Pt 4 "Jeremiah Johnson Trip," by Nutnfancy

Testing the Marlin Papoose .22 pack rifle, demonstrating, signaling, and knife work in the beautiful snowy mountains. Sun continues to shine. The little Marlin again proves its worth as a food getter up here: accurate and reliable, even with bulk ammo. It would take down fowl or even a deer in survival situations. Impressive targets result with the help of the Weaver 4x rimfire scope. Allie and I trek deeper in treeline and gather wood...the hard way. Hacking down a couple of standing dead wood trees with heavy blades. It's not enjoyable and I hate it but it sometimes good to do for testing purposes. Enough fooling around: the Sawvivor comes out and makes short work of the cross cuts. It's harder doing all the work alone. Against the stunning mountain backdrop I talk blades and do some batoning. Constructing a drying rack is demoed by me next to the firepit, a request by a TNPr last year. Pretty simple stuff but it works and works well. I'm tired and we still have to hike out. As the sun dips behind the peaks, we wrap up another TNP mountain adventure and say so long to the Jeremiah Johnson lifestyle for now. We'll be back. ////////////////////////////////////////// Music for this memorable adventure is completely original and created just for these TNP adventures. It was created by fellow outdoorsman, talented musician, and TNPr Bryan Yerks ( / bryanisms . Special premission acquired.