This expert army guy carries a 5 pound felling axe everywhere so he can build a survival log cabin at a moment's notice. What do you carry, a shitty little saw? How are you going to cut down a 3' diameter old growth oak tree with a ching chong pocket saw? Not gonna make it.
the video was kinda meh and he doesnt explain the food issue, uses a pack size he doesnt recomend... etc
i do agree on the axe though but the scenario is different, if camping alone i prefer axe but with others can use hatchet and saw aplit between, saw is generally good enough if u bring your own shelter for any length though
A hatchet is enough for survival, and in my opinion even for camping, but definitely for survival.
i meant somewhere between hatchet and big axe, camping vs survival...to curb the inevitable silky saw gays and mid boot zealots who will reply with their usual unhinged scorn
A mid-sized axe like the Gransfors SFA, or Fiskars X10/Gerber Freescape 17 is nice to have but it's really not necessary even for winter camping if you have the skill. I only carry the X7, and when I add a 12" pruning saw to that which only weighs like 12 ounces I can put down enough firewood to burn all night in like 30 minutes. Usually that will translate to about 25 gallons of mixed hardwood and softwood, like a plastic Walmart tote filled heaping full. I don't feel the need to carry a heavier axe anymore. But then again I have very long arms, so a hatchet in my hands might be performing almost like a camp axe. I've also been using and sharpening axes for 20 years. I really don't like carrying shit.
I saw this come up and ignored it because I know there is no such thing as a sere specialist in the army. There are sere instructors that run sere school. So I just assumed this was some stolen valor larper.
Imagine being this bilious.
Some advice he gave is actually okay, e.g. using your bigger pack top flap as a mini backpack.
If you're cutting down 3' diameter old growth oaks for booooshcraft, you're a Black person.
That doesn't make any sense, because black people don't do that
I'm Black and I wouldn't do that, you are correct
I don't carry a fricking felling axe because I'm not some Black person cutting down old growth trees so I can larp in the woods. I am never in my life, ever, going to be out for more than a couple weeks at a time. When the frick would I use that?
Based
>I am never in my life, ever, going to be out for more than a couple weeks at a time.
>but that other guy that stays out longer is the larper!
The title of the video is sere specialist 2 week pack. It's literally about being out for 2 weeks. By a "sere specialist" when sere is all about evasion, not building forts.
Evasion from what, their mothers?
From the OPFOR military that shot down your plane and is hunting you down for capture and interrogation. SERE is military training for pilots and aircrew
LMFAO. The only thing those manchildren were evading is their own adult responsibilities.
At least someone ITT can read and critically think.
>illiterate troglodyte seething that nobody thinks his gay axe is a good idea
I've known several SERE instructors, none of them carried an axe or hatchet.
What did they carry then? A chainsaw?
>Why aren't you carrying a full size axe?
Because I don't need one.
SERE = Silly Escapist moronic Experience
I don't need to build shelters or fires.
It's a safe bet that anything an """expert army""" guy does is the exact opposite of what you should be doing.
First of all, that isn't a full-size handle and I really doubt that's a 5lb head -- so if that's a boy's axe, or some 28-30in axe that weighs close to 5lb altogether then yeah I'd say that's a decent bring for a 2 week outing. No real reason to bring more than a boy's axe (in terms of an axe) if you aren't planning on being dropped in an old-growth forest for that time.
The more important thing than the size of the axe/hatchet is that its sharp. Bring a file with you and keep whatever you use sharp. You'll be fine.
fricking larper doesnt even know how to carry an ax properly
it will be conveniently glossed over for the whole thread
god damn this board is an embarrassment to itself
Thats more a hatchet lugy
I carry a set of car keys that get me inside my vehicle which I can drive to my house.