WEBVTT 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:03.839 Alright, welcome to Botches Off -Road. It's going 00:00:03.839 --> 00:00:07.500 to be a 30 -minute episode about preparation, 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:11.660 and preparation in every case. You know, a couple 00:00:11.660 --> 00:00:14.119 episodes ago we talked about preparation in winter, 00:00:14.259 --> 00:00:16.899 and we've talked about preparation before, but 00:00:16.899 --> 00:00:20.760 I kind of want to reiterate what we are prepping 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:25.440 for, the circumstances, what could happen. And 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:27.300 I really want to nail that into people's heads 00:00:27.300 --> 00:00:29.980 because as someone who is a worrywart, who has 00:00:29.980 --> 00:00:33.399 a kid and a wife that we go camping together, 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:37.700 their safety is my top priority. So I want to 00:00:37.700 --> 00:00:39.700 talk about this. I'm going to give you an example. 00:00:40.299 --> 00:00:43.140 And we're going to talk about the different kinds 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:47.179 of preparedness for the different seasons. I'll 00:00:47.179 --> 00:00:50.039 skip winter, you know, and we'll talk mostly 00:00:50.039 --> 00:00:52.679 about the summer wheeling months because we've 00:00:52.679 --> 00:00:55.229 already talked about that pretty good. And then 00:00:55.229 --> 00:00:58.950 we'll just talk about these instances a little 00:00:58.950 --> 00:01:02.750 bit and about what you can do to mitigate them. 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:08.400 And we'll start with this. So I was on Reddit, 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:10.799 and this is kind of what got me thinking about 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:16.870 this. And let's see. There's a story here about, 00:01:17.170 --> 00:01:22.310 well, I looked at horror camp stories and stuff. 00:01:22.989 --> 00:01:24.489 You know, it's Halloween, it's getting there, 00:01:24.629 --> 00:01:27.890 you know, looking up some crazy stuff. So I'm 00:01:27.890 --> 00:01:29.109 going to read this to you, and then I'm going 00:01:29.109 --> 00:01:32.069 to talk a little bit about preparedness and how 00:01:32.069 --> 00:01:33.829 we can be a little bit better prepared for a 00:01:33.829 --> 00:01:35.709 situation that could be something like this. 00:01:36.310 --> 00:01:40.900 So, I was on the Appalachian Trail in 2015 hiking, 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:43.900 and one night a couple put the boots to me, trying 00:01:43.900 --> 00:01:47.840 to steal my pack. I zip -tied it to a tree, and 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:50.439 that made them more mad. Um, uh, apparently they 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:53.400 were camping together. Um, and you know, a lot 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:54.939 of the times when you're hiking together, there 00:01:54.939 --> 00:01:57.439 are group campsites where multiple people will, 00:01:57.500 --> 00:02:01.799 uh, hike along backpacking trails. Uh, and anyway, 00:02:01.859 --> 00:02:05.040 back to the story. Um, I got a good beating, 00:02:05.099 --> 00:02:07.700 which ended my hike and I stabbed one of them 00:02:07.700 --> 00:02:09.280 in the thigh and the other one on the top of 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:11.719 the foot. I don't usually go off trail, but I 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:13.939 did that night and I hit out in the morning and 00:02:13.939 --> 00:02:17.400 hit out till the morning came, uh, and found 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:21.009 someone. with a sat phone i got picked up the 00:02:21.009 --> 00:02:22.889 couple got picked up at a local hospital with 00:02:22.889 --> 00:02:25.810 a lot of other people's gear in their car obviously 00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:29.800 the comments under that jesus man that's absolutely 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:34.939 insane um insane and badass uh another person 00:02:34.939 --> 00:02:39.479 um story here a barrel side of our tent at 4 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:42.199 a .m could see its nose pushing into the side 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:44.889 of the tent Fucking scary. No, I did not have 00:02:44.889 --> 00:02:47.629 food in my tent. It was locked in the car way 00:02:47.629 --> 00:02:52.539 away from us. So, yeah, I want to talk about 00:02:52.539 --> 00:02:54.500 this for a second, at least the first story, 00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:00.590 and say nowadays it doesn't matter who you are, 00:03:00.650 --> 00:03:05.689 if you're 6 '5", 280 pounds, trained fighter, 00:03:05.889 --> 00:03:12.830 or you're 5 '2", scrawny, and a girl. It does 00:03:12.830 --> 00:03:16.310 not matter who you are, what size you are. Eventually, 00:03:16.330 --> 00:03:18.530 you're going to get put into a situation where 00:03:18.530 --> 00:03:21.770 you need to make some choices. And this is where 00:03:21.770 --> 00:03:25.909 I, and I'm sure if the others were here, because 00:03:25.909 --> 00:03:31.129 this is a solo sewed, they would agree that firearms 00:03:31.129 --> 00:03:34.870 are the natural equalizer to any of this. So 00:03:34.870 --> 00:03:38.539 knives are great. Knives are a really good backup. 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:40.340 And of course, camping, you're always going to 00:03:40.340 --> 00:03:44.949 have one. I am very anxious around other people. 00:03:45.310 --> 00:03:49.229 And I usually have my hand on mine if I'm ever 00:03:49.229 --> 00:03:52.090 in a hike or in a situation where they're around 00:03:52.090 --> 00:03:54.610 and I'm not familiar. And they're giving off 00:03:54.610 --> 00:04:00.479 weird vibes. You know what I mean? So I usually 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:04.060 don't, you know, tell anyone I have a gun. Usually 00:04:04.060 --> 00:04:06.500 that is the best kept secret. You don't tell 00:04:06.500 --> 00:04:10.849 people. For some reasons that you could be targeted 00:04:10.849 --> 00:04:14.770 first, you could be targeted in general in certain 00:04:14.770 --> 00:04:18.889 situations. But I usually don't tell people I 00:04:18.889 --> 00:04:22.069 carry when I'm there. They usually find out a 00:04:22.069 --> 00:04:25.649 couple days in or at the end of the thing where 00:04:25.649 --> 00:04:28.829 I'm putting it away in the truck before I drive, 00:04:28.949 --> 00:04:33.889 something like that. But a handgun is the greatest 00:04:33.889 --> 00:04:36.069 equalizer. It doesn't matter what size you are. 