Wool Blanket Tricks

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Harper
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Wool Blanket Tricks

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A wool blanket is a common piece of Ranger kit.

I've seen a number of videos regarding the use of (unmodified) wool blankets as makeshift clothing. These two are fairly new and I like them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juconMkZh8U--Basic, Twin size blanket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9tlhBXVapU --Advanced, Queen sized blanket.

The gentleman who made these videos lived with a Tibetan Monk for a time and is able to give an "Eastern" perspective. Because of their stationary meditative practices and the climate of Tibet, understanding the full range of use of their blanket was essential to the monks. To top it off, he is a Bushcrafter and he understands our needs. This is an excellent take on micro-climate and thermal regulation.
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Thanks for finding this. Are you sure he's not a Ranger at heart? ;)

What he's doing, it looks like a himation.
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Re: Wool Blanket Tricks

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Kortoso wrote:Thanks for finding this. Are you sure he's not a Ranger at heart? ;)

What he's doing, it looks like a himation.

He is a modern Bushcrafter so he has field skills. He goes by the name Saved Monk. I'm not sure that he has the weapons skills, but I have a hunch he might.

Thanks for the link on himation--I have to admit, I knew what it was, but I didn't know the name for it.
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