Ultimate Camping Thread

This is what I sleep on most every night:



Old-school Coleman bag, inside of that, a Thermarest ultralight air mattress, and a proper feather bed, which is doubled over. !!!

That's plenty of mattress, even for a truck bed. I don't feel the ridges in the bed floor at all.

Still, I have another bag on top of that, and a thick wool blanket. And a couple fleece blankets that are normally stowed.

Having spent many...MANY...nights up in places like Desolation, Shasta, the Cascades, and such...with lesser gear, in the dead of winter...My rig is more than enough to cope with the cold.

That said, I'll have to get back to all yall on how my setup performs in places like Alaska.

 

Thinking about picking this up with a gift card



http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Harness-Package-Reviews/Petzl-Corax-Kit

 

Summer is finally here . Can't wait for this weekend.

 

Hasn't it been summer for awhile now? It was in the 70s 80s last week

 

We got snow today and suppose to get some more this weekend

 

We need some of that out here.

 

Ive looked at a similar harness, being able to tighten it on both sides would be nice. I would just try to hang in the same one before you buy it. I don't know anything about that belay device but its probably almost the same as an atc so it will work just fine

 

1 week and counting until I leave to go white water rafting in the grand canyon!

 

Cool, post some pics when you get back. Never done it, but always wanted to! Isn't it a 1 year wait?

 

Yup works just like an ATC

http://www.petzl.com/en/outdoor/belay-devices/verso

 

Im going to, videos of all the rapids and pictures of anything else. I'm not sure I'm doing this through work. I dont know if they've had to wait on the permit that long or not but they do this trip every year or every other year. There are only 2 permits a day so a year wait doesnt surprise me.

 

I went and looked at everything at REI and really liked it all. I am with you on the waiting for a deal. I missed Mossejaw's 30% everything sale a few weeks back I haven't climbed in years (10+) but I am hitting the rock gym later this week with a buddy. I'll most likely be sticking to the gym for a few month to get back into it and gain skill but I do really want to get into outdoor climbing.

I have no problem buying only new gear. The gear for climbing is inexpensive then other hobbies I have haha

 

Also saw this shirt today at the store

 

love it!

 

so this weekend i had a major issue i hiked part of the at trail and some connecting trails....
stayed at a shelter along the trail.....
problem really really miscalculated how much water was needed
it was a longer hike then expected due to some minor miss guided steps.....
temps were allot hotter then expected.....
and i left my life straw in my day bag.......
no metal cup to boil water......
was severely dehydrated by end of hike on sunday to camp site
to the point where i was light headed, down right dizzy at times
was hoping for rain
i was on the verge of drinking untreated from the small brooks in the area.....
this will not happen again.....
after making it back to camp it took me about 1-1/2 hours to fell right again
im sure it didnt help that i was wasted friday night and took off early next morning alone while the 2nd member of the hiking party would not wake up and i was not going to ruin my trip by sleeping all day...
overall had a great hike.....it really brings out your senses alone in a desolate area in bear country

found some other hikers brand new phone and was able to get it back to him via park rangers which was nice as well.......

so what are you using for hiking water filtration ........
think i am just going to buy a few more life straws and just keep one in each bag so this does not happen again......
i like the life straw as we have lots of streams and brooks in the northeast and south...
whata u all think

here are some pics
The shelter
Notice the sat tv


Nice crapper and bear box



This really was the nicest shelter i have seen or stayed at



Fat man and slippery dew covered slick rock makes fun mornings
Some scrambles




Found this snake about 5' long
He was kool
http://youtu.be/U1c_qwO5bPE

 

Life straws are a great back up. Maybe even a primary, IDK. I use a pure katadin when the water could be funky. If we're high up in the Sierra just tablets or nothing at all.

 

They are $$$ and bulky tho correct ?
And we do that in the adirondack
But wouldn't do that where i was

 

Yes, all 3- big, bulky and about $70. I picked mine up for less than half that. And that was about 12 years ago. My girlfriend is more comfortable filtering unless we're up real high. We just moved to Arkansas and don't trust the wAter sources where we've been.

I did a bit more reading on the life straw. That thing is pretty awesome! I believe I'll be getting a few in the future.