Originally Posted By: Pete
" I do most of me learning and practice in the back yard"

I do a lot of that too. I've got a family, so it's not easy to get away for the long distances. The thing is, though, once you've got a lot of experience then you can figure out how to test techniques in your own backyard. but without that experience, it's pretty hard to tell what makes sense and what does not.

Pete2


Yea, I mean for the initial learning. I'll try to practice a few skills between times when we finally get to take a real trip then I have a list of what to try in real life.

Teaching the kids different knots with scrap baling twine before using the more expensive paracord for on a real trip for example.