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Alright, went camping with my homie Jamie Friday night. And I got a few pics of the shenanigans. Not a ton, but a few. Enjoy.
Here are a few of what the area looked like where we were. Tons of Rhododendron everywhere.
Here are a few pics of my pack. Aside from the food, sleeping bag, liner, bivy, and pillow, everything else was crammed inside this. The sleeping bag and stuff was attached at the bottom via some 550 cord. So, even though the pics don't show it very well, I had in there my woodgas/sterno/alcohol stove cookset combo thing (which will be out once I get a new stove to go with the snow peak ti soloist setup) my new MSR Miniworks water filter (which worked ridiculously well), one of those shammy towel things, first aid kit, repair kit, cleaning kit, cathole trowel, gerber sportsmans saw (this thing was worth its weight in gold), Silva Ranger compass, Guyot ss bottle, GSI stainless cup, survival kit, 10' x 10' urethane coated nylon tarp, sil-nylon poncho tarp, reuseable emergency blanket, rain pants, gerber diesel, headlamp, little test tube survival kit thing I used on the August challenge, my thermals for the evening (in the pic they are stuffed into the sleeping bag), 8 tent stakes, and a green bag that had all kinds of random cordage in it and stuff. Also a toothbrush and toothpaste. The food was stuffed into the compression sack with all the sleeping gear, and included two mountain house meals (lasagna with meat sauce and scrambled eggs with ham and red and green peppers) a couple packs of cheese crackers, some jerky, and a small bag of peanuts. Also carried was my BK2 drop leg setup.
Here be my shelter setup for the evening. Nothing fancy, and I forgot my sleeping pad. (I went back to the car and got it later. Much later. Like at 11 at night later.)
Here I am feeding the BK2 so as to prevent any accidents later on.
Here is a ton of wood drying out near our reasonably sized white man fire.
And finally a couple pics of two BK2's warming themselves next to the fire.
Initially the weather forecast said a low of 38°, but at about four in the morning, Jamie got up and checked and it was around 21° or so. We didn't last much longer after that, so we hiked out, got in the truck, and headed down to the all night greasy spoon for some ridiculously good breakfast food to warm us up. Then we headed back out, grabbed up our crap, and went home for the day. Not a bad night, but certainly not the best. Lessons were learned, new gear was tested, and a great many changes are on the horizon for what all I take when I go camping in cold weather. In warmer weather this area would have been perfect, and we discussed using it for the next time we teach the wilderness survival merit badge as there was plenty of room, a creek nearby that worked very well, and some actual fishing to be done too.
Here are a few of what the area looked like where we were. Tons of Rhododendron everywhere.
Here are a few pics of my pack. Aside from the food, sleeping bag, liner, bivy, and pillow, everything else was crammed inside this. The sleeping bag and stuff was attached at the bottom via some 550 cord. So, even though the pics don't show it very well, I had in there my woodgas/sterno/alcohol stove cookset combo thing (which will be out once I get a new stove to go with the snow peak ti soloist setup) my new MSR Miniworks water filter (which worked ridiculously well), one of those shammy towel things, first aid kit, repair kit, cleaning kit, cathole trowel, gerber sportsmans saw (this thing was worth its weight in gold), Silva Ranger compass, Guyot ss bottle, GSI stainless cup, survival kit, 10' x 10' urethane coated nylon tarp, sil-nylon poncho tarp, reuseable emergency blanket, rain pants, gerber diesel, headlamp, little test tube survival kit thing I used on the August challenge, my thermals for the evening (in the pic they are stuffed into the sleeping bag), 8 tent stakes, and a green bag that had all kinds of random cordage in it and stuff. Also a toothbrush and toothpaste. The food was stuffed into the compression sack with all the sleeping gear, and included two mountain house meals (lasagna with meat sauce and scrambled eggs with ham and red and green peppers) a couple packs of cheese crackers, some jerky, and a small bag of peanuts. Also carried was my BK2 drop leg setup.
Here be my shelter setup for the evening. Nothing fancy, and I forgot my sleeping pad. (I went back to the car and got it later. Much later. Like at 11 at night later.)
Here I am feeding the BK2 so as to prevent any accidents later on.
Here is a ton of wood drying out near our reasonably sized white man fire.
And finally a couple pics of two BK2's warming themselves next to the fire.
Initially the weather forecast said a low of 38°, but at about four in the morning, Jamie got up and checked and it was around 21° or so. We didn't last much longer after that, so we hiked out, got in the truck, and headed down to the all night greasy spoon for some ridiculously good breakfast food to warm us up. Then we headed back out, grabbed up our crap, and went home for the day. Not a bad night, but certainly not the best. Lessons were learned, new gear was tested, and a great many changes are on the horizon for what all I take when I go camping in cold weather. In warmer weather this area would have been perfect, and we discussed using it for the next time we teach the wilderness survival merit badge as there was plenty of room, a creek nearby that worked very well, and some actual fishing to be done too.
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