Grandma Gatewood Gear Post-Hike Overview - PLUS Modern Zero-Budget Alternatives You Can Use

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00:00 Hey y'all
00:45 Shower Curtain
02:03 Modern Zero-Budget Shelter Options
03:06 Army Blanket
04:02 Modern Zero-Budget Blanket Options
05:11 Leaves/Heated Rocks as Insulation
05:56 Modern Zero-Budget Insulation Options
06:29 Denim Sack as a 'Backpack'
08:44 Modern Zero-Budget Backpack Options
09:51 Waterproofing
11:32 Kitchen/Water
11:38 Cup and Utensil
12:36 p-38 Can Opener
14:52 Canteen
15:45 Water Treatment
18:03 Food
19:32 Fire Starter
20:51 Modern Clothing
22:20 Grandma Gatewood Hiking Clothes
24:09 Sleepwear
24:50 Underwear
27:09 Jacket
28:52 Head Scarf
29:21 Sun and Rain Protection
29:48 Rain Jacket
31:43 Hat
32:48 Footwear (Keds)
34:43 Modern Zero-Budget Option
35:08 Flashlight
36:31 First Aid
37:00 Toiletries
38:06 Miscellaneous (Cord, Notebook, Pencil, Swiss Army knife, Storage Tins, Sassafras Walking Stick
39:43 Total Cost and Weight Of My Grandma Gatewood Loadout Re-Creation
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@HomemadeWanderlust 2 года назад

Just a heads up, here's the link to help fundraise for Grandma Gatewood's statue! ❤️ Even if you can't contribute, sharing is freeeee. www.gofundme.com/f/grandma-gatewood-tribute-statue

@Drewcatmorris 2 года назад

Please contribute if you can! This is a person who deserves our support and is a shining example of what can be accomplished at any age. She was a direct inspiration to my Mother and Father and through them to me. Adventure on Grandma Gatewood!

@jamiepyne4969 2 года назад

Trans Canada Trail

@BridgetteMongeon Год назад

I am the sculptor chosen for this project. I'm so excited to see these videos as I now have to do a a photo sitting for her. I'll be looking for all of these things in her size, and looking for someone to pose for me in these clothes.

@sdearing6375 Год назад

Gatewood was an amazing woman - dirt poor, abused (super abused) by her husband, had a lot of kids, and after all of that - one day decides to go for a really long walk with what she had around the house and just carried it. Amazing woman.

@tomgip 2 года назад

You did a GREAT job honoring a wonderful woman. Many more people are now familiar with her story because of you. I love how you researched the gear and then mimicked what Grandma Gates did. Well done Dixie!

@sidneyrwashington3197 2 года назад

Hello. I grew up in the 50s and 60s. The keds were our everyday shoes. I didn’t know til recently they were zero drop. We always camped with boy scout gear, which was expensive back then, and stuff from home. Thank you so much for remembering granny.

@CrossoverGenius 2 года назад

Vans skateboard shoes are also zero drop 😂 Not just for the high performance “minimalist” shoes after all.

@farstrider79 2 года назад

As a 40 year old, I've switched mostly to Converse Chuck Taylors, which are basically the same thing. Feet and knees feel better after a day walking and standing than in $150 "modern" supportive shoes.

@infinityhike 2 года назад

Re: Cotton Kills. I bought a polyester fleece hood for the sleeping system. Testing it in the middle of a hot summer, I discovered it trapped humidity which condensed on the inner surface and stayed there. My head was getting drenched. Following lengthy online searching, I finally found mention of this on, of all things, a thread among rat keepers. Evidently polyester fleece is used by some as a floor lining in rat cages. But, when new, urine just beads up on top of it. Conditioning involves washing 5 times. So I did that and viola!, the hood started wicking humidity away from my head even on a hot afternoon.

@Nonameagain80 2 года назад

Thanks!

@robertestrada9643 2 года назад

Don’t use fabric softener, that attracts moisture too

@PatrickKQ4HBD 2 года назад

I'm willing to bet that her dungarees and her gunny sack were a 50/50 poly cotton blend.

@dirtbagsinc.1689 2 года назад

“And that’s why I spent $40 on a stick” 😂 I love your dedication! What a demonstration of character to stick to the plan and not taking comfy and luxurious shortcuts while honoring the powerful grandma Gatewood!

@exploreyourhike8273 2 года назад

YES! Love this! My mom took six of us kids hiking by herself when I was age 4 (the youngest) to age 15. She loved the outdoors and she instilled my love of the outdoors too. I have so much respect for Gramma Gatewood.

@elazarpimentel5340 10 месяцев назад

Love Dixie, I watch the videos and then listen to them in the background when I have to do work that does not require my full atention. It always makes me smile when I hear he say "breeches". Such wholsome souther streak., Cheers

@jimmyjenkins9240 2 года назад

🎶that’s what I like, what I like about you🎶 ……You are a student and a teacher. There’s no blah blah blah, just you, doing your research, testing your ideas and presenting the findings. This was a top notch presentation. Also, loved the logo placement. Thank you, Aaron, and thanks for tagging along and filming this hike.

