Ultimate Camping Thread

Haha thanks

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E4GFKzJ-xs&feature=youtu.be

I finally put together a little video of my trip to the Grand Canyon. I just used the gopro editing software and one of their templates so its nothing special or all that great but still entertaining to watch. Enjoy

All of the videos were taken on my and my girlfriends GoPro cameras

 

The kid pack is pretty awesome!

 

Great video! Are you going to make a longer version? Thanks for putting that together

 

Nothing much but we went camping in PEI for the play on street hockey tournament. Truck was loaded to death and still stock gears with 285s. Worked alright

 

Maybe, I need to have somebody who is somewhat decent at putting videos together help me. Ill be getting more footage from one of the other people that went soon too. I have around an hour of good footage (little boring stuff) right now so I have a lot to work with.

 

Well, I'd say the bit you had was interesting and good too. I suck at putting together videos myself. I shoot for 2-3 minutes.

 

WOW!!! So sketchy going down the canyon in a yak. I did a 8 day trip 20+ years ago on one of those huge rafts. That was crazy enough going through some of the knarliest rapids. Very cool. Thanks for the post.

 

Going down in the duckies is awesome! They're the most fun by farits really not as sketch as they look. I'm glad everybody is enjoying my video

 

I see people with them all the time where I hike every weekend. They are pretty neat. Not going to let a kid keep me inside if I can help it

 

hows everyone doing!? Haven't been on in a while because I have been so busy lately but I have done a few backpacking trips around the Red River Gorge. I finally decided to bite the bullet and make the switch from my 9 year old Kelty Tioga external frame pack to a newer internal frame. Haven't been able to test it yet but am headed down to the Gorge next week where I will be able to test it then

Kelty Coyote 80.

 

I have that bag! I love it so far.

 

I like that color. I also like external pockets. They add to the weight but they're convenient. How much does it weigh? 80L is pretty big. Do you fill it, long trips, kids?

 

MTgirl,

Clean up can be again in the ass. Are you camping out of your truck, back packing?

 

Last time I went camping/offroading, I heated some tamales on the engine. Worked out great. I was able to make about 6, and it took about 3 hours.

Unfortunately, I was limited to just foil and wire. But I may try to find a way to put a basket in there. Problem is that the 2nd gen engines don't have a lot of heating area for cooking.

 

Ok, I just found this thread so, here is my setup.

Pack:
Osprey Talon 22 or Osprey Aether 60

Tent:
Nemo Galaxi 2P (Earth color)

Hammock:
ENO Singlenest (need rain fly and bug net though)

Sleeping bags:
Mountain Hardwear Ghost (-40)
Mountain Hardwear Phantom (32)
Kifaru "Doobie"

Stove:
Jetboil

Knife
Ruger Gunsite Scout rifle
Camping cookware
Waterproofed strike anywhere matches
Dry natural tinder in a waterproof bag
Chemical tinder
First aid kit
Compass
Map
GPS
Sunglasses
Sunscreen
Water (2x Nalgene bottles)
Coffee
Just add water pancake mix
Syrup
Eggs, pre cracked into another Nalgene bottle (depending on the time of year)
All natural peanut butter
Summer sausage
Etc
Etc
Etc

 

Fair enough.

That being the case you may want to consider a big ass breakfast with lots of protein, carbs and good fats supplemented by protein/energy bars throughout the day. Sure, you still have to clean up from B-Fast but that is only 1 meal.