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Headed out with a light load

Riley You'll love taking a less than normal load. It is quite liberating.
 
oh boy, i shoulnt have read that Moose goo disructions,

all this camping talk makes me want to get out!


Have fun, bee safe.
 
revhard05 said:
oh boy, i shoulnt have read that Moose goo disructions,

all this camping talk makes me want to get out!


Have fun, bee safe.
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I have yet to make the stuff, since it has so many damn calories lol. I'd eat a cup of it and my caloric intake would be like 4000....and that'd just be a snack. Seriously though, I think that will be my camp food from now on.
 
RR go for it have fun and you better not show up back with out pics lol. Any ideas what you are going to do about food??? I would second just from what i would do is to take an extra pair of warm socks and head cover... I would bet it would be lots of fun..

sasha
 
RescueRiley said:
should be sunny skies.... lows around 48 at night

..but I'm not sure if there are any insustrial toxins..that might not boil away...
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Charcoal can take away most chemical toxins. (don't EMT's know that stuff?) Crush firepit charcoal into a fine powder, mix a couple spoonfuls in and filter it a couple times through a bandana. The water may look a little grey.. but you won't taste it... And ingesting some charcoal can actually help detoxify your body too!

Rick
 
Just wondering, how light are you actually going? I'd be interested to see you post your complete weight of everything you are carrying as it would be at the trail head, including water and bedroll. I'm just curious, at how much that bedroll adds to your load..
 
stingray4540 said:
Just wondering, how light are you actually going? I'd be interested to see you post your complete weight of everything you are carrying as it would be at the trail head, including water and bedroll. I'm just curious, at how much that bedroll adds to your load..
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did you make a psk? are you close to home, so that you can bail if the weather gets really bad?
 
I've endured some harsh weather up there in the past.. several torrential rains with lightening and heavy winds and a few heavy snowstorms.. With little more than a poncho.. Or small tarp or a natural shelter.. so I'm not overly worried..
Sounthern Cross I'm tghinking about it....
 
Valcas... I'll be at my usual spot the first night... but I'm connecting with some folks the second night.. So I might be moving... Not sure yet.
 
Magnussen said:
And ingesting some charcoal can actually help detoxify your body too!
Rick
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I wouldn't recommend ingesting charcoal. However, if detox is what you are after, then there are therapies associated with using it as a sepository. Of course that constitutes a specific subset of contaminants. In today's culture, the term detox has taken on a voodoo like definition, taken to mean 'anything bad for you'.

Anyhow, have a good time RR. Very unlikely that industrial water contamination is that much of an issue unless it is a major draining point for such activity. If it is a lake in the wilderness surrounded by trees, you are probably fine.
 
kgd said:
I wouldn't recommend ingesting charcoal. However, if detox is what you are after, then there are therapies associated with using it as a sepository. Of course that constitutes a specific subset of contaminants. In today's culture, the term detox has taken on a voodoo like definition, taken to mean 'anything bad for you'.
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Any particular reason?..... After being taught that by my mentor, I scoured the web and found nothing but good things.... aside from ingesting too much and vomitting. Hospitals use it on hyperacidic, overdose patients and even poisoning victims as both a vomit inducer and detox therapy.

If there is something I don't know... I wanna know... you know?
 
Magnussen said:
Any particular reason?..... After being taught that by my mentor, I scoured the web and found nothing but good things.... aside from ingesting too much and vomitting. Hospitals use it on hyperacidic, overdose patients and even poisoning victims as both a vomit inducer and detox therapy.

If there is something I don't know... I wanna know... you know?
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I would also like to have this clarified since it could be useful information.
 
Activated charcoal is used in many ems systems as a means of absorbing ingested poisons.... on a molecular level it has numerous ridges which give it a tremendous amount of surface area to absorb toxins..my wife and I use charcoal pills to treat upset stomaches with good success.. THe problem with using charcoal in the wild would be a the possibility of ingesting coal from a potentially toxic source
 
are there any side creeks flowing into the lake that don't have development upstream? This would help avoid the problem of any chemical contaminants.
Looking forward to hearing how it goes!
 
Riley pretty much nailed the charcoal issue. It's not an herbal remedy and not something to be used willy-nilly. The activated type (the type you buy) is specially detoxified and processed to maximize the surface area for binding (it's enormous). If you take too much you can get some pretty intense constipation as well. The stuff you buy is not the same as the stuff you pull out of a fire, which may (and likely does) contain other toxins.

The only reason I can imagine to have it around is if you have curious pets or children who eat odd things.
 
Riley and Spook... That makes more sense when you put it that way... I guess the stuff from the fire pit would be a gamble on purity. Pine wood have alot of residue, I bet.

hmmmmmm, great... more thinking to do.... thanks alot:grumpy:



Rick
 
Magnussen said:
Riley and Spook... That makes more sense when you put it that way... I guess the stuff from the fire pit would be a gamble on purity. Pine wood have alot of residue, I bet.

hmmmmmm, great... more thinking to do.... thanks alot:grumpy:



Rick
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IIRC, which I probably don't, oak and some types of willows are alright to use in a pinch for charcoal treatments.
 
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