@boredandagitated Год назад

OMG! I dropped my jaw at your jeans! Treat those vintage jeans with love and they’ll look SO cool. Don’t wash too often and wash them very very gently. They’ll start to crease and fade in places where you bend and turn and twist often and it’s so awesome. They become YOUR jeans and only your jeans! I’m mega jealous

@robertrockwell7581 2 года назад

Grandma Gatewood is very proud of you Dixie. she looked down on you and said you go girl. thanks for keeping my memory alive and doing what you did. it is the ultimate tribute too her. as I said before she is and always should be a inspiration too all hikers.

@turkeywalker7046 2 года назад

I’ve hitchhiked across the US a few times. I covered a lot of distance with rides, but spent up to three weeks at a time just road walking. I used a utility tarp for a shelter and it worked well. I’d often just roll up in it like a burrito when it was raining and I stayed dry in my sleeping bag.

@johnshaw8228 2 года назад

Turkey walker, when I was very much younger, 48 or 50 years ago, I did the same thing. If I did not have enough money to travel in better style and only enough for Food, I would hitchhike across the United States. I did not do the amount of walking you’re talking about. As long as I had enough money for food I did not let that hold me back. The only real hiking I ever did was a 15 mile forced march in the army.

@williamwirick886 2 года назад

This was a great idea for a video! The way we learned to hike and camp in the 80's was an old army surplus bag with food and a bottle of soda stuffed in the rolls. Thats all you needed. Now a days people don't even try to hike and camp without investing a grand in stuff they seen on youtube before hitting the trail.

@danielconnell5844 11 месяцев назад

This is so cool. I mean I’m not gonna use/do any of this, but it just provides so much perspective. Everyone can get outdoors. The long trails are for everyone!

@TheBanjonoah 2 года назад

This is the coolest series! So many of the channels I watch are doing the same thing over and over. Thanks so much for something new and exciting. And historic! Love your channel Dixie, keep it up!

@musingwithreba9667 2 года назад

I just love how true to Grandma's gear you were, even the bra and headscarf. And even tho I was born in the late '60s, I do remember my own Gramma always carried an emergency vinyl rain jacket and scarf, and always made sure we had one as well when we stayed for a visit. Fond memories ❤

@philliplaroe6107 2 года назад

Oh Dixie was this a true nostalgia trip for me. At 75 I was a Boy Scout in the late 50’s and had a lot of the gear you carries, canteen, dungarees, Keds, blanket for sleeping - never had a sleeping pad and always looked for leaves or tall grass to set up our bottom less WWII pup tent. Did have a scout backpack that was really just a bag with shoulder straps. Really enjoyed this post, many thanks!

@randomweirdo2701 2 года назад

I about died laughing at your "chafe me to Pluto and back" comment because my 13 y/o piped up with "Not all the way to Pluto, just to Uranus" as he was walking by.

@HomemadeWanderlust 2 года назад

😂😂😂

@YTusercomment Месяц назад

On using fallen leaves for a sleep pad, you can much better "corral" the leaf pile in making a mattress by carrying one of the heavy duty, black lawn leaf bags. You can then stuff that plastic bag, close the end, and "massage" it into a decent mattress. Being as ticks also love to harbor among dead leaves...having the leaves contained within the plastic bag protects you from that. When ready to break camp, simple task to open and shake out the leaves, fold and pack away for next time.

@billwatson3527 2 года назад

I don't know what Swiss Army knife you had but I still have one that my grandfather gave me for my 8th birthday in 1958 and it has a can opener in it. This can opener is used the same way you use a P-38. I think it is great that you went out using the gear from the 50s. My family didn't have much money and that was the kind of gear I used when I went out on Cub Scout outings. Brings back old memories. TY! When you are poor it is easy to go ultra-lite.

@AidaJof 2 года назад

Hey Dixie - I did not know about Grandma Gatewood nor her incredible achievement ... a woman ahead of her time! I thank you for bringing her story and her accomplishment to our consciousness by replicating that hike but also letting us know how you went about trying to replicate her equipment. I hope there is enough people that contribute to the fund in order to build her a statue to commemorate this great woman.

@johnshaw8228 2 года назад

Ada Jof, That’s a good idea. There should be a statue at the beginning of the southern terminus and another one on Mount Katahdin cool.

@johnshaw8228 2 года назад

They could even call it or some section of it the grandma Gatewood trail or the grandma Gatewood link, whatever.

@markgang1861 2 года назад

Nice way to return to the Homemade portion of your channels namesake; when you sewed your gear bag.

