Y Strap Intervention Force
I don't think I have ever been so excited by waiting for scraps of cloth, which is to say not a lot, but more than you would think.
Waiting can sometimes be killer, and if you wait long enough under the right circumstances you can go slightly mad with it. That's why I am so glad Zaku-Sensei was finally able to help me out with my first real gear purchase. I've gone over why this new hobby is important to me, so I won't belabor it here. I will, however, belabor a point about waiting. I feel like the more I am forced to do by finances and school the less likely actually doing anything about it will be. But, now I have a small collection of bags. They are all of ambiguous age and communistic origin, but gear it is none the less.
I've posted elsewhere about the messages wearing a bunch of camo gear might send. I didn't think about what impressions people may get, and I do care about making people uncomfortable. There have been more than a few security threats in the world lately, some too local, where the perpetrators of violence were armed and clothed in military fashion. I do worry a bit given I now own camouflage and only a few months from owning firearms people will think I am going in the Justin "Shoot All Of The Mounties" Bourque direction. I wish I could say as it is not a legit worry. Emperor knows a lot of people think I could go that way, our histories are eerily similar (although I was spared the hyper-religious upbringing). I know even Zaku-Sensei is troubled by the possibility I could do something truly insane. I'm not going to say his fears are unfounded, but I don't think as of this juncture I am in any kind of state to cause violence to myself or others. I won't vouch for the future because I can't.
That said, I do really like my new gear and can't wait to try it out. I have in my possession enough stuff to at least go for a good long walk in the woods and maybe get sheltered for on day if I get stuck. I don't have the equipment to make that stay comfortable, but it would be survivable as of this writing. With a few more tarps and a descent knife I should be ready to take on the forest.
So, what is this new gear, you ask ? It's light packs, water carriers, a mess kit, a tarp, and some small items. I don't have enough to fill all my packs so I don't know what it is like to move with a full load out. I'm not even sure how to pack all the stuff I have efficiently in the gear I do have.
But it doesn't matter if I don't know these things, I have to learn them. To do that I have to find space and time to do. Hopefully I will soon and have something interesting to say about it.
Waiting can sometimes be killer, and if you wait long enough under the right circumstances you can go slightly mad with it. That's why I am so glad Zaku-Sensei was finally able to help me out with my first real gear purchase. I've gone over why this new hobby is important to me, so I won't belabor it here. I will, however, belabor a point about waiting. I feel like the more I am forced to do by finances and school the less likely actually doing anything about it will be. But, now I have a small collection of bags. They are all of ambiguous age and communistic origin, but gear it is none the less.
I've posted elsewhere about the messages wearing a bunch of camo gear might send. I didn't think about what impressions people may get, and I do care about making people uncomfortable. There have been more than a few security threats in the world lately, some too local, where the perpetrators of violence were armed and clothed in military fashion. I do worry a bit given I now own camouflage and only a few months from owning firearms people will think I am going in the Justin "Shoot All Of The Mounties" Bourque direction. I wish I could say as it is not a legit worry. Emperor knows a lot of people think I could go that way, our histories are eerily similar (although I was spared the hyper-religious upbringing). I know even Zaku-Sensei is troubled by the possibility I could do something truly insane. I'm not going to say his fears are unfounded, but I don't think as of this juncture I am in any kind of state to cause violence to myself or others. I won't vouch for the future because I can't.
That said, I do really like my new gear and can't wait to try it out. I have in my possession enough stuff to at least go for a good long walk in the woods and maybe get sheltered for on day if I get stuck. I don't have the equipment to make that stay comfortable, but it would be survivable as of this writing. With a few more tarps and a descent knife I should be ready to take on the forest.
So, what is this new gear, you ask ? It's light packs, water carriers, a mess kit, a tarp, and some small items. I don't have enough to fill all my packs so I don't know what it is like to move with a full load out. I'm not even sure how to pack all the stuff I have efficiently in the gear I do have.
But it doesn't matter if I don't know these things, I have to learn them. To do that I have to find space and time to do. Hopefully I will soon and have something interesting to say about it.