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managed to sneak out for an overnight with my Cousin Chiristian (actually he's my nephew, but we're so close in age (8 mos. apart) we are more like cousins.
anyway we went ot my usual lake location except we decided to take a round about 7 mile hike in.. across some decent terrain.. We got to the sight about 3:00 and needed to get cracking getting camp set up and getting some wood together to get us set up for the long dark cold night ahead.. Temps dropped to around 30F and we got spit on by freezing raing for about 90 minutes in the early evening, There wasn;t much going on in terms of Skills.. althought we used a fair amount of map and compass to find our way in...
Here's the view fromt he sight when we got to camp
I laid my poncho down for a groundcloth and stuffed it with leaves ( held in place by a stick frame work onderneath the poncho, to form a sleeping pad (worked ok but not quite as god as a bow bed or a therma rest
here's the set up Nothing major just a etowah tarp stretched over a deadfall oak
We kept the fire small to conserve wood, and moved some logs real close to provide a sitting/kitchen/ work area
a little fire lay, With soem dried grass tinder.. went up with one spark
The camp being so simple was rather unobtrusive, Fromt he trai above you wouldn;t notice it unless you where looking for it.
THee where the cutting tools we used, THe hatchet and small sak are my bud's the THe larger sak and bk7 are mine
My buddy slept late
so I had a chance to enjoy a cup of coffee and some scenery
anyway we went ot my usual lake location except we decided to take a round about 7 mile hike in.. across some decent terrain.. We got to the sight about 3:00 and needed to get cracking getting camp set up and getting some wood together to get us set up for the long dark cold night ahead.. Temps dropped to around 30F and we got spit on by freezing raing for about 90 minutes in the early evening, There wasn;t much going on in terms of Skills.. althought we used a fair amount of map and compass to find our way in...
Here's the view fromt he sight when we got to camp
I laid my poncho down for a groundcloth and stuffed it with leaves ( held in place by a stick frame work onderneath the poncho, to form a sleeping pad (worked ok but not quite as god as a bow bed or a therma rest
here's the set up Nothing major just a etowah tarp stretched over a deadfall oak
We kept the fire small to conserve wood, and moved some logs real close to provide a sitting/kitchen/ work area
a little fire lay, With soem dried grass tinder.. went up with one spark
The camp being so simple was rather unobtrusive, Fromt he trai above you wouldn;t notice it unless you where looking for it.
THee where the cutting tools we used, THe hatchet and small sak are my bud's the THe larger sak and bk7 are mine
My buddy slept late
so I had a chance to enjoy a cup of coffee and some scenery
my son was in shock after seeing the pic..
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