32: Shawnee State Forest
Shawnee State Forest in 4K | Backpacking with 3 Survival Bushcraft Firestarting Methods
[pin 📍 /] [geo lat=‘38.74139’ lon=’-83.19731’ adr=‘Forest Service Rd 16, West Portsmouth, OH 45663-8906’ tel=‘740-858-6685’ url=‘https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/shawnee-state-forest’ trail=‘usa:ohio:shawnee’]Shawnee Forest Backpack Trail[/geo]
[Designated campsites]
- 0m00s Intro (Henry David Thoreau)
- 0m33s Theme song
- 1m01s After intro
- 1m46s Day One (50ºF)
- 2m05s Map overlay
- Giant hog weed
- Tulip poplar
- Poop
- 19m23s Campsite (#1)
- Flint and steel fire starter
- Dinner: canned cream of mushroom soup; popcorn
- Day Two
- Morning
- Yelling?
- Breakfast: stale nuts; cheese sandwich
- Ash tree (and emerald ash borer)
- (Fancy) Snack: cheddar and sopressata salami; huckleberry hibiscus cream soda; San Pellegrino sparkling blood orange
- More poop
- Witch’s broom
- Magnifying glass fire starter
- Snack: grilled cheese sandwich
- Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua) [a. ka homeowner’s bane] [pin 🌱 /]
- Elm tree
- Hickory seed and holly
- Camp Oyo
- Ferro rod fire starter
- Dinner: pepperoni pizza; ants on a log; pizza toast; baked potato
- 1h8m Day Three
- Black-footed polypore
- Black walnut tree
- 1h13m39s Credits
- 1h16m24s Patron Shoutouts: [yt SiMHTK15Pik title=“It’s over 9000!"]Dragon Ball Z[/yt]; [yt FEdbR0jnfvQ “Guile’s Theme”]Street Fighter II[/yt]; Game of Thrones; [yt _BaMx_n2_hM title=‘Michael Bolton’]Office Space[/yt]
- 1h19m55s [geo url=‘https://giovannispizzapower.com/store/Rosemount/’ tel=‘740-353-5374’ adr=‘4438 Scioto Trail, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662’ lat=‘38.760672’ lon=’-82.990373’]Giovanni’s[/geo]
- 1h20m16s
This is the type of bad decision that you’ll make when you’re really hungry, but it’s also a really good decision.
— Robby - See also: [v slug=‘solo-backpacking-the-hardest-hike-in-ohio’]Robby returns for a solo hike[/v] to finish the southern portion of the trail.