Monday, October 10, 2011

My Grandfather

I'm going to tell you about how I learned all these things about thee wilderness. Some of you may think that I'm full of it, but I know what I'm talking about. My grandpa was the man who took me out to learn all of what I know about the wild, the key word there was took, I didn't learn from books I learned from experience. My grandpa jumped off a cruse ship into the Atlantic ocean, he was feeling very sick and he was a stubborn man so there was no getting him to the doctor. I was crushed it only happened a year ago and I don't like to talk about it, but hes the reason that I'm able to blog about something that matters, and may help people in life. He was an old bastard who did whatever he felt like, but he forgot more about the wild than most people even know in the first place. I was lucky enough that he decided to pass it all down to me.

The most I learned from a trip that we took was going to Alaska, there are many thing that you need to know when travelling in unfamiliar areas, the first I would recommend is to get your directions North, South, East, West down to a tee. Do a little research on where there the towns big or little and about how far away they are from each other. Lastly the direction of the town from each other. Make sure that you take a reliable weapon that you know will work. People recommend bear spray, F that I personally wouldn't trust my life to a can. Do what you want, but I'm taking a big gun.

 Don't carry food that will spoil take dried fruits and as many small things you can eat that will give you lots of energy. Study the plants that you will find in the local area because plats are very use full. You can eat them or use them for medicine if you need to. The last peace of advice to you now is to take a satellite phone in case your cellphone is out of service. That way you can call for help and it should even display your location. I always watch bear grillzs before going out into the wild because he knows what hes talking about and explains how and what to do in certain situations.

3 comments:

Colten Njos said...

I also had a grandpa who was very stubborn

93margaret said...

Same.. my grandpa is very stubborn... The dired foods thing is so true..

Mrs. Rohla said...

I'm glad you were able to learn so much from your grandfather. Going out with an expert is the best way to learn how to be safe.