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Camping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines
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Sam I. replied to MIke's discussion Camping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines" Don't forget the extra salt, in case we have to eat horse flesh!"
Native Son replied to MIke's discussion Camping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines"Every western to date either shows guys who are "riding the grub line" or on a cattle drive, where someone else is carting virtually all the food and virtually all their gear. Going any distance without a chuckwagon, you packed the…"
Liam S. replied to MIke's discussion Camping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines"the meat would probably have been dried and prepared a bit like the south african biltong - which would help preserve it. Though I doubt the horse sweat helped. :)"
Sam I. replied to MIke's discussion Camping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines" Anyone going any distance was likely to have along, in addition to the items already mentioned, arbuckle coffee and a bottle of "tarantula juice". The latter was ostensibly for the disinfection of wounds as well as…"
Samuel Chapman replied to MIke's discussion Camping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines"Some Aboriginal groups in Australia had only 5 artifacts in their culture. A mobile hunter gatherer culture pushes people to have few possessions.
Sometimes the questions is what you can do without, that's how people lived for a huge…"
Karl Helweg replied to MIke's discussion Camping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines"Cowboys and many other traveling pioneers had the great luxury of a chuck wagon to carry their food and shelter.
Cowboy clothes were designed to be changed seasonally. A good bed roll and heavy coat or rain slicker depending on…"
Liam S. replied to MIke's discussion Camping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines"Don't forget cowboys who knew they were off for a specific amount of time often had a separate wagon for food and supplies (and stove/tents) and burden animals for long treks. "
Brian Splash replied to MIke's discussion Camping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines"I think you ned to hit the history books or at the very least do some YouTubeing . I have no knowledge of what cowboys carried other than using movies as a reference , but what I have gleaned over the years is that they did it rough and mostly under…"
Rick Shelton replied to MIke's discussion Camping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines"Bed roll, blanket, tarp, fire starting equipment (flint and steel), water, food of some sort, poncho/slicker, hatchet, knife, utinsels (spoon most likely), ammo, cast iron frying pan."
MIke posted a discussionCamping/Packing: Cowboys and Aborigines
Late last year I began researching and buying new/better gear and techiques for light/ultralight camping and suddenly last night I had a thought.. cowboys.. haha every western to date shows cowboys riding off with their gear loaded on the back of a horse.. but what gear did they pack? im sure a lot of the items would be found on any modern backpackers checklist but Im just interested to see what they would have considered back then. Then of course my mind goes to the Aboriginal people, what…See More
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