Q. It seems so counterintuitive. How can a big soft bed be uncomfortable and a board be comfortable?  A. The soft modern bed is like a wheelchair for an ailing society. It is only comfortable is your definition of comfortable is NUMBING, where you do no work and it does the work for you. You have […]
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During a two year span I spent six months on and six months off living in a tipi as I was exploring how to merge with nature, sleep on the earth, and all this without leaving my job and society. I started in the summer of 2012 and practiced Cold Thermogenesis in the South Toe
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See Part One Here: Planning and Gear Breakdown Join Kevin Anderson as he tests out his all wool clothing set and Lucky Sheep Sleeping Bag on the Trans Zion Trail in early April with his buddies who have mostly synthetic gear. Day 1: After our flights into Vegas, rental car pickup, shopping for supplies, the
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What would you take if you were backpacking five days traversing the Zion National Park? We are lucky to have a complete gear breakdown by Kevin Anderson who is right now testing the Lucky Sheep Rewilder Sleeping Bag as part of his gear set, as he grabs one more adventure in before he becomes a
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A few years ago I wanted to go all natural with my outdoor wardrobe. My quest started with my indoor environment getting rid of everything plastic and synthetic in my house including clothing, bedding and furniture to create a clean healthy living space. It seemed a contradiction that my outdoor gear set was plastic, toxic,
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Before I started Lucky Sheep I did some research on the early evolution of sleeping bags. I found this amazing article from Field and Stream published in 1917 explaining the Eskimo version which used animal fur insulation and seal skin for fabric. Completely natural, breathable AND waterproof. I used these ideas to design the Lucky
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Lucky Sheep was selected as one of the top five finalists at the North Carolina Outdoor Biz Pitch competition on September 18 in Asheville, North Carolina. I didn’t take home the prize but my buddy and fellow Outdoor Gear Builder Adam Masters at Bellyak got it and so, it is all good. As they said, we are all
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Your bed is one of the main factors effecting your sleep. The perfect bed is not going to solve all of your sleep issues overnight (pardon the pun) because sleep is effected by more than just one factor. (Other factors are the things which effect Circadian Rhythms–which will be covered in another article.) However, there are
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We often say jokingly, “I need to recharge my battery”. This is not a joke. Our body is actually IS a battery. It is called the mammalian battery and it works by capturing electrons from our environment and storing them. Our net charge can even be measured using a thing called REDOX potential. When our
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