Just in case a few of you did not know this.
Survival situation of course..
Bamboo grows just about everywhere and a lot of times it has a dead stalk or two around it.
You've probably all seen Bear grills make fishing spears from it - works great.
Or you can cut 3" above the node, vertically remove 2" of that and sharpen what's left - for bigger game.
Bamboo can be used as a straw to get water from moss, or other hard to reach holes where water make exist.
Bamboo sometimes HOLDS water as well if you are thirsty you can cut into green bamboo and recover water.
Bamboo for starting fires - one piece of different wood, split a piece of bamboo in half and create a friction fire.
Bamboo for food - those little shoots coming out of the ground have water and carbs/protein in them and can supplement you for days..
Bamboo for starting bigger fires - There is NO finer kindling to use than Bamboo - it burns damn near white hot.
Bamboo for holding water - obviously, larger 4" pieces with a 10" long node would work. Y ou can also cook in the water as bamboo gets HOT...just don't apply direct heat and make sure it's GREEN bamboo not dried bamboo.
Bamboo for furniture - so you can sit comfortably by that fire or sleep off the ground.
Bamboo Walking Stick
Bamboo for carrying stuff (pole across your back with equal weight on each side).
And of course while you are sitting by the fire eating the fish you just speared you can make a bamboo flute from it to keep your mind busy.
I made a bamboo shank, much like a spear but just for fun - I had a piece of dried golden bamboo lying about.
I also made a waterproof container out of it - keeping two end noes intact, cut in half and then inserted other split bamboo to hold it together - seal with tree sap..
Bird house but I don't make those...Freddies sells them for $19 tho..
That's not 101 uses but if I were in a survival situation I'd be looking for bamboo first and foremost.
Next time a liberal complains about global warming suggest planting bamboo, as it releases 7 times the amount of 02 than a regular tree does, it's a hard wood when dried and it really does have 10,000 uses...
Good stuff!
Survival situation of course..
Bamboo grows just about everywhere and a lot of times it has a dead stalk or two around it.
You've probably all seen Bear grills make fishing spears from it - works great.
Or you can cut 3" above the node, vertically remove 2" of that and sharpen what's left - for bigger game.
Bamboo can be used as a straw to get water from moss, or other hard to reach holes where water make exist.
Bamboo sometimes HOLDS water as well if you are thirsty you can cut into green bamboo and recover water.
Bamboo for starting fires - one piece of different wood, split a piece of bamboo in half and create a friction fire.
Bamboo for food - those little shoots coming out of the ground have water and carbs/protein in them and can supplement you for days..
Bamboo for starting bigger fires - There is NO finer kindling to use than Bamboo - it burns damn near white hot.
Bamboo for holding water - obviously, larger 4" pieces with a 10" long node would work. Y ou can also cook in the water as bamboo gets HOT...just don't apply direct heat and make sure it's GREEN bamboo not dried bamboo.
Bamboo for furniture - so you can sit comfortably by that fire or sleep off the ground.
Bamboo Walking Stick
Bamboo for carrying stuff (pole across your back with equal weight on each side).
And of course while you are sitting by the fire eating the fish you just speared you can make a bamboo flute from it to keep your mind busy.
I made a bamboo shank, much like a spear but just for fun - I had a piece of dried golden bamboo lying about.
I also made a waterproof container out of it - keeping two end noes intact, cut in half and then inserted other split bamboo to hold it together - seal with tree sap..
Bird house but I don't make those...Freddies sells them for $19 tho..
That's not 101 uses but if I were in a survival situation I'd be looking for bamboo first and foremost.
Next time a liberal complains about global warming suggest planting bamboo, as it releases 7 times the amount of 02 than a regular tree does, it's a hard wood when dried and it really does have 10,000 uses...
Good stuff!
