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My son and I squeezed in a quick trip this weekend
especially tough considering all the other crap going and other commitments! Hes only 14, but is pretty darn comfortable in the outdoors
We decided to do a little stealth camping and I wanted to try out the new OR Bug Bivi (not that the bugs were very bad at all). Temperatures were in the upper 30s at night; no precipitation in the forecast simply beautiful conditions.
This is a close state park and only a few designated camping areas we had to stay near one, but planned to set up our camp just outside of sight of the camp area and trail. There were some large rocks we were able to use for cover and we didnt make a fire; we just used alcohol stoves. This was a little training for my son to work on leave no trace and work on his noise and light discipline. There were no hikers this far out and there was an adequate water source about 100 yards down the hill from our bivouac area.
My son fell in love with my Mystery Ranch 3DAP, so I picked one up for him last year when I returned from Afghanistan; theyre perfect for these types of short trips especially when youre scouting off-trail and beating some brush. He is also borrowing my tan HPG Kit Bag like father, like son!
Ill have to add another picture of the gear; nothing spectacular but just about perfect for the 3DAP and a two-three day trip:
We didnt get out until about an hour before sunset yesterday. It was more of working on our camp set up than anything else. Some work on filtering water and doing some different tarp setups. It was a short but good trip
Kit Contents:
Pack is a Mystery Ranch 3DAP with an Osprey water bladder.
Shelter:
Multicam Swack Shack
Some solo-tent footprint
OR Bug Bivy
Exped UL7 sleeping pad
Sea to Summit Micro McIII (28-degree rated) 850+fill down bag
Cord/guy-lines
Water Kit:
Sawyer squeeze filter (two squeeze bags)
Nalgene 1-liter water canteen
Pattern 58 NATO canteen with plastic cup and Crusader canteen cup w/ lid
Stove:
Trangia alcohol stove with 8oz fuel bottle (enough for 2-3 days)
Snow Peak spork
Packed clothing:
Issued multicam Soft Shell parka
Cabelas fleece pullover
Ibex light-weight wool hoodie
Minus-33 light-weight wool long underwear
REI wool socks
Fleece watch cap
Silk bandana
Recon Wrap/neck gaiter
Small foodbag, enough for 2-3 days (Mt. House, oat meal, hot-chocolate, coffee, trail mix, ProBarsx2, beef jerky )
Shortened Cold Steel Frontier hawk
Fiskars trowel
Bahco Laplander folding saw
Streamlight headlamp
FAK
I was wearing some Marmot soft shell pants, wool T-Shirt, Craghoppers synthetic long-sleeve shirt, wool socks and some Merrell hiking boots; synthetic ball cap, Mechanix gloves and Liger belt.
On my person was my custom Martin Knives BT belt knife/system, Emerson CQC10, Bic lighter and chap-stick.
We both wore HPG Kit Bags, one of the better CCW systems for backpacking. I was packing my dedicated Glock 23 and few other items:
ROCK6
We decided to do a little stealth camping and I wanted to try out the new OR Bug Bivi (not that the bugs were very bad at all). Temperatures were in the upper 30s at night; no precipitation in the forecast simply beautiful conditions.
This is a close state park and only a few designated camping areas we had to stay near one, but planned to set up our camp just outside of sight of the camp area and trail. There were some large rocks we were able to use for cover and we didnt make a fire; we just used alcohol stoves. This was a little training for my son to work on leave no trace and work on his noise and light discipline. There were no hikers this far out and there was an adequate water source about 100 yards down the hill from our bivouac area.
My son fell in love with my Mystery Ranch 3DAP, so I picked one up for him last year when I returned from Afghanistan; theyre perfect for these types of short trips especially when youre scouting off-trail and beating some brush. He is also borrowing my tan HPG Kit Bag like father, like son!
Ill have to add another picture of the gear; nothing spectacular but just about perfect for the 3DAP and a two-three day trip:
We didnt get out until about an hour before sunset yesterday. It was more of working on our camp set up than anything else. Some work on filtering water and doing some different tarp setups. It was a short but good trip
Kit Contents:
Pack is a Mystery Ranch 3DAP with an Osprey water bladder.
Shelter:
Multicam Swack Shack
Some solo-tent footprint
OR Bug Bivy
Exped UL7 sleeping pad
Sea to Summit Micro McIII (28-degree rated) 850+fill down bag
Cord/guy-lines
Water Kit:
Sawyer squeeze filter (two squeeze bags)
Nalgene 1-liter water canteen
Pattern 58 NATO canteen with plastic cup and Crusader canteen cup w/ lid
Stove:
Trangia alcohol stove with 8oz fuel bottle (enough for 2-3 days)
Snow Peak spork
Packed clothing:
Issued multicam Soft Shell parka
Cabelas fleece pullover
Ibex light-weight wool hoodie
Minus-33 light-weight wool long underwear
REI wool socks
Fleece watch cap
Silk bandana
Recon Wrap/neck gaiter
Small foodbag, enough for 2-3 days (Mt. House, oat meal, hot-chocolate, coffee, trail mix, ProBarsx2, beef jerky )
Shortened Cold Steel Frontier hawk
Fiskars trowel
Bahco Laplander folding saw
Streamlight headlamp
FAK
I was wearing some Marmot soft shell pants, wool T-Shirt, Craghoppers synthetic long-sleeve shirt, wool socks and some Merrell hiking boots; synthetic ball cap, Mechanix gloves and Liger belt.
On my person was my custom Martin Knives BT belt knife/system, Emerson CQC10, Bic lighter and chap-stick.
We both wore HPG Kit Bags, one of the better CCW systems for backpacking. I was packing my dedicated Glock 23 and few other items:
ROCK6
