Prepping for the Trekking
I broke away recently from Lucky Sheep for a late summer backpacking trip to my favorite water place. I tested out my updated gear and brought a food menu consisting completely of raw primal foods. It took me months to make the pemmican and also acquire all the gear I wanted to bring. My clothing was entirely natural fibers which I made myself. The only synthetics in my pack were my tarp, ground cloth, and pack liner.
The Grueling Hike to the First Camp
I left the Big Creek Parking Lot at 6pm and that gave me about two hours to hike the five and a half miles to the campsite. Because of the late start I had to walk double my normal speed to make it to camp before dark. With my pack fully loaded at 35 pounds, wearing thin homemade rewilding sandals, and going slightly uphill on a rocky trail...this was a true challenge! I knew I could not stop even for more than a minute or two if I was going to make it on time. I pushed myself like a horse while absorbing the beautiful sights, sounds and mists of the crashing creek. This was a test of my years of calculating time and distance because I made it to camp at the last tip of twilight and found a campsite before there was no light left. I quickly pitched my tent while I could still see the trees and had supper. There was nothing as joyful as listening to that singing water knowing I was safe a sound at camp. And since my campsite was right beside the crashing creek I was able to enjoy a moonlight soak in the cold water after supper.
Food for the Journey
On my first day, I show and talk about the food I am carrying into the wilderness. It is a revolutionary approach offering maximum superfoods without the plant toxins. My food is primarily pemmican but I also start out with my water bottles full of raw milk from a local farm. This nutrient dense superfood diet is sometimes called 'paleo', 'primal', or 'carnivore' diet. This is the first time I tried this on a trip this long. I also packed in some medicinal mushroom powders as well as supplemental minerals. My food weighed about 8 pounds total. Let's see how this actually looks here, then I will show more about the trip in the other videos.
25 сен 2023
