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Col. Townsen Whelen (1877 - 1961)

Gypsy Jack’s Camping Journal, Whelen

By on March 5, 2015 in Master Woodsman, Woodcraft

“I was sitting directly across the campfire from Old Sure Shot himself. With the halo of the setting sun behind him…the rising flames before him…and his face obscured by the swirling smoke of his pipe…he appeared to be a man on fire. And, I suppose he was. Townsend Whelen had sat out to do just […]

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Burn This Page!

By on June 5, 2014 in Classic Camping

  “ A series of 0s and 1s won’t keep you warm.  A youtube video won’t boil up a billy.  But, you can download this page, print it out, stash it away in a good dry place in your kit and save it for a rainy day.  Carefully shredded and loosely gathered it can serve […]

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Hiking With The Budda – Gypsy Jack’s Camping Journal

By on October 15, 2013 in Classic Camping, Master Woodsman

Hiking With The Buddha (1918) From: Gypsy Jack’s Camping Journal I first met the Buddha on a lonesome trail north of Taos. He smelled of wood smoke and jasmine. His pack overflowed with fresh fruit, deer antlers, Indian silks, and a bundle of twisted sticks. He wore a Chinese hat, no shirt, khaki pants and […]

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Gypsy Jack’s Camping Journal – Earnest Hemingway

By on May 30, 2013 in Classic Camping, Master Woodsman

Who is Earnest Hemingway? He liked to open cans…and shoot hyenas for no reason.  Yep, Hemingway was a hand full if there ever was one. I met him in Philip Percival’s camp just west of the Ngong Hills.  We got along well enough I suppose, but four days turned out to be just about enough.  […]

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Fridtjof Nansen – Gypsy Jack’s Camping Journal

By on May 3, 2013 in Master Woodsman

Fridtjof Nansen “I’ve known some tough hombres in my time.  I’ve seen cowpunchers ride, rope and brand all day–day after day—living all the while on beans, biscuits and prunes.  Then each night, throw down a thin bedroll on the thin cover of the hard, herd- trampled ground– and there sleep the sleep of babes.  I’ve […]

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Charlie Chaplin – Gypsy Jack’s Camping Journal

By on April 16, 2013 in Master Woodsman

Charlie Chaplin “Charlie is a rich, famous, arrogant, borderline genius…I like him anyway.  We first met in 1914.  His star was just then breaking on the far horizon.   I got introduced to him in a beachside diner by an old Montana horse wrangler pal of mine who was working in the moving picture business at […]

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Gypsy Jack’s Camping Journal ~ old Kep

By on April 8, 2013 in Master Woodsman

“Jack London told me years ago that a steady diet of train smoke and canned beans will kill you.  It was time to get off the road for a while.  I had a well worn hat and a fully stocked bindle.  What I needed now was a hot bath and a square meal– served up […]

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Gypsy Jack’s Camping Journal ~ TR

By on March 13, 2013 in Master Woodsman

“Dear Mr. President, Its been a while since we shared a campfire, a meal or a joke. Here’s hoping you are well and that job of yours is not keeping you too long from the hunt. You ask me for my opinion prior to your California visit as it relates to our mutual friend. So, […]

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Gypsy Jack’s Camping Journal ~ Nessmuk

By on March 11, 2013 in Master Woodsman

“The pilgrim’s passion drives him to extremes—spending time and treasure in pursuit of sacred sites, holy shrines and points of power. The zealot’s dream may lead him through the snow, along steep yak trails to a hermit’s cave (high in the Himalayas)…or far upstream by dugout canoe on a remote black water river to a […]

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