Great vid mate and good job with the dog. Im glad to see you use the global camping measurement of guessometrics when preparing food. Works every time. 😀 All the best from Perth, Western Australia 👍🇦🇺🍻
Cracking video as always. I’d love to see a video reviewing Jet Boil (and equivalents) compared to a standard stove and for the British Weather lovers amongst us... some dry bags. Many thanks and keep well!
Daniel, nice one on the dog business! It strikes me that you should bring a hobby. Carving a spoon and reading does it for me...the carving needs to be put to bed before any drinks though!
Nice one Dan. You suite a little staffy. Would keep you company on those solo camps. Love the sound of rain on a tarp. Fair play for staying out through that.
I saw someone yesterday cut 3 lengths of paracord about 12 inch long. They then larkshead them on the daisy chain above the karabina spaced about 8" apart; this made great drips as the water ran down these and not down to the karabina and into your hammock.
Love your videos me and my son are just getting into camping and have been watching you for a while would you consider doing a video on the pans and cups you use thanks
Still watching, so I may eat these words, but... You really should've put some sort of drip-line/drip-stick on your hammock lines - Loving it so far though!
BTW Has anyone seen the guy TRYING to do an Impression of Dan on RU-vid? I know that impersonation is the highest form of flattery...but only if it's done well lol
If you are board camping by yourself it’s because you don’t go out for the camping . You do it to cook and drink with your friends. Don’t think you really hike or enjoy the outdoors for what it is take the time to be comfortable with the silence and your own thoughts. Have some fun by yourself and keep trying . Good luck in your adventures.
As a dog owner who goes camping with their dog. I just like to say thanks for helping the dog out. I would be totally distraught if I'd lost my dog. Keep up the good work!
I love your rainy camping videos! I grew up camping all over the east coast of the US. I miss it now that I am old and decrepit. Ha ha! Keep the rainy trips coming!
Great video there Dan. I love the sound of rain on a tarp and to be honest the sound would have sent me off the sleep straight away. Love the big tarp, I have the DD 4X4 and swear by it!! Only tow things that I have an issue with. I'd have Drip Lines attached and anything that comes in a bag can and sometimes should be cooked. Apart from that Tent Meal :-/ that should be left in the bag...at home!! I'm off at the end of the month with a mate and can't bloody wait!!
Im glad you left in your late night paranoia attack, it's good to know even experienced people get creeped out solo camping. That tarp is a beast of a thing, as for the extra space, u used it all up so it definately wasn't excessively big in the end.
Another great video! Thanks mate. Wish I could do it but Croatia is a dangerous place. All the land mines haven't been cleared from the Balkan domestic war in the 90s. Not a safe place to wild or stealth camp.
Alright Dan, not sure about the 5m tarp, I can't see me needing anything more than my 4x4 but each to their own buddy, well done on finding the dog owner 👍👍👍 the smile on your face after binning the veg meal for some meat 🤣🤣🤣🤣 quality pal, the weather forecast this weekend in Cumbria is looking bad so I may well do the same and head to my permission in the hammock, keep up the good work buddy, atb Paul 🙏🏕️🏕️🏕️😁
I was tempted... Rain - no problem, but the forecast said 60+mph gusts and I thought...NOPE! I need a bit more experience with a tarp and hammock before I venture down that unforgiving route, I've only been out with my hammock and tarp once last month. Random question: Diamond or square tarp setup for high winds? 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I have an Aquaquest 4.5 by 4.5 Defender Tarp , 20.000mm Hydrostatic head ! , only problem with it is the Weight , 7.4 lbs , never let me down though , even in the 1980's storms it stayed put , Great for making sigle pole tents , Teepee style .
This unigear send you an extra long 5 meters tarp and an extra short 8ft hammock! Can tell this company don't know what they are doing in Hammock:( IMHO hammock and tarp both around 330CM are the best combo for solo Hammocking:)
Regarding your use of the 5m tarp, I use the DD 4x4 as my main tarp. I am going to purchase the 3x3 to add to my equipment. The main reason I use the 4x4 is for the coverage it provides in conditions just like those in your video. I can hang the 4x4 in A frame-with or without doors or in diamond configuration to get 5.65m of coverage! The larger tarps protect better agains heavy rain; sideways blowing winds etc. and they provide so much more walk-around space when one is not in the hammock. So I think you made a good choice to increase the size of your tarp to 5 meters.
