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looking for tipi village in america to join ... any legal ones out there ?
Peacebow_Coos:
I really appreciate this thread. My wife and I have cut tipi poles and we plan on liven in it at least most of the year at some point. Comfort is a thing that we relish and need nowadays because we have it. Like building a bad ass plywood form for a recurve….in my ancestors' days they would have just known how to bend it over their knee but nowadays I see so many more precise, reliable ways to do things without having to be absolutely knowledgeable. Unless primitive archer is my Facebook and I just stalk sweet bows all day, which I do, so I appreciate the sweet nectar of knowledge I have gained from all on here. We are a tribe, people of all walks of life, if put in extraordinary situations due to natural disaster. Just hope I could find Bryce, Carson, Blackhawk, Half Eye, Gordon, Pat M, Gun Doc, and to many others to mention! I hope you find your way Jesse, just cause it is impossible don't mean it can't happen. :)
Peacebow_Coos:
And george of course
tipi stuff:
This was a great thread to read. Like many of you, I considered living like this at one time (in my 20's). I am happy with my lot in life now, and do not regret my choice to live with all of the modern amenities. I have a few acres in north central Texas, and I can camp out when ever and for however long I wish. If I had spent 50K like Twisted, with nothing to show for it, I would not own my own place now. I do the primitive camps like JW, and I agree with what is saying about completely. We camp a couple of weeks, get a small dose of the experience and then get to go home and relive the "fun" for years to come. As for the insulating properties of the liner, don't delude yourself. In winter, it is warm when you have a fire, and cold when the fire goes out. I've also done the "stuffing grass between the liner and cover" routine. SLIMBOB will verify the fact that only marginally affects the temperature. We stuffed with hay one year. It kept the wind out, but that was about it. Your warmth goes out the top of the tipi. And the business of using the liner to keep it cooler in the summer is a bunch of bunk too. I don't know how many times I've heard "using the liner makes it about 15 degrees cooler in the tipi". It doesn't do anything of the sort. If it is 100 degrees in the shade, it is 100 degrees inside the tipi as well. The fact that it does offer shade is a plus, only in an area without trees. If there are trees about, sitting beneath them is a better deal,,,,,,,, more chance of breeze! Curtis
SLIMBOB:
Yep. Temperature down in the teens, or maybe single digits with sleet falling. We stuffed the liner with hay as best we could and kept a mountain of wood handy. Daytime was pleasant, as we just bundled up and kept the fire going. Worked on bows and strings and other projects to keep busy. Nighttime was a whole nuther story. Whoever woke up first as the fire was dying was to add wood. But the instant the flames died out the temperature bottomed out, so we both kept the fire going all night every night. Our drinking water stored in the tipi was frozen solid every morning. That trip was as memorable as any I've ever been on and I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, but it's far to easy to over romanticize all this. Living this way full time would be a hard scrabble existence to say the very least. Curt and I have stayed in his tipi all over the country and it's always a blast, for a week or two at most. Then I want a hot shower, hot meal and a warm soft bed.
criveraville:
--- Quote from: jackcrafty on September 26, 2013, 01:32:25 pm ---Living in a campsite by myself for a while was a good experience for me. It helped me "heal" from many of the sicknesses of living in society. But I couldn't have done it without the umbilical cord of electricity, steady income, and hot water. And raising the kids in camp? No way. I kept my camp very clean a free of anything I didn't need, which was basically anything that wouldn't fit in my tent. I couldn't do that with my family living with me.
I was forced to live off the grid because of work (remote jobs) and the fact that I couldn't afford to live in a hotel. I know I could live that way forever but it's lonely. I wouldn't do it unless I had to. Eventually I hope to live on a small farm and eat fresh, homegrown food every day. That's my dream. :)
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Good dream Patrick. Great dream to aspire to.
Cipriano
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