@livingsimplytosimplylive6817 2 года назад

I love and appreciate your dedication to keeping your trek as authentic as possible. Your detail to mimicking her gear is simply amazing.

@nina3118 2 года назад

When I started backpacking as a kid in the 70s, got all my gear from Army surplus stores. Still have some of it.

@wlarue 2 года назад

An old emergency trick when using canned items is to take a stone and start rubbing it on the seal at the top of the can. Eventually the stone will wear off the metal seal on the lid and you can then lift it off. Takes a bit of time, but it works.

@viceb7 Год назад

I will remember that! Thank you

@bricmpt Год назад

"...I ate the dadgum beans." LOLOL! Love it!

@thisbeem2714 2 года назад

I loved her story when I read it. She was amazing. I think that recreating her circumstances like that was an amazing idea. Thank you

@pambrown6260 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for your posts. I read her story and was so delighted I sent the book to my 86 year old cousin

@sailbc 2 года назад

I would love to see you go to a "normal" persons house pick out some items and go hiking. I know you discussed the options for a modern day grandma gateway loadout but it would make for a good video.

@larryn8 2 года назад

Maybe a “scavenger hunt” overnight backpacking trip challenge. The first one to collect all list items, arrived at camp, and stays the whole night successfully… Wins!

@ChrisSunHwa 2 года назад

What fun ideas!

@ningxizhang5792 2 года назад

This is a historical survey into the hiking experience in the 50s.

@bobmcelroy7289 2 года назад

Here's to Grandma Gatewood! And now....Daughter Dixie! Great job, I think she would have been proud of what you did!

@jasoncbrooks74 2 года назад

Applying modern methods and gear to the spirit of Grandma Gatewood’s hike is a great concept. I appreciate your effort to use period specific gear to try and capture as close an experience as possible. It did cost you to purchase and find that gear. Using a $10 sleep mat, water filter, and a tarp are cheap, reliable, and safe options. Synthetic clothes and blankets are cheap and easily available. The message of don’t let expensive gear get in the way is extremely valid and especially starting out on a weekend hike. Dixie talks about her first thru hike and her gear “failures”. She didn’t make mistakes she just found a better more comfortable way!

@raeperonneau4941 2 года назад

Blows my mind that people, who probably never read the book, choose to minimize someone’s amazing accomplishment ~ whether it’s historic or modern. Sigh.🤦🏻‍♀️ Thank you for honoring a woman who dared to do what honored her soul… regardless.

@chicksgrowtoo 2 года назад

She must have been an incredible woman, and probably said what people said a lot back then, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all…” (For all the nay-say’ers.)

@TheIntuitiveBodyFoodieNetwork 2 года назад

I'm laughing because I'm only 56 and I wore those same type of clothes hiking as a kid as grandma Gatewood wore. Where I grew up (a sleepy little town in north-eastern Ontario, Canada) fashion didn't change much until the 80's. Even then the changes were subtle. We hiked & camped in whatever clothes we wore day-to-day. The whole idea of fitness fashion didn't come about until Aerosmith & spandex pants lol!

@zotterQ 10 месяцев назад

🤣

@richardkillam5023 2 года назад

You should do a "Modern Grandma Gatewood" hike where you go around your house (or a friend's house) and take some modern day "it's just lying around" gear. I think that would be a fun and informative comparison to this / the other video.

@Seamus3051 2 года назад

Most everyone that I've ever known, including myself, first learned to use a P-38, or P-51 can opener, while serving in the military. Today they're found in any outdoor, or camping / hiking supply shop, and are much more familiar to the outdoor community.

@knordberg 2 года назад

Grandma Gateway would be proud of you. You really did some great research.

@richardross7219 2 года назад

Another very good video. The older WWII wool blankets were heavier than the post Vietnam wool blankets. In 1962, I used blanket pins(giant safety pins) to close the side and bottom of my father's WWII blanket. I got a sleeping bag in 1963. A good scout knife or swiss army knife has a can opener but its a different trick than a P-38. Iodine does taste bad. The trick with it is to aerate it by pouring it back and forth between a canteen and a pot. It then tastes a lot better. Good Luck, Rick

@CaliforniaTravelVideos Год назад

Two thumbs WAY UP - well planned and choreographed, awesome story, totally creative and inspirational!!! The "hot rock trick" reminded me back in the "good old days" 70 years ago when my folks would slip baseball-size rocks in our sleeping bags. After scanning the YT Comments and reflecting at 26:00 it cracked me up that that the dreams of many impressionable young men were probably shattered with the sight of an attractive younger lady wearing a granny bra - some things simply can't be unseen...😉

@SasSaga Год назад

This is such a cool idea! Betting Granma left her cans behind!