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:39.360 It doesn't matter what size your attacker is. 00:04:40.139 --> 00:04:43.120 It is going to punch a fucking hole through them 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:46.860 and leave them incapacitated as long as you are 00:04:46.860 --> 00:04:51.649 trained correctly. So I, of course, recommend 00:04:51.649 --> 00:04:55.829 this to any women who camp solo. Unfortunately, 00:04:56.129 --> 00:04:58.689 with the world we live in, it sucks, but it's 00:04:58.689 --> 00:05:00.970 the truth. Women are targeted a whole lot more 00:05:00.970 --> 00:05:04.540 than men. in a lot of these circumstances. And 00:05:04.540 --> 00:05:07.439 I would recommend that any woman who does solo, 00:05:07.579 --> 00:05:12.720 if she chooses to, use and carry a handgun and 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.439 be proficient with it and practice their drawing 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:18.420 and how fast they can pull it out of certain 00:05:18.420 --> 00:05:21.040 layers, especially when you're out hiking and 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:23.699 stuff. You could dry fire and practice drawing 00:05:23.699 --> 00:05:27.019 your handgun at home. But you want to do it while 00:05:27.019 --> 00:05:29.160 you're wearing your active, like the layers that 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:30.939 you would typically take out too. You want that 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:36.360 to be something that you practice. So there are 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:38.579 some other things that women can do, and I've 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:42.079 read up on this a little bit. You can always 00:05:42.079 --> 00:05:45.879 do two tents if you're a solo. If you're out 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:49.620 solo, and this goes for camping too and off -roading 00:05:49.620 --> 00:05:53.339 and all this. You could do two tents, one next 00:05:53.339 --> 00:05:56.430 to yours. like a single -person one, cheap one. 00:05:56.490 --> 00:05:58.430 You don't have to do anything expensive. It doesn't 00:05:58.430 --> 00:06:00.149 matter. You just have to give the illusion that 00:06:00.149 --> 00:06:03.189 someone else is there, that someone is going 00:06:03.189 --> 00:06:08.550 to weigh that threat. Get your dad's or a boyfriend's 00:06:08.550 --> 00:06:12.709 or husband's, whatever. Some dude, go to Goodwill, 00:06:12.850 --> 00:06:15.850 grab an old pair of boots or shoes, and throw 00:06:15.850 --> 00:06:18.560 them next to the tent. Someone sees that there 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:21.060 are a large pair of shoes next to that tent, 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:25.920 they might be less likely to mess with you. There's 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:27.899 a few other things that you can do. You can, 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:33.379 you know, obviously you could carry the tent. 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:37.480 And if you're parking, park in a way that's easily 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:42.399 able to escape from. So there's a couple guys 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:44.899 that are on YouTube that do firearms training 00:06:44.899 --> 00:06:47.860 in defensive situations and how to park your 00:06:47.860 --> 00:06:53.470 vehicle in a situation that best suits. If you 00:06:53.470 --> 00:06:58.100 come into something like this. So I would just 00:06:58.100 --> 00:07:00.519 recommend checking those out. They're good information. 00:07:00.740 --> 00:07:04.779 And look into parking for Exville. Like to park 00:07:04.779 --> 00:07:09.310 so that you can leave in a hurry if you need 00:07:09.310 --> 00:07:12.529 to. And that does mean packing up some of your 00:07:12.529 --> 00:07:17.209 gear at night, every night, so that if you had 00:07:17.209 --> 00:07:20.910 to run, jump in your vehicle, and get the hell 00:07:20.910 --> 00:07:25.879 out of there, that you could. Um, that also means 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:31.170 parking to where it can conceal part of your 00:07:31.170 --> 00:07:35.769 camp. So, you know, diagonally across in front 00:07:35.769 --> 00:07:40.589 of your tent, um, that would help too. Something 00:07:40.589 --> 00:07:43.600 like that. There's a lot of different ways to 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.319 do it. So, uh, I would recommend going in and 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.560 looking on YouTube, like defensive, uh, car positioning 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:54.110 for camping or outdoors, things like that. Of 00:07:54.110 --> 00:07:57.250 course, handguns. Always carry a knife no matter 00:07:57.250 --> 00:07:59.089 what. I mean, you're out there anyway. You're 00:07:59.089 --> 00:08:03.189 going to need it. Always carry that. And knives, 00:08:03.370 --> 00:08:05.449 if you're one of the people that want to argue 00:08:05.449 --> 00:08:13.209 knives, that's fine. But in almost 100 % of confrontations 00:08:13.209 --> 00:08:18.649 where you have a knife or your partner, I'm sorry, 00:08:18.730 --> 00:08:22.370 not your partner, but the offensive person has 00:08:22.370 --> 00:08:25.269 a knife. somebody is going to get hurt, and likely 00:08:25.269 --> 00:08:30.360 both parties will. So it is something that may 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:33.600 scare some people. If they have a knife as well, 00:08:33.779 --> 00:08:36.440 you're definitely both going to get hurt. It's 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:39.360 very hard to block a knife or predict someone's 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:42.019 fighting. This isn't like the movies to where 00:08:42.019 --> 00:08:46.159 you think that you can block anything or fight 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:49.000 defensively against a knife. Eventually you'll 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:53.100 get hit, and depending on where you're at, it's 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:56.379 not a great situation you want to be in. If you 00:08:56.379 --> 00:09:00.220 don't believe me, ask your partner to get something 00:09:00.220 --> 00:09:04.519 very dull, roll up a piece of paper, get a paper 00:09:04.519 --> 00:09:08.500 towel, like a toilet paper roll, and ask them 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:10.820 to try to stab you. And you try to block that 00:09:10.820 --> 00:09:15.889 stab and tell me. If it grazes you, that counts 00:09:15.889 --> 00:09:19.950 as a cut. And knives are sharp, man. So that 00:09:19.950 --> 00:09:23.210 cut could be easily something that nicks an artery. 