The Schumann’s Field, if you recall, is also the frequency of the Alpha brain wave state which induces coherent heart rate and the Relaxation Response. There is another electrical field created by moving water such as streams, creeks, waterfalls where water is crashing over rocks. Even underground water has a charge and that is what
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What is an all natural fiber backpacker’s clothing set made of? Would wool and waxed cotton work even for backpacking in rain and cold conditions. Check this out to see what I packet for a four day trip in November in Linville Gorge Wilderness, Western North Carolina My gear included: Base Layer: Merino wool top
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I had the opportunity to put my entire crazy Rewilder’s Backpacking system to the test through many weather extremes this weekend. I jumped on this chance to join a Meetup Group called Educational Backpacking Treks when they were planning a trip to the nearby Linville Gorge Wilderness. I wanted to test my Lucky Sheep gear
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I spent a total of three years from 2011-2014 on and off living in a tipi starting in summer and acclimatizing myself to winter by dipping in the cold mountain streams every day in incrementally longer times. When true winter hit it was still a shock. Would this really work? My fingers were so numb
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Why does damp weather feel colder? Forty degrees and raining will chill you faster than twenty degrees and clear—anyone who has spent a November night in the Southern Appalachians knows it in their bones. The plain answer is that damp air and damp clothing take more of your body’s heat to warm than dry air
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Down bags are light and pack really small. I have said that in print and I will say it again here: a 20°F down quilt weighs one to two pounds, and my Rewilder wool sleeping bag weighs four. If weight were the whole wool vs down sleeping bag question, this would be a very short
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Spirit Guides and Nature are one and the same thing. The world speaks to us through symbols and each being and element in nature is a part of that language. So merely cultivating a relationship is all that matters even if it seems we don’t know what we are doing. The understanding can follow naturally. I
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Good outdoor sleep is a skill, not a piece of gear. These are the ten things I actually do, at home and on the trail, so that when I sleep outside I wake up refreshed instead of depleted. I wrote them in 2019 after two years of living in a tipi; they still hold, and
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People often ask me how I got myself to fit into a 184 square foot tiny house (8’ x 23’). The answer is, by changing my paradigm about how I think about space, stuff and redefining what quality of life means to me. It didn’t happen overnight. It has taken me years of consistent effort
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My best adventure so far this summer was exploring a creek watershed only five miles from my home in the South Toe Valley, Pisgah National Forest. My hiking buddy David had seen some amazing waterfalls up the Three Creek watershed years ago and our goal was to see how far we could get and simply
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