@The_Bearded_Lady 2 года назад

I love the reminders that we don't need a bunch of fancy stuff. And what you can use is stuff that most *anyone* would have on hand at home even if they don't have a bunch of specialized gear like we do. Especially survival wise it is helpful practice for folks to try doing this... But yeah it seems like so much of thru-hiking is focused on having the newest lightest fewest (most expensive) items and that is just so out of reach for most of us. There is something to be said about the benefit of lighter more comfortable gear for a shorter and easier hike for the body, but again, that gear is out of reach for folks on a budget most of the time (re lightening the big 3 or big 5 items that weigh the most). I don't do thru-hiking, but I do a lot of camping with a bushcraft focus and I carry a lot of gear with a lot of weight and do just fine. I go in, build a basecamp and stay for awhile and only do day hiking from that area, then tear down & pack out (unless on my land or a friends' where I can leave a shelter up) and go back out. I also prefer fall and winter outings and can use a pulk sled for some of that time ;) Maybe check out some of the 1800s re-enacters and what they bring for some cool tips. But yeah, thanks for sharing. It is really nice to see women talking about historic women figures in the backcountry and have a reminder that this isn't just a dood thing. All the best

@AFTR-FX 2 года назад

Kudos on your Grandma Gatewood hike and the post-hike review! All of my early backpacking trips in the 60s and 70s, were equipped with cheap rugged gear like this - since we had no money. Not so bad! We even traversed the Sierras (in midsummer) with such gear. Kids and all that. Thanks for bringing back memories, and reminding young folks that getting out there is what matters, not what shoes you wear. :)

@markbreitenfeld3927 2 года назад

Just think. Someday you’ll be Grandma Dixie.

@heysara910 2 года назад

Oh that got me emotional. I won’t be able to thru-hike for a number of years yet, but I’m planning to, and Dixie is definitely why.

@jonesy369 2 года назад

A remarkable project in honor of a remarkable person!

@locutus8496 2 года назад

I'm in my sixties. I'm old enough to have used a Trapper Nelson pack in my childhood, and it was many years old at the time, but it's what we had. My siblings and I considered them to be "torture racks," our nickname for them. I didn't get a proper external frame pack until I joined the boy scouts in the early 1970s. Even then, it was nothing like the packs available today.

@7951Aries 2 года назад

I've often wondered why more hikers don't carry back-up water treatment tablets. I carry the sawyer as well as a few aqua tabs. They weigh like nothing.

@colonelsanders611 2 года назад

Same here with the sawyer and the aqua tabs. I even carry the whole bottles of iodine tabs including the glass bottles and all, still not that heavy, I just throw it in with my first aid kit and forget about it. Nice to have on short day hikes when I'm not carrying my sawyer since I am carrying enough water from the start. Having the Iodine tabs in my kit is always nice just in case, same reason I always take a poncho even when the skies are clear.

@FgtRtd Год назад

Thumbnails got Dixie lookin caked up something fierce 😍 one more reason to love her hahahah

@safromnc8616 2 года назад

Appreciate this Dixie....As someone who grew up hiking the Hocking Hills area and hearing stories about Grandma Gatewood, I very much appreciate you taking this on. I started doing the Winter hike about the same time she quit doing the Winter Hike. I will say it is worth doing the hike, just to get the lunch @ Cedar Falls of soupbeans and cornbread. Some of the things you used, we also used growing up, particularly army surplus stuff.

@oned6264 2 года назад

Awesome segment Dixie! Just the research alone is a daunting task. We’ve all learned a lot about Grandma Gatewood thanks to your efforts.

@wyokid5552 2 года назад

I used iodine tablets all the time in my early days of backpacking back in the 80's. While I can't say I liked the taste, I never felt it was that bad either.

@susanmyrawills 2 года назад

Always added “Tang” to the iodine water.

@farstrider79 2 года назад

Yeah, I did the same. While it was doable and a carry iodine as a backup because it weighs nothing, you'll never find me reaching for it over my Sawyer.

@floortenhoopen8879 Год назад

Thanks so much for these videos Dixie! I REALLY enjoyed watching them. It gave such a nice historic perspective and honoured grandma Gatewood truely. I also value your message that although good quality gear of course is nicer, you do not need the latest luxury; some of the things you have at home work, older gear and second-hand or borrowed things can work. One thing about granny Gatewood: If you are not sure whether she carried a buff, she surely probably carried a (fine woven thin cotton) handkerchief, which also is a highly versatile item 🙂. All best, thanks again! Floor

@thatsamazinggrace9512 2 года назад

Grandma Gatewood was an amazingly tough lady! You did her justice with your tribute. She would have loved you!❤

@ty5642 2 года назад

Awesome that you did a Grandma Gatewood hike. I can't help but think that a wool blanket and tarp make a bed-roll. "Bedroll". Like the classic cowboy style oiled canvas tarp and wool blanket(s).

@horizontaal 2 года назад

Grandma was blessed. She didn’t know that she did everything wrong. (What a fantastic idea, Dixie, watched the whole video with a big smile.)

