HoneyBadger, that sounds exactly like something I want to do, yeah you are right I bet it really is cold and I would probably be best to ease into things, than to jump right into it.

[HoneyBadger]

Thanks HoneyBadger, that sounds exactly like something I want to do, yeah you are right I bet it really is cold and I would probably be best to ease into things, than to jump right into it.

Also, your get home bag should have some sort of shoulder strap - whether it be a backpack or some sort of satchel or dufflebag... carrying a bag in your hand for hours/miles is extremely limiting and annoying.

[rbeau30]

Also, your get home bag should have some sort of shoulder strap - whether it be a backpack or some sort of satchel or dufflebag... carrying a bag in your hand for hours/miles is extremely limiting and annoying.

Yeah, my get home bag is an assault 3-day pack type thing, with a bedroll strapped to the bottom that contains a few shelter components.

[HoneyBadger]

Yeah, my get home bag is an assault 3-day pack type thing, with a bedroll strapped to the bottom that contains a few shelter components.

hahahaha yeah, I just had the things I would normally have on me if I was driving around town (cell phone, wallet, knife, glock 19, and a few random things like a pen and an extra set of car keys) and my get-home-bag.


I don't have time to list all the contents right now, but this is my get home bag: http://www.lapolicegear.com/tabaoutbag.html It's not very big, but it can hold a lot of stuff. It has a shoulder strap, but I had unwisely taken the strap off to save space in my car... so I had to hand carry it around for a day while hiking. It probably weighs about 10-15 lbs.

[jonny450r]

Thanks badger for the advice. honestly if we could set something up as a group for two nights first night you're on your own and dropped off at different location from each other and you have to meet up with a group some point during the second day if dont make the deadline you're on your own to meet at a second location on the third to discuss what worked and what you can do better. Although by the third day if you missed the meeting points I'm sure the last thing you'll want to do is talk to others about what you learned.

sent from my fancy dancy phone that'll soon be outdated or broken

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Row faster, I hear banjos!

[rocktot]

Row faster, I hear banjos!

Nah, Colorado 'Hillbobbies' are in South Southern Colorado, by Pagosa Springs.

[hunterhawk]

Something like this would be a blast! I'm down if it was during grouse season :-) test out the judge! But I think it's also deer and elk season during grouse season :-(