Camping and Backpacking GEAR thread

I will be headed to Zion in late April. First time going to Zion and very excited.

 

Hell yeah. It is probably my favorite place. It's ridiculously crowded nowadays, but last April is wasn't terrible. Hopefully this year is similar.

 

Submitted my mt Whitney dates!

 

Sometimes you get a little bored. I wanted to see how this would work out. Damned good!
Filled the stove half full of yellow heet and got two pot fulls boiled. Now this isn't a field test of course. Temps close to 70 outside and not certain about water temps but probably 60ish.

 

It was a damn good morning.

This was my Saturday in Sedona setup. I'm doing a photo series with another member called Coffee Anywhere. This is a full espresso setup. Its all manual and what I use at home without the snowpeak stove. But it's fun to take it out sometimes.

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Awesome picture! Love Sedona and coffee!

 

I always say I have too much stuff when camping.

Then someone posts pictures of their coffee "setup".
Puts things in perspective.

 

When I camp I don't usually bring this stuff. This was just a fun morning run of Broken Arrow before everyone got out there. I think we are heading out to White Pocket next

 

I plan to go to White Pocket when I am back in AZ/Utah next.

 

Very nice setup! Where did you find that table? It looks very handy with the adjustable legs.

 

It's a REI brand table. It folds up to the size of a standard camp chair. I picked it up because of the adjustable legs so I could use it with those little REI Flexlite chairs. I think this replaced it.

https://www.rei.com/product/765280/...aMeioeRDLMqA26vyTR-ktjzAmOE1vBnhoC6pcQAvD_BwE

 

Nice! what dates? I submitted JMT lottery but so far only denied emails. hahahaha. but I got permits for Kearsarge and exiting Whitney for July 13. Last section of the JMT.

 

Whats the mileage of that like?

I randomly selected weekend dates to just do overnights and summit mt whitney.

Fri-sun
Aug 31
Oct 5
Aug 3
Sept 21

Hopefully i get one of them lol

 

Hopefully you get them! Kearsarge to Whitney will be 50mi about. im allowing myself 6 days on the permit but will prob finish in 5.

 

How will you set up your shuttle or drop off/pick up?

 

From what I read, there are shuttle services that will take you from whitney portal to onion valley. I will most likely look into one of those. Or may give hitch hiking a try for the first time. hahaha

 

Where can I find that info?

 

I went in September and it wasn’t bad at all.

 

I am not a hardcore camper but I like comfort as I get older.

I repurposed a marine Force 10 BBQ. Instead of living its life on a sailboat rail it now lives in my race trailer making burgers. Nice little setup with a hose for running off of a 20lb tank or portable bottles like pictured.

Got a Yeti 75 for Christmas. Perfect companion for the Force 10. Trailer has a custom aluminum frame for my Serta pillow top. I have 4 X 100w Renogy solar panels, 1000w pure sine wave inverter, 2X 150ah 12v deep cycle golf cart batteries (soon expanding to 4X). Custom aluminum workbench / toolbox with compressor mounted on anti vibration mounts.

Trailer is getting the roof insulated with semi rigid fiberglass board with aluminum kraft on one side. Not sure what I will skin the interior roof with. Either 18ga aluminum or maybe fiberglass board. Similar for the walls. Front v-nose is getting custom aluminum cabinet / entertainment center for a 32” lcd tv and all of my solar hardware.


Now this is my start getting back to camping. I am slowly getting ideas together for making an all aluminum teardrop camper so that as my 3 year old and I can go camping without bringing the racetrailer. It will have running and heated water for showering and a crude swing out toilet. Something we could go cross country and self contained. Not sure if it will be trail capable or just fire road capable. Solar capability and other than getting fresh water completely self contained. I hope I can filter and treat water from any source short of salt water. Some of the items the rest of you have may be incorporated into my many builds so I may steal the ideas as nessecary.

 

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