@Travelstone3 Год назад

Great segment Dixie. The visor looks like a casino dealer visor.

@Standswithabeer 2 года назад

Big bold kudos to you for this well-planned commemorative hike in Granny's honor. Respect. I would like to suggest that in lieu of toilet paper, she probably took several pages of the Sears catalog folded in her pocket...which would work famously, and last a long while, even today (thin, strong, semi-absorbent paper). My Granny used it in our outhouse every day. I suspect all those free Sears & Roebuck catalogs hanging in outhouses is part of what made Sears great, in its day. Sometimes, I would tear off a page and bring it back into the house to show Mama what I wanted, lol. :)

@HomemadeWanderlust 2 года назад

Ahhhh, good thinking!! And thank you :)

@celinestroinski5251 2 года назад

Love this after reading Ben Montgomery's book.

@AmericanPatriot-bp7cu 2 года назад

Hike the AT again with Aaron! What a series that would be!

@PapaRocks 2 года назад

I like , “the dadgum beans”! That’s actually a technical term😊

@K0GNITION 2 года назад

Wow you really put a lot of effort into authenticity here 😆 "I drew the line at underwear"

@ericthemidget9685 2 года назад

You were told the “mummy is following you” story as a little girl. I was told the “little old lady with a shower curtain “ thru-hiker story, in 1973. She is my hero. I never even knew her name (I’m a west coast soloist) until I met east coast thru-hikers when I sectioned the PCT. Your history lesson and recreation has been a wonderful experience for me. I’m so happy to see you enjoy the hike what you got mentality. Thanks.

@danielwietchy1037 2 года назад

I was surprised at the lack of "Pilot Bread"- invented around late 1700's and used by many hikers, campers and miners throughout the west and Alaska. I've found many abandoned cabins from the late 1800's and early 1900's and upon their handmade shelves - pilot bread along with baking powder, canned coffee and other canned meats, like bacon.

@515aleon 2 года назад

I'm in my 70s. Spam was around in the 50s. Kind of a logical choice. We used to eat "canned bread" (B&B bread--very nutritious, moist, and dense with nutrients, it's still around btw). It's a larger can but she could have used for days.

@danielwietchy1037 2 года назад

@@515aleon Very cool... B&B bread (actually B&M type) is still available here in Fairbanks. My favorite was ( still is) the raise one. Ditto...I'm 70 too.

@Theantichrist9Tails 2 года назад

It was a great pleasure seeing you do this hike. I got so excited seeing places I've been on the old man cave section. I hope to finish the Scioto trail section in November. I love cold weather hiking.

@OldPackMule 2 года назад

Best pack shakedown of Grandma Gatewwod's gear I've ever heard. Thanks for keeping it real.

@proehm 2 года назад

I did wonder if she tied the drawstring down to a bottom corner to make it into something like a sling.

@anitasimmons3599 2 года назад

Emma Gatewood likely had a can opener in her Swiss army knife and the knife had 2 blades. Granny Gatewood carried a rain Cape on some of her trips they were real common and inexpensive. She likely had blanket pins or dyper pins. You can tie a pebble in the corner of the shower curtain or rain gear and tie out the corner with the line. We now have shelters on the AT. Thank you again for another great video. Safe travels.

@hremaddox 2 года назад

I am dying to see footage of the reactions of hikers who saw you in your grandma Gatewood gear on the trail. Lol

@jimhenderson387 2 года назад

I ate the dad gum beans. Love it!

@johnpagejr.7628 2 года назад

Great job Dixie! I had a good laugh when you where using the p38. I figured you would get lots of comments on how to use it correctly. LOL

@CS-in3pg 2 года назад

Where there's a will there's a way and I ate the Dad-Gum beans anyways.........Dixie, your Southern way of speaking is sooo cute!! 🤣😉

@wayneburbage8900 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the nod to Grandma Gatewood. I read she replied to a trekker criticism on her shower curtain " tent s are for wusses"

@wendyanderson8169 2 года назад

love that you tried out Grandma Gatewood's gear! Have you heard of Lillian Alling? Another remarkable woman walker. In the late 1920's, alone and almost penniliess, she walked from New York City to Dawson City, Yukon, then set down the Yukon River towards the Bering Sea on the coast of Alaska, in an attempt to get to Siberia (she was an immigrant and trying to return home, without the money to pay for passage from New York). I'm reading a book called 'Lillian Alling: the Journey Home.' I'd love to try her incredible journey but am doubtful I could do it. Remarkable achievement in any time, let alone without proper 'gear', no gps, no cell phone, in extremely remote and unforgiving territory.

@arthurrsaker8893 Год назад

What a towering achievement! She must have had the can do spirit by the bucket load and the bloody-minded stubborness of a mule. Thank God there are still some among us imbued with the grit and determination to see things through no matter the odds that are stacked against them, for while that spirit lives on America will live on too. God bless you all.