00:09:23.690 --> 00:09:25.710 Now, do you want to put yourself in a position 00:09:25.710 --> 00:09:29.789 to where a knife could potentially kill you or 00:09:29.789 --> 00:09:32.850 that someone is able to get that close to you? 00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:35.659 Because let's say you're that five foot scrawny 00:09:35.659 --> 00:09:39.600 woman who, you know, unfortunately struggles 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:43.059 to pick up a bag of concrete or something. Even 00:09:43.059 --> 00:09:46.440 if a man is coming at you and you have a knife, 00:09:46.580 --> 00:09:49.759 you can nick him. Yeah, you may fight him, but 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:53.529 your chances of getting away. even with the knife, 00:09:53.710 --> 00:09:58.289 are lessened. And his chances of succeeding are 00:09:58.289 --> 00:10:01.710 greatened. So you really want to be careful. 00:10:02.029 --> 00:10:05.110 And if I'm being honest, I don't think it's worth 00:10:05.110 --> 00:10:07.950 it. A lot of states let you carry. You can open 00:10:07.950 --> 00:10:11.850 carry, concealed carry. It's worth the 200 -some 00:10:11.850 --> 00:10:16.190 dollars you pay. And it's just, it's a good idea. 00:10:16.909 --> 00:10:22.960 So, yeah, I mean... I want people to be prepared 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:28.899 out there. Guns are a necessity nowadays with 00:10:28.899 --> 00:10:33.649 the unprotectableness of the world. And as I 00:10:33.649 --> 00:10:36.509 said earlier, they're the great equalizer. It 00:10:36.509 --> 00:10:39.350 doesn't matter what size you are. It doesn't 00:10:39.350 --> 00:10:45.759 matter how big you are. The action and the reaction 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:48.500 are going to be pretty much the same. As long 00:10:48.500 --> 00:10:50.500 as you train, you're prepared, and you're ready. 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:54.440 That also means putting yourself in defensive 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:57.799 actions. If you guys are hiking across each other 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:00.379 on a trail and this guy kind of looks a little 00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:03.600 sketchy, that means putting your space between 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:05.580 them. If that means going off trail for a little 00:11:05.580 --> 00:11:07.759 bit and putting some space in between you two 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:10.899 just for safety's sake so that you can close 00:11:10.899 --> 00:11:15.500 the gap later, you know, and continue on to the 00:11:15.500 --> 00:11:20.440 trail, then fine. Give yourself like 10, 15 feet. 00:11:20.830 --> 00:11:26.789 if you can. You look at how fast a grown adult 00:11:26.789 --> 00:11:30.590 can clear 10 to 15 feet before you can pull your 00:11:30.590 --> 00:11:34.830 gun. You definitely want to be prepared. And 00:11:34.830 --> 00:11:38.029 obviously, it's not every person that you run 00:11:38.029 --> 00:11:41.610 across on the hike, and likely you'll maybe and 00:11:41.610 --> 00:11:44.070 hopefully never have this happen to you. But 00:11:44.070 --> 00:11:47.929 I'm one of the people that would rather be safe 00:11:47.929 --> 00:11:53.200 and ready. I think that I am a pretty good judge 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:56.639 of character at first glance. The old saying, 00:11:56.720 --> 00:11:59.399 never judge a book by its cover, isn't necessarily 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:04.379 a truth. Obviously you don't want to judge everybody, 00:12:04.500 --> 00:12:08.419 but it is a survival instinct. And if they look 00:12:08.419 --> 00:12:10.500 kind of skeevy, they look kind of methed out, 00:12:10.580 --> 00:12:13.419 then yeah, you do have a reason to distance yourself 00:12:13.419 --> 00:12:15.879 from that person on the trail to make sure that 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:19.740 you or whoever you're with is safe. So think 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:24.029 about that, ponder on that. And train. I mean, 00:12:24.029 --> 00:12:27.169 if it never happens, good. You have a skill either 00:12:27.169 --> 00:12:32.370 way. This also is very useful for wild animals. 00:12:32.610 --> 00:12:36.330 So in Michigan, we don't really have a lot that's 00:12:36.330 --> 00:12:38.210 going to mess with you. We talked a couple episodes 00:12:38.210 --> 00:12:42.090 back about coyotes and how they seem to be getting 00:12:42.090 --> 00:12:45.789 more daring lately and that they could surround 00:12:45.789 --> 00:12:49.309 you, disorient you. And that's where a handgun 00:12:49.309 --> 00:12:52.690 is really good. Loud bangs. are really good for 00:12:52.690 --> 00:12:56.149 scaring away animals in camp, animals that are 00:12:56.149 --> 00:13:00.129 stalking or around you. If you're in other parts 00:13:00.129 --> 00:13:01.889 of the country where you're listening to this 00:13:01.889 --> 00:13:06.049 and you have wolves and bears and other bigger 00:13:06.049 --> 00:13:08.470 animals that you really don't want to have super 00:13:08.470 --> 00:13:12.470 close to you, a loud bang can scare a lot of 00:13:12.470 --> 00:13:16.450 them away. And being proficient with your firearm 00:13:16.450 --> 00:13:19.490 and knowing how to use it and drawing it quickly 00:13:19.490 --> 00:13:22.899 can save your life. in this circumstance as well. 00:13:25.169 --> 00:13:29.110 Let's say you're hiking and a bear gets into 00:13:29.110 --> 00:13:34.590 your food and you have no food anymore, yet you're 00:13:34.590 --> 00:13:38.929 on a trail or you're out in the middle of nowhere 00:13:39.149 --> 00:13:45.149 overlanding and something takes your food and 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:49.149 you're kind of stuck out there. It doesn't matter. 00:13:49.169 --> 00:13:52.029 I'm using hiking because it's an easy go -to. 00:13:52.129 --> 00:13:55.730 But this circumstance could be anybody's. Having 00:13:55.730 --> 00:14:01.629 a handgun or a firearm is another good way of 00:14:01.629 --> 00:14:06.690 securing food. Animals can be shot. Animals can 00:14:06.690 --> 00:14:11.049 be killed. Animals can be eaten. So learning 00:14:11.049 --> 00:14:13.629 your preparedness, learning how to do things 00:14:13.629 --> 00:14:16.500 on yourself, it's super cool. that all of us 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:19.399 overlanders are super technologically advanced. 