The Marked Tree

Backpacking, Wilderness Survival, and Martial Arts

Garmin eTrex Legend GPS

JTHats | August 22, 2009

Though the Garmin Etrex Legend GPS Receiver has been discontinued from production it’s still available as a new unit as well as a reconditioned bargain. Since it’s been around a few years already most of the bugs have been worked out and you shouldn’t have any unexpected problems. Age means reliability in this case. The [...]

The Art of Grazing: Wild Onions

JTHats | May 26, 2009

Walk a few miles around here and you’ll find dozens of plants you can eat. Some of them are delicious, some of them are the sort you’d only eat for education, but there’s always something close to hand.

#Last: Freeze, Mr. Solo!

JTHats | February 23, 2009

This, I can identify with totally.  This is also the last episode I’ll see, even though there ought to be two more in the series.  I think I’ve seen enough. I’ve also read some of the comments posted at HULU, including a rebuttal by one of the men who was filmed in this SERE class.  [...]

#7: On the Beach

JTHats | February 19, 2009

On the beach we see how to construct a simple shelter (this would have been an excellent place to use all that plastic they wasted on their boat