@auntlouise 2 года назад

As a kid in Alaska we used to camp with Army blankets and sheets of visqueen: we would lay the visqueen down, then the blanket on top of it, then we would lay on the blanket and wrap both the blanket and the visqueen around us - toasty warm (and dry!). Maybe give that a shot, only with the shower curtain, and see if you sleep warmer. My mom used to wear one of those visors - there was a clear (Mom's was blue) plastic bit to shield your eyes and another clear plastic bit that stood up, and both were edged with fabric. The clear plastic bit that stood up would get wrecked from stuffing it in handbag repeatedly, and would just start looking sloppy over time.

@unfi6798 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing your passion & adventure of Grandma Gatewood. A magical story. Grandma Gatewood is an early version of David Canterbury. A sense of adventure & perseverance. Stay safe. Greetings from Australia.

@clarencespady9009 2 года назад

I have read a version of the Granma Gatewood story and applaud her achievement. Having watch the above video I am sure that the recreation certainly give greater credibility to the achievement. I am reducing the gear load I use, albeit not to the extent Granma used, likely. One thing that I am failing to see anywhere in the long distant hiker books, videos and other information sources is the use of simple navigation gear. To the end I would recommend ANY ONE considering such a hike read the book "When You Find My Body" A simple compass would have pervented this tragidy. Thank you CB Spady

@cnawan 2 года назад

Neat :) I like the look of Rycroft packframes with the blanket and tarp wrapped around everything rather than the bag. Also laying diagonal on a blanket with the corners wrapped all around you is surprisingly warm

@Rose-co3cp 2 года назад

Grandma Gatewood was a tough gal. I read the book about her and she persevered. I really admire that woman. She is my inspiration.

@andrewpaisley 2 года назад

I loved that you did this Jessica. GG was from my grandparents era and I just love learning about the history of our sport. The pioneers the trailblazers are what got the rest of us out there and we them a debt of gratitude for their grit and determination to get out there. We stand on their shoulders. Love the detailed research you did. Thanks for doing that.

@larryn8 2 года назад

Dixie, A possible answer with regard to the strap on the visor. In the Navy, one of my uniform items was a “Combination Cap” that Chiefs and officers wear. The Combination Cap has an adjustable strap that cinches down at the base of the cap brim. On windy days that strap can be loosened up and lowered to be used as a chinstrap to keep your cap from blowing off.

@whoever6458 2 года назад

One time, I found myself out walking at night in what turned out to be some pretty heavy rainfall. All I had was a day backpack, mostly filled with beer and a few plastic bags from having bought said beer, camouflage cargo shorts, an A-shirt, a Hawaiian shirt, and some weed and a Bic-style lighter since this is California after all. I always wear my old ass Keen hiking boots everywhere I go so that was the only piece of proper gear that I had. Needless to say, I didn't expect to be out in the rain that night but there I was. I did have my phone so I could see that I wasn't going to be able to hike back home before the rain came in. I remembered my time when I was in my 20s in the jungle and thought about how we used giant banana leaves like umbrellas. Well, we don't tend to have too many banana trees around here but we do have these palm trees that also have large swaths of leaf that isn't at all broken. I had walked in that particular direction because I was thinking I'd get under some trees in the orange groves but then I saw a smaller palm tree of the type with these leaves that are mostly solid and therefore waterproof. Right as the first drops of rain started falling, I got underneath the lower leaves of this short palm tree and, before it started coming down too hard, I went back out and arranged some dead leaves of the same tree that had fallen in the area until I had made myself a little tipi kind of structure. I was upset when I first got in there and not tired but the sound of the rain ended up being so relaxing and my shelter ended up being so warm since it was protected from both the wind and the rain, that I actually slept there that night. When I woke up, the nearby wash had more than doubled in size so I'm glad I didn't try to hunker down under one of the bridges going over it (flash flood risk is why I didn't go under one of the bridges, even though I did have that thought at first).

@whoever6458 2 года назад

Also, I think it maybe got into the upper 40s F, which is only jacket weather for me if it's raining. I only really put on a coat when it gets into the 30s F.

@frauzimt 2 года назад

Love this project of yours! I absolutely have to show this to my twelve year old nephew, who ist totally into survival and is slowly turning into a gear nerd... On the shoes: I found out, that I find it very comfortable to hike in my everyday Doc Martens. At least they work fine when I go hiking while visiting my parents and don't bother taking extra shoes for hiking. All in all, good gear does not hurt and makes things on trail easier, but not having special gear should never stop you from anything!