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:22.220 So we have our propane stoves, and we have our 00:14:22.220 --> 00:14:25.139 poopers, and we have this, and we have that, 00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:27.559 and we have our sat phones and our maps. And 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:32.529 it's super cool until something fails, and you 00:14:32.529 --> 00:14:36.429 didn't have the base skills before to do it manually. 00:14:37.850 --> 00:14:41.850 So if your lighter fails, do you have a ferro 00:14:41.850 --> 00:14:44.690 rod? Do you have a way to manually light your 00:14:44.690 --> 00:14:47.570 fires? Do you have any way to cook your food? 00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:52.679 If your SATs, you know, your batteries die, your 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:54.860 car dies, and then all your batteries and stuff 00:14:54.860 --> 00:14:56.159 die while you're out in the middle of nowhere, 00:14:56.299 --> 00:15:00.240 do you have a way to get yourself out of there? 00:15:01.059 --> 00:15:04.580 Do you have a SAT phone? Do you have backup battery 00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:09.399 banks to charge your phone? So these are things 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:13.509 to think about, you know. There are times where 00:15:13.509 --> 00:15:16.779 everything goes wrong. Let's say, God forbid, 00:15:16.860 --> 00:15:20.100 you roll your car on a trail. You know, you hit 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:22.679 a steep hole or a steep hill when you were up 00:15:22.679 --> 00:15:25.539 trying to get to a cool campsite, rolled your 00:15:25.539 --> 00:15:30.279 car, and you are in the middle of nowhere, it 00:15:30.340 --> 00:15:35.480 cracked your phone, and what do you do? Can you 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:38.159 remember how long you were on that trail, the 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:42.360 turns you took? Do you have a physical form of 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:46.480 a map of that area? Can you be prepared enough 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:54.120 to live for a few days in that area without your 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.220 vehicle? Vehicles have become cheat codes. Everything 00:15:58.220 --> 00:16:01.039 that we put in them are cheat codes for having 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:03.960 a more comfortable ride in a more comfortable 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:10.200 situation in areas that demand that comfort is... 00:16:11.230 --> 00:16:15.169 I don't know. You know, it's not necessarily 00:16:15.169 --> 00:16:19.009 a necessity, but there are some areas that comfort 00:16:19.009 --> 00:16:24.029 is a luxury. And if you get into trouble in some 00:16:24.029 --> 00:16:26.529 of these areas, let's say the desert or anywhere 00:16:26.529 --> 00:16:31.299 else, do you have water purifiers or do you just 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:35.450 fill up your jugs and hope that you don't need 00:16:35.450 --> 00:16:40.500 any water? You know, do you have a way to make 00:16:40.500 --> 00:16:44.000 a fire if your car rolls and you're... main primary 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:46.639 source of fire starter let's say a lighter or 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:50.029 something can't find it you know you're searching 00:16:50.029 --> 00:16:52.370 through that truck that's rolled over and you 00:16:52.370 --> 00:16:54.350 can't find it let's say your truck rolls down 00:16:54.350 --> 00:16:56.149 the side of the mountain and you're left up top 00:16:56.149 --> 00:17:00.190 with everything in your pocket do you have a 00:17:00.190 --> 00:17:03.500 way so these are things to be prepared about 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:06.339 you know i usually do keep a big lighter as my 00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:09.940 you know part of my everyday carry I usually 00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:13.019 do have a multi -tool on me. I always have my 00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:17.619 belt on me. And with just those few things, you 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:20.339 can survive for a while off of that. You have 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:23.730 your belt, which can be used for many things, 00:17:23.970 --> 00:17:29.890 securing wood, a tourniquet, of course your pants, 00:17:29.910 --> 00:17:34.859 but there are other uses. You have your knife, 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.160 your multi -tool, pliers, fire starter sometimes 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:42.900 you have in your multi -tool. And all sorts of 00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:45.259 other little things like a flashlight sometimes 00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:48.880 I have in my EDC. I have the big lighter. I have 00:17:48.880 --> 00:17:52.819 my wallet and I have a reflective mirror that 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:55.640 I keep in my wallet that you can buy off of Amazon. 00:17:57.910 --> 00:18:01.049 Things to help you. If you have a manual map 00:18:01.049 --> 00:18:04.390 in your phone. I'm sorry, in your car, and your 00:18:04.390 --> 00:18:05.990 car didn't just roll down on the side of the 00:18:05.990 --> 00:18:10.000 mountain, and it is rolled, and your phone's 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:13.680 broken, you can't get into that, obviously, pulling 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:16.819 that manual map out of the car is a really good 00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:20.180 way to figure out where you're kind of at. Hopefully 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:23.779 you're aware enough in life to know kind of where 00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:26.900 you're at, at least. Onyx can only take you so 00:18:26.900 --> 00:18:32.390 far, and it's good not to rely on... onyx maps 00:18:32.390 --> 00:18:34.250 and stuff so much that you don't even know what 00:18:34.250 --> 00:18:37.289 trail you're on if that makes sense or what area 00:18:37.289 --> 00:18:40.849 you're in you know setting your google maps to 00:18:40.849 --> 00:18:43.390 get to your place that you want to go getting 00:18:43.390 --> 00:18:49.500 there relying solely on navigational apps without 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:53.289 actually taking in kind of where you're at is 00:18:53.289 --> 00:18:57.690 taking our natural ability to navigate you know 00:18:57.690 --> 00:19:01.390 follow the sun how does it set Does it set in 00:19:01.390 --> 00:19:03.609 the east or does it set in the west? Things that 00:19:03.609 --> 00:19:06.640 you need to know that can help you navigate. 