I'm clearly a miserable git Dan as i quite like camping alone. Tarp wise i have the DD 3.5 x 3.5 and also the 4.5 x 3 for the wet and windy stuff. That first meal just needed a bit of mango chutney to hide the blandness lol.
I have to say that Gruel did not look appetizing. Steak or a pork chop is more my kind of grub. I spent years trying out dehydrated foods for backpacking. They work and they do provide you with the calories you need but they look, taste and smell like something I would not feed to the dog. I would rather eat French or British military surplus MRE packs to be honest. I got a few UNI gear items last year and did not think them to be that bad. There are better on the market but they do the job and don't break the bank to get you started in what is a very enjoyable pass time. I would recommend re waterproofing the tarp. My tarp did let some water droplets through. But only in prolonged torrential rain and it was not bad. But after I waterproofed it it did not let anything through in even heaver rain. I might have just got an older tarp design or just a bad batch. But for the price I still think it was a good purchase.
GREAT VIDEO and over here in Colorado USA I love the accent! FYI... The wind screen around a canister stove like 14:07 actually becomes a heat trap and it can cause the check valve to pop or the canister to explode. There are several websites that tell stories of that happening. Leave a gap for air to go in and some heat to exit like 18:06. Another thing... add two water breaks, one on each end of that orange ridgeline or it will drip water down right in the middle. It will do just what the tree straps are doing.
Great, no nonsense vid as always. I love a hammock. Like you; it makes a great seat to have it horizontal. But to sleep in one I've found it best to really raise the head end. Because you're basically sleeping in a banana this way keeps your head above your feet. Try it?
Great adventure as always and fair play for finding the owner. I want to see you design your own outdoor adventure equipment. The name Danoex sounds catchy lol.
It makes me smile when I see the green banana under the tarp 😀 I’m hoping to have my own hammock camping experience in August but which hammock? Hmmmmm
Dan, time on your own is time to be cherished. Listen to a audio book or a podcast. It gives your brain time to reset without new information coming in. Your own company is the best company you can have, you just need to adjust to it. I love socialising with all my mates and never want the night to end. But to have time to myself is my greatest pleasure where I get to do what I want for a while. Great video and great rain sound. And the 5m tarp was the perfect size :)
Bigger tarps are great in my opinion. Gives you more space to cook or sit. If it’s windy it’s key to set it up properly as you know. When expecting lots of rain take a piece of paracord and do a drip line at the end of your hammock. Then you have no worries of water making it’s way down and into your under blanket or hammock. Thanks for sharing. Take care and stay safe.
Good video, takes a bit to be in your own company. Perhaps a small paperback or note pad to pass some time. Did you collect the rain to top up your water supply? Tastes like nectar first thing on a morning.
New subscriber. Loving your vlogs, well done getting dog back to owner.. can you tell me or a link for ferra rod you used in this to light stove for hot chock please. Loving the freedom you show us x
Dan the dog Man. A well fed lost dog would've enjoyed that first meal mate. Good deed tho for man's best friend. Big tarp big idea lots of dry space. Thanks for sharing your adventure in the rain. Bushyboy Oz.
I agree it makes a trip so much more enjoyable if you go out with someone else - You talk and put the world to rights - eat and have a few beers/ ciders and you seem more chilled. You sleep better as well.
Got the same 3x5 tarp think it is awesome. So many different uses and set ups you can use it for. I had it set up so that I provided a wind break and ground sheet
if its likely to be windy and you have a big tarp id be looking at putting one edge of tarp down to the ground as a wind block, and use the other side as a rain canopy
You have to read a favourite detective or adventure novel paperback. How can you be bored when you have all that free time to read?? The hours just pass by so quickly you will wish you had more of them!! For those that don’t read novels or books then there are magazines or audio books or movies!! Honestly you will wish you had more hours to camp!! Take up whittling or carving a spoon or something!! Even drawing or pencil colouring books!! If I just sat and stared at nature like that for hours doing nothing then I would be bored out of my mind!! I have to do something! Even surfing the internet watching RU-vid videos like the English Woodsman!! Entertaining for hours on end!! Thank heavens for RU-vid videos!!! Thank heavens for the English Woodsman and many others!!!!
