r/vagabond

1: What do you carry?

2: how much weight is the limit for you?/how much weight is too much?

3: did/were you able to prepare for this lifestyle?

4: what did you use to carry with you that you have since gotten rid of?

5: how do/would you defend yourself/valuables, have you had to?

6: how are you enjoying your life?

7: do you feel free? Are you happy?

8: what kind of skills do you have? (in a self reliance/survival aspect) did you cultivate them before hand or learned as you went?

9: do you ever meet with other Vagabonds/Nomads?

10: was this life style your choice or was it shunted upon you?

11: do you look down on people who prepare for this type of life like me? Do I seem....out of place or odd for saying I have been preparing for this kind of lifestyle? Would you hate people like me for wanting this? Do you think I am privileged?( if you do then that's fine, i dont care, but I am curious.)

12: was your choice of lifestyle influenced by how you feel about the Goverment and what it has been doing?(U.S posters need only answer this)

13: do you have a place of shelter? Do you create shelter?

14: in addition to being a Vagabond, do you also call yourself any of these things:

Prepper, Off gridder, Anti goverment, Nomadic, paranoid(not a diss I can't stand the state of the goverment but I won't get into politics) freedom fighter, Luddite, Lone Wolf, Anti establishment, Anti Capatialist, Anti-Tech, Peace seeking, Simple living.

Please feel free to add any.

15: do you steal in the name of your own survival?

16: do you like other people?

Thank you for taking the time to reply. It means a lot to me.

My gear list as I know it:

Savotta Jääkäri M 30L pack(telescopic top allows 10L extra if overstuffed)

2x 6L GPPouches

2x 3L hip GP pouches

1x OD Green Snugpak Ionosphere 1 man tent(hard to beat for stealth camping)

1x Advanced cook kit

2x Fire steels

4-7x hi-vis lighters

2x Fire rolls

1x fat wood stick

1x Fat wood permeated rope(fat rope)

2x isopro gas canister

1x Micro Jet stream cooking stove attachment

1x 15⁰ down sleeping bag

1x 4.4R value inflatable sleeping pad

1x 55G tarp(a large heavy industrial sized trash bag that is exceptionally thicker than most I can find)

1x tyvek ground sheet 5x8

2x Tarred&Braided Bank-line #36, #24

3x 50ft 550 Paracord

1x handcrafted IFAK

1x nitecore Flashlight(4400 lumens)

1x powerbank w Cable

2x Water filtration straws

1x Bottle Hanger.

3x Canvas needles

1x Silky Zubat Arbor saw.

1x Grans fors Bruks Scandinavian Forest Axe(or a Hudson Bay hatchet depending from C.T)

1x hi-vis orange 3V bush knife

1x S.D fighter.

1x neck/facial buff

1x pair of gloves.

1x sunglasses.

1x walking stick.

1x multi tool.

1x Shovel.

1x 12Ga single shot break action

5x Caliber adapters (.22LR, .22WMR, 9MM, 20GA, 45LC/410)

1x titanium canteen cook set

1x titanium Grill

1x Bugnet

1x internal aluminum frame

1x emergency rain poncho

1x treated oilskin duster + Treated oilskin outback hat(not in pack

?x General Clothing.(shirts socks underwear etc etc etc)

Current pack weight about 34-45 pounds. I am not entirely sure. Gonna try to figure that out tomorrow on the weight scale. If soldiers can carry 120+ pounds in the Afghan Desert then I can do this. I am not an ultra lighter and I have the knowledge and capabilities to covertly make small structured shelters below or at ground level.

Currently on workout routine focusing on Endurance+strength

I completely understand my pack is heavier than is probably needs to be and I know all to well about how ounces make pounds and pounds make hell.

how would you improve this self reliance focused INCH style pack besides the obvious stuff I could cut out of the pack to save weight?

I do have intentions to add a 10-20L addition dead center in the middle for increased capacity to 68-78L but I don't believe I will really make use of all that capacity.

I understand this may seem exceptionally odd to some but I'm not asking for any hate or dissuading on the path I am choosing to take. I am simply looking for discussion and constructive conversation to improve my choice to become a self reliant pathfinder.

Again, thank you for your time and thank you for your replies.

I duct taped it back together but still! Those damn coons ripped my tent while I was in a deep sleep.

Don’t mind my dirty ass fingernail it’s just grease from working on my bike. But god damn these lightweights on the 4th of July dropping a whole half of a joint!! Hallelujah

Up em!!!!

I found his old journal.

And to that guy who thought i would give up on my tarp 1 week into travelling around France... I am still carrying and using it. Get it roond ye! Ive been here a month. 2 more to go. Or 1 more and maybe to the Netherlands for 1 month to smoke weed. Though you can buy THC-A cannabis flower in shops in France too so I have been getting HIGH.

Here's a few different cathedrals I have visited in the past week also. I did Puy du Sancy which is a dormant volcano in Central France. Big hills. Long hikes.

Room with a view