00:19:07.950 --> 00:19:11.410 Having a compass. Compasses aren't big, they're 00:19:11.410 --> 00:19:14.970 not expensive, but they're good to have. They 00:19:14.970 --> 00:19:18.170 don't take up a lot of space. So things that 00:19:18.170 --> 00:19:20.069 you need to think about when you're being prepared, 00:19:20.410 --> 00:19:25.029 right? Carry manual options with you. It doesn't 00:19:25.029 --> 00:19:27.390 always have to be on your person, and your vehicle's 00:19:27.390 --> 00:19:30.250 fine too. In most cases, you roll over down the 00:19:30.250 --> 00:19:32.579 mountain. If you're in the vehicle, You're probably 00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:34.279 not making it down the mountain, unfortunately. 00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:36.660 If you're out of the vehicle and it rolls out, 00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:39.259 if you're lucky enough to jump out, then you 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:43.529 need to survive with what you have. So keep those 00:19:43.529 --> 00:19:46.650 situations in mind. If you're on the mountain, 00:19:46.670 --> 00:19:48.769 you know it's starting to get sketchy, maybe 00:19:48.769 --> 00:19:51.069 you have to throw a couple extra things in your 00:19:51.069 --> 00:19:57.930 pocket. It's not a good situation. And I don't 00:19:57.930 --> 00:19:59.490 want anyone else to fall into that situation. 00:19:59.589 --> 00:20:02.589 There's a lot of new drivers. A lot of new overlanders 00:20:02.589 --> 00:20:06.529 and campers that are starting out too that are 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:12.559 city slickers for lack of better terms and don't 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:16.500 have the survival instincts to survive in a situation 00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:22.599 that has intense stress and kind of limits your 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:25.359 abilities when you don't have your vehicle. So 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:28.569 I want everyone to think about it a little bit. 00:20:28.650 --> 00:20:30.690 I want everyone to think about a circumstance 00:20:30.690 --> 00:20:35.690 to where... your physical survival has come into 00:20:35.690 --> 00:20:39.410 play. And think about how scared you were in 00:20:39.410 --> 00:20:41.769 that moment. I don't know if anybody, you know, 00:20:41.769 --> 00:20:45.220 I know a few of us have been there. Maybe that's 00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:48.140 why we're so prepared now. But I don't ever want 00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:50.940 to be put in that situation again. I've had times 00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:53.880 where I felt that my life was threatened by people 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:56.880 while I was out camping. I've had times where 00:20:56.880 --> 00:21:01.730 we've run out of food. So... There's times where 00:21:01.730 --> 00:21:05.390 my fire starters didn't work. Thankfully, I had 00:21:05.390 --> 00:21:07.309 four to five backups. You know, I had four to 00:21:07.309 --> 00:21:09.210 five big lighters just hanging around. I had 00:21:09.210 --> 00:21:11.849 matches. I had all sorts of different ways to 00:21:11.849 --> 00:21:14.509 make a fire. And I keep those all around my truck. 00:21:14.630 --> 00:21:15.970 You know, I throw a big lighter in the glove 00:21:15.970 --> 00:21:19.450 box. I throw a torch lighter in the main area 00:21:19.450 --> 00:21:21.490 where I grab my fire starting stuff. You know, 00:21:21.509 --> 00:21:23.910 I have multiple places where I can start a fire. 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:30.279 So it's important. So my own little horror story. 00:21:30.809 --> 00:21:33.529 I would say, and we could talk about that, is 00:21:33.529 --> 00:21:36.809 there was a time where I actually lived in a 00:21:36.809 --> 00:21:42.319 tent. It was about two years. It was on some 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:47.190 property of family on the far end of it. And 00:21:47.190 --> 00:21:49.970 I lived in there two years. I didn't really, 00:21:50.069 --> 00:21:52.910 I didn't have a job for a good portion of it. 00:21:53.309 --> 00:21:55.990 I was just living. I planned on living out of 00:21:55.990 --> 00:21:59.299 the tent. A wild man. You know, I wanted to go 00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:01.460 catch my own fish. I wanted to do what I wanted 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:06.039 to do. I wanted to survive for myself. That is 00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:09.839 cool and all. And it is possible. It wasn't possible 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:13.039 in that area for that time for other reasons. 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:15.849 And don't need to go into that. We're going to 00:22:15.849 --> 00:22:19.569 stick with the story. One night, I'm in my tent, 00:22:19.710 --> 00:22:24.630 which is now a carport. Like the steel carport 00:22:24.630 --> 00:22:27.509 with the big thick tarp you put over them. 10 00:22:27.509 --> 00:22:30.250 by 10 carport. On the back part of this property. 00:22:31.369 --> 00:22:33.430 Kind of butted up near some railroad tracks. 00:22:33.670 --> 00:22:37.400 And this is in the middle of nowhere. And I hear 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:41.299 talking. I notice the talking isn't my uncle 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:44.400 or aunt. And I'm on the far side of the property. 00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:48.240 So I would have heard them. And talking slowly 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:51.240 getting louder. I start seeing a flashlight. 