It never occurred to me to post how to clean my JetBoil, sorry about that. I usually take a full scotch-brite pad, the ones with detergent in them, cut a small square out of it, and pack it in a zip top bag.

When I need to scrub the pan/pot/plate I pour some water in it, turn the JetBoil on for a second to heat the water, then use the pad to scrub. For stubborn stuff the process may have to be repeated. When it is clean I rinse off the soap with water and let it air dry.

I have been using the same soap pad for two seasons now. I would also encourage you not to get the soap in or around a water source. I do not think it would cause issues but it is better to be safe than sorry.

If I have time this week I may put together a small video on how I clean it. Oh and another thing, when you get back to civilization the pot, plate, pan, and utensils can all go in a household dishwasher.

Great ideas for breakfast cooking, but nothing about cleanup. What do you use for cleanup - sponge, soap, towels, etc…?

Thanks again for the series!

I only know how to tie 3 knots (well, and the one you use for you shoes), but most importantly, I can un-tie them all easily.

While the guy is a nut, and no one could backpack with the load you’d have to carry to do the stuff he suggests in the video, there is a Cliff Jacobson video called “The Forgotten Skills,” in which he shows the three knots I know (heh, that’s why I know them), and a nifty 2-tarp setup that lets you build a fire at the edge of a tarp, and vent the smoke out a hole between the two so you don’t get smoky. I’ve never tried it, but have always thought it’d be something worthwhile if one were with a group and going to spend a full day in one site.

Yet another aspect of my character you can blame on the Boy Scouts

You are absolutely correct, I need to learn to tie better knots. When I was a kid the Boy Scout troop desolved before I was old enough to join. I know that is not a good enough excuse, but that is what I am going with

Ryan is a master knot tier and someday soon we will get together and do a full knot tying episode.

You are correct about my knots being hard to untie, they are; I have just become use to it. You also made a good point that the tighter the tarp the less possibility of getting wet. Thanks for watching the show and for the excellent comment.

There are a lot of things you can do to your tarp to make it both more flexible and more weather resistant. I won’t get into all of them in this comment but I think the biggest thing that would help you would be knot improvement. I also cannot tie fancy knots. I work with our boy scout troop here on campus, and they can all tie lots of fancy knots - they just can’t un-tie them. I would think your knots would be quite difficult to un-do, and also keep you from getting a really taut pitch. The tighter your tarp is, the smoother it is, so water rolls off quickly, and can’t soak through (with a heavy tarp like you used, probably not an issue, but I use a lightweight tarp).

If you learned to tie a “truckers knot,” you can use that to tie to the trees, and get basically a little pulley giving you a 2:1 mechanical advantage tightening the rope. Then you can get your tarp drumhead tight (you probably could tighten it enough to tear it). You can tie it off with a quick release, so in the morning you just pull on the loose end and it comes un-done. I’m sure there’s a nice tutorial somewhere on the net showing how to tie it.

I use that knot any time I tie a rope from my tarp to something else, so I can adjust the tension very easily. Very handy for when the wind picks up in the middle of the night unexpectedly, and usually from a different direction than you expected, and accompanied by rain or sleet.