Ultimate Camping Thread

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Yikes! Snowing at Jenny Lake still?

 

nice pics aaron! i got the same boots and they are amazing and are affordable as well. i got a lot of vids to post just havnt posted them yet.

 

Yea, the BA Insulated Air will be better during the winter months. Obiviously because of the insulation inside, lol.

But here is a link to someone selling the Clearview for $30 + shipping.

http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi...ums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=47691

 

I think I know what cave your talking about, you take the trail next to the river, right? Douglas Trail I think its called. Then its on your left. Very cool cave indeed! Nice Pics!!

 

thanks! Yeah those boots are awesome. What surprised me most was when I stuck both my feet in the waterfall inside the cave and came out bone dry.

It is right next to Osborne Bend at the Concrete Bridge. Yep thats the one. It was extremely rough getting back to camp. A lot of the trails got washed out with the recent storms and a ton of trees were knocked over. This was my first time in that cave in probably 12 years. Used to be able to walk through the whole thing without any problems. lol. Did you ever go back to the cliff (I call it Eagle's Nest. Not sure what the true name is for it though) where you overlook the river and everything? It is beautiful back there. I like that it is not an established trail. Not many people go back there.

 

All right here are some pictures. It was car camping so we did have some creature comforts. This was at the San Simeon Campgound and we visited Hearst Castle too. My buddy got his boys snipped so we didn't get to do any hiking, but the beach was a 1/4 mile away from camp





not very fun

Hearst Castle


Me in front of the amazing pool.
Kinda cool pic...







The drive back

 

awesome pics! truck looks great!

 

Nice. I use a Jetboil (similar principle). Awesome stoves. Once upon a time, I would take "real" food backpacking. Now it's a Jetboil, freeze dried, and Starbucks Via instant coffee. Gotten lazy in my old age. But it's awesome not having to do dishes!

 

That campground at San Simeon looks pretty awesome.

Tours of the castle are pretty amazing. Especially the last stop, the indoor pool.

Thanks for those Brian.

 

cant wait for my new stove to come in the mail!!! also gonna go get a new snow pea cook set to help lighten my load a bit

 

what stove did you get? Already tired of the whisperlite?

 

not really tired of the whisperlite, but its a tad bit heavy for long AT hikes. i dont know if im gonna sell it or keep it for base camping and SHTF scenarios. I just ordered a trangia stove, so that should lighten my load a bit. then im replacing my heavy coleman max cook set with either a heini pot or a snowpeak cook set.

 

that should be nice. You do the mountain house type meals right? I would just get one of the snow peak sets. I have heard pretty good things about them.

 

ya if im packin food for more than one night i go to mountain house meals. there really not that bad. when im in the good ol mountains i really only boil water and maybe cook meat one night. my buddie just got a snow peak set and its really nice there just so damn expensive

 

I was just at Costco and they had a 10 pack of Mountain House meals for 39.99. I've been drooling over the Snow Peak cooking set too...

 

NICE! thats a pretty good deal!

 

x2 thats a really good deal....i need to start collecting some up for my next adventure. the scrambled eggs and bacon is really really good btw

 

never had them but it sounds like I need to try them. were they by mountain house?

 

Ya'll ever try mre's? I was on a job that required them, and now I'm hooked. You only need water, and one pouch can fill you up all day because of all the calories. Food tastes much better than I first thought they would.

This is what we used for work, and what I've recently purchased for an emergency (earthquakes) - also stick one in my backpack whenever hiking just in case:
http://www.longlifefood.com/MRE-Ful...Long-Life-Food-Depot-Brand/productinfo/C0096/