00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:57.220 And it starts to point. At my carport. I can 00:22:57.220 --> 00:23:00.779 see the light shining down from. underneath the 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:03.000 carport, through the gaps where the floor is 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:06.900 coming in. I could see it from outside of the 00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:11.849 zipper. I was carrying. I had my gun. I had a 00:23:11.849 --> 00:23:18.619 laser on it for night. And I drew it. And I was 00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:22.380 already kind of pretty dressed. And I came out 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:26.019 of the tent before they got too close. And they 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:29.470 were on my... my area of the property. So they 00:23:29.470 --> 00:23:31.609 were definitely trespassing whoever they were. 00:23:32.549 --> 00:23:37.349 And I turned the laser on, kept it pointed in 00:23:37.349 --> 00:23:39.630 a direction that they could tell I had something, 00:23:39.809 --> 00:23:43.410 but I wasn't brandishing, you know, like I wasn't 00:23:43.410 --> 00:23:47.410 pointing at them. Demanded who they were, told 00:23:47.410 --> 00:23:50.150 them that they were trespassing, told them they 00:23:50.150 --> 00:23:53.289 need to get on, get out of here. They said that 00:23:53.289 --> 00:23:55.849 they were walking the railroad tracks for hours. 00:23:56.710 --> 00:24:00.309 looking to get to Cadillac, which is the main 00:24:00.309 --> 00:24:05.250 city in that area, Cadillac, Michigan, and that 00:24:05.250 --> 00:24:07.710 they wanted to know how to get there and if it 00:24:07.710 --> 00:24:10.230 was down the railroad track or way more. I said, 00:24:10.269 --> 00:24:13.269 I don't know. I said, I'm not here to help. You 00:24:13.269 --> 00:24:16.950 guys are trespassing. You guys need to figure 00:24:16.950 --> 00:24:18.890 this shit out and get off the property. This 00:24:18.890 --> 00:24:21.490 is not my thing. They explained that they were 00:24:21.490 --> 00:24:23.450 homeless and that they were just trying to get 00:24:23.450 --> 00:24:26.130 to Cadillac. They just needed to know if the 00:24:26.130 --> 00:24:29.309 railroad tracks would take them there. So I told 00:24:29.309 --> 00:24:31.930 them to back up. I said, you know, you're homeless. 00:24:32.049 --> 00:24:33.549 You don't have anything. I said, just what's 00:24:33.549 --> 00:24:37.170 on our back. I said, you have food? No. I said, 00:24:37.190 --> 00:24:40.950 okay, you know, stand back, you know, 15 feet. 00:24:41.589 --> 00:24:43.849 Let me go look. I looked at my phone, looked 00:24:43.849 --> 00:24:46.990 at the tracks that did lead to Cadillac. They 00:24:46.990 --> 00:24:48.950 talked a little bit to me about who they were. 00:24:49.549 --> 00:24:52.799 I grabbed their IDs. I took pictures of their 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:56.140 IDs because... I wanted to be able to know who 00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:59.509 these people were and why they were here. Just 00:24:59.509 --> 00:25:03.940 a safety thing for me. And they said they didn't 00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:07.099 have any food. They were hungry. And I said, 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:09.680 well, I have some hot dogs. So I grabbed them 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:11.359 some hot dogs, brought them to them. They ate 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:13.759 the hot dogs. They thanked me and they left. 00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:20.220 These people were beyond sketchy. They were in 00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:24.089 one was younger, younger girl. The other one 00:25:24.089 --> 00:25:28.190 was probably mid 20s. They looked pretty disheveled. 00:25:28.190 --> 00:25:31.490 They looked like they had a rough day. And, you 00:25:31.490 --> 00:25:33.210 know, I tried to show a little bit of kindness 00:25:33.210 --> 00:25:35.309 because, you know, I know what homelessness feels 00:25:35.309 --> 00:25:37.970 like. I was living it, whether it was my choice 00:25:37.970 --> 00:25:43.539 or not. So I understood a little bit. Come to 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:47.339 find out the situation, I try to trust my gut 00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:50.740 a lot. And the situation just fell off to me. 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:57.619 So I... decided to get a hold of the police and 00:25:57.619 --> 00:26:02.369 give a report tell them the names that i found 00:26:02.369 --> 00:26:07.170 tell them where they were heading and it turned 00:26:07.170 --> 00:26:12.549 out that that girl was a minor and that that 00:26:12.549 --> 00:26:16.170 guy was her boyfriend and she had run away from 00:26:16.170 --> 00:26:20.930 home with him and was currently being uh looked 00:26:20.930 --> 00:26:26.359 for at that time and The police were looking 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:32.400 for her. She was reported missing, and I told 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:35.200 them where their plans were, what they were doing, 00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:37.380 where they were walking, what direction, and 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:39.599 where they planned to go. They explained to me 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:42.019 that night that they were trying to get to Cadillac 00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:45.819 Walmart, and then they would go from there. I 00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:48.480 explained everything to the cops. They immediately 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:53.420 left. I got a call back later that they found 00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:57.509 them. The guy was at the Walmart, and so was 00:26:57.509 --> 00:27:01.509 the girl. The girl was returned home, and the 00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:04.980 guy, they never told me about him, but they told 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:08.460 me the girl was returned. I don't know whether 00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:11.920 that was within their right to do that or what, 00:27:12.059 --> 00:27:15.829 but it was nice to hear. But it was a scary situation. 