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huntertrapper:
Soon...i plan to do a "trek" to find my roots...to be alone in the woods...scout new hunting grounds....no modern technology....i am not sure how many days i will be gone, theres no telling, maybe 2, 3 or 4, i do not know, but my gear list will be small, a wool blanket, moccasins or bare feet, leggins and wool breechclout and buckskin breechclout, a buckskin shirt or wool shirt, some natural food and a canteen of water, kinfe and maybe a hatchet, im going to go back in far maybe a couple miles, in northern PA is where ill be going, ive been feeling i need to go away and leave the modern world for a bit, im going to do a bit of meditaing just sitting quietly under or tree or near a creek as the smoke from a small fire imerses me.., i want to blend in with the woods so there no tech. going with me, i never use it anyway but this time there will be no boots or jeans...those of you who have done this let me know how it was...and i dont want people that think this is crazy to think im weird but i feel like i need to do it and be alone for a while in the woods.... i will maybe take my longbow and quiver for meat but maybe ill use the deadfalls and snares or make a spear for a few rabbits.... anyone ever feel this way or done this?

Cromm:
Every Bloody Day Mate!!!
Keep safe and sane!!!!
Cromm.

Papa Matt:
I've done it for shorter periods of time, but always wanted to do it longer. I can say I know exactly how you feel, and that if you are feeling the need to do it-don't let anything stop you! This is your soul calling out for replenishment, and if you don't do it, or if you do it incompletely, you will suffer afterwards, depression, an accident, illness, so do it and be careful. If you feel like you should do it for 2 days, be sure to do it for 2 days, if you feel like a week, be sure to do it for a week.

Personally, the things I have done is go walking on my dads land, which is partially wooded, at night in the summer or early fall on a moonlit night, or just take a whole day and go to the woods and do something if it calls to you, or do nothing at all. And I always feel better. But I always go alone, and from the sound of it-you should too.

I neither believe nor doubt it, but do you believe in the possibility of the existence of sasquatch? I have heard many reports lately coming out of Penn.. It's be neet to have an encounter while you're out there.

~~Papa Matt

gene roberts:
I have also had these feelings,but not for days. Mine are mostly that I need to get out in the woods for a few hours and just relax. I don't think you're weird....one day I plan on doin that myself...Good luck.

Hillbilly:
Nothing at all wierd about that, actually, nothing could be saner. I've done similar things a few times, it's good for the soul.

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