Total Technology Replacement

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coyotlviejo

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I have an idea to run past everybody - I call it Total Technology Replacement, or TTR (how's that for fancy names?!)

Here's how it works: Go on a multi day/night camping trip with the goal to replace everything you take along with things you find in the wilderness. Everything. When you walk out of the woods you have all hand-made instruments, and if you are really into it, clothes.
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You would have to stash your gear as you replace it, preferrably in a nearby vehicle or in a spot where it would be easy to retrieve at the end of your TTR.

The idea has intrigued me for years. Maybe I'll give it a whirl one of these days. Any takers?

cv

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[This message has been edited by coyotlviejo (edited 04-17-2001).]
 
Sort of like a time compressed version of what would happen if you were really cut off from modern day support?

Give me some time, I'm thinking on it. . .
 
Sounds good. I like to replace at least one thing on trips. Maybe it's primative fire making, shelter, tools and eating utensils etc. My plan is to focus on one skill until I'm pretty good at it, then move on to another. This has become quite a hobby for me, and adds a lot to an otherwise great trip!
 
I'm at the one-skill-at-a-time stage, too.

I recently made an arrow foreshaft with a flint (or more likely chert) point that I knapped and secured to a catalpa shaft held in place with pitch/ash glue and string. The string wasn't truly primitive and I used a pocket knife to carve the notch in the catalpa.

But now I have a feel for how much milkweed cordage I'll need, and I sort of have the process down.

I'll use a cattail reed for the second portion of the shaft.

Now to find time to gather and ret enough milkweed to make 10 feet of thread.
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Mike
 
That would require experience and good skills, IMHO. More than I have, certainly. However, one could do it more gradually as others suggested above. Going full primitive is an exciting goal.

HM
 
In my humble opinion.

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