00:27:16.009 --> 00:27:23.289 That could have been bad. That was a lucky situation 00:27:23.289 --> 00:27:26.980 that I was in. I was prepared. I did try to help 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.799 them out a little bit with keeping distance, 00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:32.460 with having their IDs and stuff. I knew who they 00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:35.779 were. I tried to keep that distance. But that 00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:38.619 stuff happens. That is not the first time that 00:27:38.619 --> 00:27:42.160 I've seen someone on those tracks. There was 00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:44.440 a clown thing happening a few years ago where 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:46.619 they were being spotted randomly all around town. 00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:49.519 Random just clowns trying to stalk and scare 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:54.910 people. So there have been all sorts of different... 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:59.529 where people want to, you want to be safe, you 00:27:59.529 --> 00:28:01.349 want to be protected. And if you have a family, 00:28:01.410 --> 00:28:04.970 this doubles, this triples, you know. So it's 00:28:04.970 --> 00:28:10.079 always good to be prepared. Now, I don't say 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:13.920 this and I don't talk about all this to be scary 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:17.240 or this isn't some Halloween spook night stuff. 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:20.660 But this is just something that I think some 00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:22.180 people need to give a little bit more thought 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:25.789 because I've known people. We've heard about 00:28:25.789 --> 00:28:29.049 people that have accidents while camping. And 00:28:29.049 --> 00:28:33.930 I want to make sure that everybody is doing their 00:28:33.930 --> 00:28:36.720 due diligence here. I don't want you to be a 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:40.349 victim. I don't want you to be a statistic. I 00:28:40.349 --> 00:28:42.349 don't want you to get hurt and wish that you 00:28:42.349 --> 00:28:45.210 had done something wrong. Or, I'm sorry, not 00:28:45.210 --> 00:28:49.329 wrong, but differently. Like, you know, maybe 00:28:49.329 --> 00:28:50.690 I should have brought this. Maybe I should have 00:28:50.690 --> 00:28:52.450 brought this. I don't want you to be put into 00:28:52.450 --> 00:28:55.170 a situation where you run out of water. And you're 00:28:55.170 --> 00:28:57.400 like, man. There's a lake here, but only if I 00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:00.559 had water filtration. Or, man, there's a lake 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:03.630 here, and if only I had a way to start a fire 00:29:03.630 --> 00:29:05.730 so I could boil some water so I had some clean 00:29:05.730 --> 00:29:11.200 water. So these are skills that would be useful 00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:14.799 for you. If you don't practice these, you should. 00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:19.099 If you've only seen them online and you know 00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:22.279 of them, but you've never practiced them, practice 00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:26.039 them. There's nothing stopping you from going 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:28.269 in your backyard and... practicing starting a 00:29:28.269 --> 00:29:30.859 fire. You're going to find out pretty quick how 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:32.839 hard it is when you don't have a big lighter 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:37.450 in your hand. Okay? Practice dry firing your 00:29:37.450 --> 00:29:39.509 handgun. Practice drawing it out of the clothes 00:29:39.509 --> 00:29:42.250 that you typically wear when you camp. Practice, 00:29:42.289 --> 00:29:45.619 practice, practice. Be prepared. This goes the 00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:48.859 same thing when you're driving in different weather 00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:51.039 situations that you want to be ready and you 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:55.079 want to be prepared. You know, if you're in an 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:58.160 ice cold area, You know, you're in the middle 00:29:58.160 --> 00:30:00.799 of winter. You don't have the proper equipment. 00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.920 You don't have snow boots. You don't have wool 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:06.460 blankets. You don't have MREs. You don't have 00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:10.660 things that would save your life if it needed 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:13.299 to be saved. You don't have a first aid kit. 00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:15.099 If you don't have a fire extinguisher, if you 00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:18.180 don't have a way to protect yourself, then you're 00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:22.079 not doing your job as the protector and provider 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:28.289 or family member of this household. Or you're 00:30:28.289 --> 00:30:29.990 not doing your job, period. If you're single 00:30:29.990 --> 00:30:33.130 and you're just going in wild, you're not being 00:30:33.130 --> 00:30:36.950 prepared to anything, enjoy your early 20s. That's 00:30:36.950 --> 00:30:42.549 all I have to say. I mean, you can do it. The 00:30:42.549 --> 00:30:44.690 circumstances are low where it would happen. 00:30:45.450 --> 00:30:48.789 But it does happen. You can look up horror stories. 00:30:49.089 --> 00:30:53.650 You can see the news. It happens. So be prepared 00:30:53.650 --> 00:30:57.349 for it. Someday it might happen to you. We all 00:30:57.349 --> 00:31:00.890 know famous YouTubers. We all know famous podcasters 00:31:00.890 --> 00:31:02.930 and stuff that have had weird things happen to 00:31:02.930 --> 00:31:06.990 them. Or things that could have been bad. Baker 00:31:06.990 --> 00:31:11.920 Overland had a slip here, what was it, a couple 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:15.670 months ago this year? Where he was thankfully 00:31:15.670 --> 00:31:18.910 able to get out. But, you know, things happen. 