Sargevining

Completing the Starter Kit with the Pack and other items to carry with the haversack to spend a weekend in the woods.

One of an occasional series on advice for Classic Camping Living History. This is one is one a Starter Kit to get into the hobby with enough gear for overnight Trekking, known today as Backpacking.

Here's our first video in the Bannerman's Camp playlist outlining reproduction clothing that can be worn by the Living Historian practicing Classic Camping Living History.

Looking to improve my Classic Camping impression, I bought an oilskin tarp from the respected Living History vendor Tentsmiths.

Most of the shelters used by trekkers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were actually tarp shelters rather than tents. Here I show the method I use to hang tarps in the field to make shelters like these and one of my favorite tarp pitches with the Tentsmiths 8' x 8' oilskin tarp.