A waxed canvas rain jacket and a so-called breathable membrane shell are two different answers to the same wet day. The membrane tries to seal the rain out and, sooner or later, seals your own sweat in. Waxed canvas is water-resistant rather than waterproof, breathes the whole time you wear it, and comes back to
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This picture is from when I first started my sleeping on the ground lifestyle 10 years ago. Since then this has become a fad and Lucky Sheep is at the forefront of helping people get started in rewilding their sleeping, hiking, and camping. I started experimenting with different ways of sleeping, as I noticed I
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the year in review (Photo Gallery and Poem Below) It has been a ridiculous tumble and bumble year at Lucky sheep. We no sooner moved (‘we’ meaning ‘I’ mostly) the entire business to a new location before a surge in orders began. I kept trying to catch up so that I could go on a weekend
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Ask me why wool is better than synthetic or down for sleeping and I could give you the textbook answer—warm when wet—but that is the least of it. In my experience wool is the only common insulating fiber that works with the moisture your body makes every night instead of trapping it against you, and
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I am thrilled to announce Lucky Sheep has received a grant from from AB Tech Small Business Center to enhance our branding and marketing by redesigning our website, logo, and photographs. I am so excited to embark on this multi faceted project. Lucky Sheep is working with Jaime Hadnagy Photography in conjunction with Neff Creative.
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A camping pillow is the piece of the sleep system most people leave at home and then spend the night wishing they had not. On a firm pad the neck needs real support, and the three usual answers—an inflatable, a wool-filled camp pillow, or a stuff sack of clothes—behave very differently at 2 a.m. Here
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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
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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
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This is the fourth year since the kick off of Lucky Sheep. It has been an exciting journey and my mission to introduce natural fibers to the outdoor market is catching on as people discover there is an alternative. Some of you know me through my previous blogs such as Paleo all the Way and
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Evening of Day Two–Making Fire in the Rain After a challenging wet hike on Day Two (see part one here) me and my comrades went into our individual tents to dry off, warm up, and recuperate from a prolonged cold exposure. When I finally crawled out of my sleeping bag and tent a couple hours later at
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