00:31:19.750 --> 00:31:23.480 You know, Toyota World Runners. Hate to bring 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:27.609 them up here, but... Unfortunately, they weren't 00:31:27.609 --> 00:31:30.150 able to get out of their vehicle in time. They 00:31:30.150 --> 00:31:35.609 weren't able to get help in time. But, you know, 00:31:35.630 --> 00:31:40.509 we hope that we are able and trained to be prepared 00:31:40.509 --> 00:31:46.059 if these circumstances ever happen. And that 00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:48.160 goes for first aid kits as well. Learning how 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:51.779 to apply and use first aid, tourniquets, bandages, 00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:55.319 where to pack a wound, where not to pack a wound, 00:31:55.569 --> 00:32:01.670 where to apply pressure. First aid classes are 00:32:01.670 --> 00:32:05.309 extremely useful, just like CPR classes. If you 00:32:05.309 --> 00:32:06.630 have a child and you're out in the middle of 00:32:06.630 --> 00:32:10.339 nowhere and nobody knows CPR, I feel like you're 00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:13.880 not doing your job as a protector and a provider. 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:18.440 Because how are you ever going to forgive yourself 00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:20.380 if your child has something like that happen 00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:22.940 to them and you can't save them because you don't 00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:28.369 know CPR? It's hard. It's some tough stuff to 00:32:28.369 --> 00:32:31.609 think about. And I want everyone to think about 00:32:31.609 --> 00:32:35.940 that stuff. It does happen. The only difference 00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:40.660 is if you're ready for it, if you're prepared 00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:48.170 for it. Okay? With that being said, buy some 00:32:48.170 --> 00:32:53.069 paper maps. Get acquainted with your first aid 00:32:53.069 --> 00:32:57.819 kits. Go through them. Look up and take classes 00:32:57.819 --> 00:33:00.200 and then readjust your first aid kit because 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:03.180 I guarantee you your Amazon first aid kit's not 00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:05.019 going to have exactly what you needed after you 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:09.750 take that first aid class. Guarantee it. So, 00:33:09.750 --> 00:33:12.349 go through your first aid kit. Check your excavation 00:33:12.349 --> 00:33:14.730 dates on your fire extinguishers in your vehicle. 00:33:16.369 --> 00:33:18.170 Yeah, you've had one in there for eight years. 00:33:18.269 --> 00:33:20.390 You're super prepared. What if it's expired and 00:33:20.390 --> 00:33:23.660 you go to use it and it doesn't even work? Check 00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:29.660 it. Okay? Bring a water purifier. Even if you 00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:32.720 live in a place with tons of water, bring a water 00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:36.329 purifier. Bring multiple fire starters. Bring 00:33:36.329 --> 00:33:41.990 paper maps. Bring the great equalizer. a .k .a. 00:33:41.990 --> 00:33:46.410 some kind of firearm or protection. Okay? I want 00:33:46.410 --> 00:33:50.299 everyone to be safe. This winter, I want everyone 00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:52.990 to be prepared. Next year, I want everyone to 00:33:52.990 --> 00:33:56.490 be prepared. If you have any horror stories, 00:33:56.730 --> 00:34:00.900 kind of like what we explained earlier, camping 00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:03.740 stories, even just stories from your house, like 00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:08.929 a house invasion or a burglary, reach out to 00:34:08.929 --> 00:34:10.809 us, leave a message. I want to hear about them. 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:13.800 I want to use these. I want people to hear about 00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:18.059 them so that they know that this is not just, 00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:21.420 oh, it only happens here or it only happens inner 00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:26.489 city. This shit happens everywhere. So be prepared. 00:34:27.210 --> 00:34:29.750 I've said it. That's what this episode is going 00:34:29.750 --> 00:34:31.769 to be called. I keep saying it over and over. 00:34:32.309 --> 00:34:35.750 And, you know, you can call me a prepper. You 00:34:35.750 --> 00:34:39.579 can call me anxious, but all that. But when shit 00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:45.079 hits the fan. I will have what's needed. And 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:49.639 by then, I will have all the training. I'm going 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:52.800 and taking another CPR class. I haven't been 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:55.539 CPR certified in a while, so I'm taking another 00:34:55.539 --> 00:35:00.139 one. I am going to be taking some kind of emergency 00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:03.619 medical treatment and first aid applications 00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:08.429 class. These are things that I want to do to 00:35:08.429 --> 00:35:10.210 be prepared because I'll never forgive myself 00:35:10.210 --> 00:35:14.550 as a parent if I didn't have the knowledge or 00:35:14.550 --> 00:35:21.429 the ability to do something to help save my son 00:35:21.429 --> 00:35:25.369 or save my wife or save another person. Even 00:35:25.369 --> 00:35:27.449 if you find some other person hiking along the 00:35:27.449 --> 00:35:31.340 trail that gashed their leg, I would never forgive 00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:33.659 myself if I didn't train myself right in the 00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:37.460 first place for everyday life. to be able to 00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:44.000 save that person. So, yes, maybe not the most 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:48.380 lighthearted episode for me, but as Alex said 00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:52.880 in the rap, my life sucks. I'm the Eeyore. I 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:55.380 am kind of a pessimistic, kind of more of the 00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:58.480 what's going to happen will always be on the 00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:03.159 downer side, you know, whatever. Oh, and that's 00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:06.619 my phone telling me to get off. So, all right, 00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:10.079 guys, thanks for listening. Be prepared. Carry 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:14.349 a gun. Carry a lighter. Always have a multi -tool. 00:36:14.730 --> 00:36:16.880 And always have a great day.