Historical Trekking.
This means backpacking for 3-4 days with what a common soldier would have carried in 1777 in the English colonies.
Another way to think about it is this: What would Daniel Boone have carried for a 3-4 day backwoods trip? Remember those movies where the colonial frontiersman grabs a musket and throws a wool blanket over his back and goes off into the woods? Yeah, well, how realistic was that? Turns out, it is realistic because frontier people would gather a large ground layer of dried leaves under their bedroll: 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet thick of dried leaves, to insulate themselves from the cold, cold, ground. Out of the wind, one wool blanket nights are okay down to about 50 degrees. If it was colder than 50 degrees at night you need a horse or canoe to carry extra blankets/gear/tents. Note: I live in Central Florida, not Michigan or Alaska.
I love the smell of black powder in the morning.