@viveviveka2651 2 года назад

Request: re-creations of various Native (or at least very early, since they also immigrated by trekking from Siberia) American gear. And then maybe also other cultures, and ancients. Maybe including the Iceman. There are some ancient Chinese paintings depicting the monk who trekked to India and back, carrying scrolls of Buddhist writings in a homemade backpack. There must be Egyptian, Mayan and others' paintings and descriptions also. Early Americans would be the most interesting to me. I just read about trade between the Paiutes of western Nevada and the Mono Lake area trading their obsidian work, willow baskets and pine nuts with tribes on the other side of the Sierras (who had manzanita berries and acorns to trade, among other things). So they trekked over the high mountain passes for many miles carrying goods both ways. What did they wear and use? How did they sleep and shelter? It would be fascinating to see all this.

@viveviveka2651 2 года назад

Cutting off the legs of plus-sized denim jeans could work as a sack. Widely available at thrift stores and garage sales. You could even just use a pair as-is, with one leg over each shoulder. And then have an extra pair in camp and at night as sleepwear and extra warmth. The belt loops could serve as drawstrings. The footholes could be closed in various ways.

@tonyronco4040 2 года назад

RE: Blanket Use - When reading about Gramma Gatewood, I assumed she used her blanket wrap style (a method I was taught YEARS ago in Scouts) A quick TouTube search resulted in video which describes it pretty well: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KRYXcOnrj6k.html RE: Use of Leaves - For using forest litter, leaves, those old Scout lessons taught us not only to use them as ground insulation, but also as top side insulation - including covering a tight fitting debris hut as a makeshift outer sleeping bag 🤷🏻‍♂️

@ChrisSunHwa 2 года назад

I love your videos, but I think this is probably the coolest project you've done yet!

@user-hz2hp7yn4d 2 месяца назад

Washed , Chip/crisp packets for insulation and plastic garbage bags made into plarn (plastic yarn) and crocheted into cushioning bedrolls are popular items made for those experiencing homelessness, so these would be useful insulation etc.

@kst357 2 года назад

The article said that Grandma Gatewood purchased a can of black beans because that's all they had left. I imagine that she bought other things like soups, canned meats, potatoes, carrots, string beans, beef stew, etc. If you do have canned goods with you, you can use an empty can to heat up coffee or other liquids. Back in the day before dehydrated & freeze dried food I would heat up my Dinty Moore Beef Stew right in the can.

@allencrider 2 года назад

I joined the Boy Scouts in 1965 and that Christmas, my mother gave me a canteen just like the one you have. Quite the mom jeans there.

@HomemadeWanderlust 2 года назад

Awww, that's cool. It was nice to have something outside of the sack for easy access. I liked it!

@MrDanAng1 2 года назад

I don't think a bandana was common in the 50's, but handkerchiefs was, and do pretty much everything a bandana can do on the trail, so it's functionally the same.

@proehm 2 года назад

There isn't an outdoor picture of my mom and grandmothers from the 50's where they aren't wearing a scarf over their hair.

@stilltrekkin4987 2 года назад

Actually, those red/white paisley print 'bandanas' WERE handkerchiefs back in the day😄 The 100% cotton ones work best. Wash cloth, towel, pot holder, flag, ankle support, fly swatter, sweat band, tourniquet,..... a true multitool!

@tlinrin887 2 года назад

If you look at the European military wool blankets they tend to be thicker than the US blankets, of course they are heavier also.

@proehm 2 года назад

Wool blanket bedrolls go way back. (Certainly early 1800's)

@man-downandtuesday5411 2 года назад

I absolutely LOVE that you did this hike. Thank you!

@suzannehedderly1331 2 года назад

"Leaves and sticks." STICKS???!!! 😳😂😂 You did a great job honoring Granny Gatewood!

@chrismackay8314 2 года назад

What about a sack with a hole in the middle for your head? More sewing but it could allow the load to be centered side side front back, and not require an arm up to hold it. Like a small poncho, but a bag. It could have a hood! Made with traditional waterproofing ("oilskin" or with wax/ boiled linseed oil) it could help keep you dry).

@susanmyrawills 2 года назад

good idea!

@necrokittie2291 Год назад

yeah a very common water proofing recipe from the days before petrochemicals was using fatwax. it is 50% beeswax and 50% animal fats, like lard, tallow, bear, raccoon etc. it would be melted down, mixed, cooled, and then rubbed/worked into fabric to make tarps, leather, wood, metal, and waterproof cloths & shoes. basically anything they wanted waterproof. which btw, is the original recipe for chapstick because it kept lips from drying out and chapping. it was even used all over the body as a lotion or to treat burns. it still gives me a giggle thinking about people covering everything and themselves with chapstick. some cultures would add in some pine resin as well when using it as a healing salve.

