Advantages of Sleeping on a Firm Surface Are you still sleeping on a mattress? You might want to consider Rewilding your Sleeping surface. There are huge advantages to a firm sleep surface. Because of this Lucky Sheep has designed a wool felt sleeping mat which can be used on the ground as well as indoors …
How to Outsmart Sitting As a little boy growing up, in school I fidgeted in my chair, gazing out the window, daydreaming about all the fun things to do outside, running, climbing trees. It didn’t take decades of peer-reviewed research to tell me, sitting all day was killing me. And this was just the beginning–of …
I have a love/hate relationship with winter. I have found the best way to deal with it is to surrender to it and merge with it rather than resist and dread it. There are so many benefits and tantalizing experiences in the austere qualities of cold, wind and short days. Winter is a great time …
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Until recently is wasn’t easy to find packable animal-based foods which were ready for the trail. On a recent backpacking trip I tried some of the new convenient grass-fed, ready-to-go primal super foods and was delighted with the results. My menu consisted of a combination: This menu proved to be delicious (with an acquired taste), …
Hearty Trail Foods for the Paleo Carnivore Backpacker Read More »
scalar energy, fractals, grounding and mitochondria Do you think it’s important to drink good water? Would you prefer your water in a glass bottle or plastic? The same thing applies to wearing the right clothing. Our clothing affects the water in our bodies like the water we drink effects it. You’re body is 60-85% water. …
I grew up in the Wayehutta Valley in Cullowhee North Carolina. It was a world of sparkling springs, bubbling creeks, and my front yard and backyard was an entire mountain. We walked on footpaths which were called ‘Indian Trails’ and we were told these were formed by the actual Cherokee Indians who roamed these lands …
When I first laid my head on a buckwheat pillow I knew had found another secret lost by modern society. All my life I had followed the example around me using what in comparison to this was a huge overstuffed object. The simple small bean bag like thing provided cervical (neck) support without pushing the …
It was almost by accident when I first learned about the power of wool to not only increase vitality but to up the comfort level of winter. It was at a time (late 1990s) I was well aware the outdoor community was adopting synthetics as the new best thing to stay warm. I too had …
A few years ago, I had a hypothesis that heating the house at night was a waste of time and energy and seemed like a poor design. I seemed to sleep better when not heating the air, so I piled all the blankets I could find to stay warm. What didn’t make sense is, I …
How Fabric Effects the Electricity of the Body, Sleep, Heat Generation Read More »
Kickin off the new year with a bang…I had an awesome interview on Divine Superconductor Radio with Matt Blackburn about my upcoming book, The Rewilder’s Guide to Camping and Backpacking. We covered a ton of ground, going back to my epic journey from sickness to health with the Primal Diet, and how that lead into …