@kerrybiery6360 Год назад

I was listening to this kind of sporadically as I was doing stuff in the back yard. So I heard you talking about P-38/P-51s and how you had no prior experience with either. And then you started talking about canned food-black beans. When I heard about the P-38 I thought it was some sort of hand gun. People had written that they cringed when you tried to use it. But I was really muddled trying to combine a hand gun with canned beans. I even had a flash that you were using this gun to open cans of food! Thankfully I finally sorted it out. 🤭

@HomemadeWanderlust Год назад

😂😂😂

@hindsfeetonhighplaces 2 года назад

The P38 is a "personal use" sized can opener used for "C Rations" (Basically individual troop rations) while the P51 (Not sure if that is the correct nominclature) is used for "T-Rations" which are large trays used for feeding groups of troops. I always kept a P-38 on my dog-tags, just in case.

@HomemadeWanderlust 2 года назад

I would've rather used a small one but couldn't find mine 🥺

@HomemadeWanderlust 2 года назад

The only ones at Academy Sports were the bigger ones, too.

@hindsfeetonhighplaces 2 года назад

@@HomemadeWanderlust LOL! I've likely owned 30-40 of them in my life time (a mix both sizes) but I never purchased one! The cooks always had TONS of them floating around as a box of rations usually comes with one or two. I will say, the larger ones are easier to use. Better leverage. Of course they weigh more and I imagine your pack weight was getting up there (Have not finished watching the video).

@marlowemayhem3230 2 года назад

@@mcstonerdo But no female hiking video would be complete without an unnecessary mansplanation. 🤷‍♀️

@proehm 2 года назад

Talking about Grandma Gatewood reminds me of my great aunt Stella, who was a better hunter and fisherperson than either of her husbands. The men would "harvest" a pig and hang it up and she would butcher it. She was also of the "You want chicken for lunch? Well then bring me (pointing) that one..." generation. Along with "Corn's not fresh if it hits the table between the field and the pot."

@melizabeth908 2 года назад

Great video! So informative and well done. I’ve become obsessed with Grandma Gatewood since you started this project, although I do remember you mentioning her before. There are also a couple of kids books about her hiking the AT. BTW Land Surveyors used a pencil and notebook in the field for their notes and measurements because lead will not run like ink if it rains. Now I’m sure everything is electronic.

@heather482 2 года назад

Ok I'm officially in love with you. We need nothing but the heart for it ,to do it. Much love.

@J4060 2 года назад

You did it great! Rough times were those. Is not that far that we hiked in blue jeans. Today there is a lot of options for hiking easy no matter the budget available. Please let me tell you that seeing you with that vintage outfit was a blast! Gorgeous blouse and jacket, very stylish! :) Thank you for the work and time you took on doing this homage to that great lady of hike, Grandma Gatewood. Keep on hiking, All the best.

@whoever6458 2 года назад

Clothes dry pretty fast by the fire. I went on a random hike and camp. I made no plans at all but always have a little survival gear on me. So I ended up walking down the wash and getting my shoes and socks thoroughly wet (had the presence of mind to go barefoot on the walk out though). Anyway, I had cotton socks and some hefty leather hiking boots (which are my everyday shoes actually). So they got pretty wet and I only had that one pair of socks and thought I'd better get at least them dry. It didn't take that long at all to dry them by the fire. I just laid them over my boots and kept flipping them over and then turning them inside out. They dried in probably an hour so it is possible to do that if you find yourself camping with the clothes you have on. I did have to go barefoot for that time but there was enough dead wood within reach that I didn't have to get up to get firewood (made a Dakota fire pit since I wasn't supposed to be camping, let alone starting a fire there, but this also means I needed less wood and the fire burned hotter). I even found a trash bag that I already had in my stuff to sit on so I only got minimally dirty with my shoes and socks off sitting on the ground next to the fire. I also recommend that everyone have a wind-resistant lighter if possible. It's only a few bucks more and it sure makes it easier to light a fire. Also, pro tip: Yes, those lighters are refillable but they often stop working when you do refill them so here's what you do. First, make sure the lighter is at room temperature when you go to refill it. Then, if it has an adjustable flame (which I think all of them do), turn it down to its lowest setting. Fill it up with butane as per the directions on the butane refill bottle. The lighter will become cold when you fill it so wait for it to come back to room temperature before trying to use it. If you don't do this, chances are that you'll waste all the butane to fill it and it will never light again. The other thing is that, if you do find that it doesn't light in the future, sometimes fixing this is as simple as cleaning out the nozzle with a little alcohol and maybe scraping off any residue in the nozzle with an opened up paper clip. Always have a regular Bic lighter or similar too, just in case, but there's nothing easier than a butane torch to get a fire going. Then, if you really want to be lazy, you can do what I did and bring a little USB fan to blow on your fire to get it going. I had originally brought the fan because I tend to get too warm if the sun is on me but it sure as hell helped stoke my fire so I mostly used it for that.

@jamieschmotzer 2 года назад

A cheap, lightweight option for a sleeping pad is a 3 mil 55 gallon drum liner or contractor bag. It can be filled with leaves and turned into a “browse” bed and vapor barrier. It can also serve as a pack liner.

@HomemadeWanderlust 2 года назад

Great suggestion! Thank you