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jeff wrote:
Tom Nakashima wrote:

"Jonathan Cook" wrote in message
...

75 pounds!?! For a 2-day trip?

Holy smokes. I don't think I even own 75lbs of camping
gear in total.

Tom, help Op out here!

Jon.
OTOH, I'm never messin' with Op...I couldn't even lift
his pack off the ground, much less carry it a mile...




OUCH, 65 lbs overweight.
http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Backpack_005.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Backpack_Scale_002.jpg

Actually I got my pack under 10 lbs. when I decided not to bring the
stove and fuel.
That's for 2.5 days. Sometimes it's fun to rough it.
-tom

2.5 days with only one mountain house pack? i'd be thinkin donner party
dining about 1 day in. otherwise, i'm fascinated by the puzzle of
optimum lightweight camping. hope to try it some more. however, i can't
sleep in those mummy sacks...i need a lightweight rectangular sleeping
bag. any suggestions?

Cheap, light and the shape you're looking for:
http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/st...berId=12500226

On the completely opposite end of the pricing spectrum:
http://www.westernmountaineering.com...2&ContentId=21

FWIW, the Campmor bag uses 550 goose down. Western Mountaineering bags
use 850+ down. I'd say the Campmor bag rating is a little on the
optimistic side, and the WM rating on the conservative side. I have a WM
Megalite bag, and it's VERY warm, packs down incredibly small, and is
about as light as they come.

brians

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"Cyli" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 1 May 2006 18:35:06 -0400, "Mr. Opus McDopus"
wrote:



Kitchen sink

Thought we wouldn't notice that, right?

Just checkin'.


Percolator Large

Why large?

I like a lot of coffee and I believed the same for Mr. Miller. Regardless
of how large my coffe pot was going to be, I knew that I would be carryin'
in many more pounds of stuff than I would actully need or use. However, not
havin' camped in many a moon, I figure that I we eventually learn what I
really want/need and pare down as time and campin' trips goes by. Another
thing. I now know that I can carry a third of Mr. Miller out of the Pisgah,
if need be!

1lb. of Folgers Columbian coffee

For only 3 days? Geeze. Maybe little ziplocks with lesser amounts of
coffle in them?

What can I say; I like my coffee. But you are right, I did have leftover,
so next time I will take less.

huntin' knife

eight pound bowlin' ball

Thought we wouldn't notice this, either, eh?

I had to account for random readers

pocket knife

If you've got a pocket knife, what would you need the hunting knife
for? Skinning out the grizzley you shot before you drained it in the
sink and had it for dinner?

Huntin' knife doesn't have a tooth-pick, scissors and tweezers. Pocket
knife is no good for throat sliting!

Op

r.bc: vixen

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Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:

I like a lot of coffee and I believed the same for Mr. Miller. Regardless
of how large my coffe pot was going to be, I knew that I would be carryin'
in many more pounds of stuff than I would actully need or use. However, not
havin' camped in many a moon, I figure that I we eventually learn what I
really want/need and pare down as time and campin' trips goes by. Another
thing. I now know that I can carry a third of Mr. Miller out of the Pisgah,
if need be!

The last pack trip I was on, we had the meanest mule in the herd carry
the iron stove. He was one miserable SOB. You're invited on the next
trip, and we'll give that mule a break. I think he's learned his lesson.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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"rw" wrote in message
nk.net...
Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:

I like a lot of coffee and I believed the same for Mr. Miller.
Regardless of how large my coffe pot was going to be, I knew that I would
be carryin' in many more pounds of stuff than I would actully need or
use. However, not havin' camped in many a moon, I figure that I we
eventually learn what I really want/need and pare down as time and
campin' trips goes by. Another thing. I now know that I can carry a
third of Mr. Miller out of the Pisgah, if need be!

The last pack trip I was on, we had the meanest mule in the herd carry the
iron stove. He was one miserable SOB. You're invited on the next trip, and
we'll give that mule a break. I think he's learned his lesson.

Well you know the saying: It takes a "miserable SOB, to know one."

I pass on the campin' invitation, as I prefer to camp with less pretentious
fishin' partners.

Love,
Op

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briansfly wrote:

jeff wrote:

Tom Nakashima wrote:

"Jonathan Cook" wrote in message
...

75 pounds!?! For a 2-day trip?

Holy smokes. I don't think I even own 75lbs of camping
gear in total.

Tom, help Op out here!

Jon.
OTOH, I'm never messin' with Op...I couldn't even lift
his pack off the ground, much less carry it a mile...





OUCH, 65 lbs overweight.
http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Backpack_005.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~tomnak/Backpack_Scale_002.jpg

Actually I got my pack under 10 lbs. when I decided not to bring the
stove and fuel.
That's for 2.5 days. Sometimes it's fun to rough it.
-tom

2.5 days with only one mountain house pack? i'd be thinkin donner
party dining about 1 day in. otherwise, i'm fascinated by the puzzle
of optimum lightweight camping. hope to try it some more. however, i
can't sleep in those mummy sacks...i need a lightweight rectangular
sleeping bag. any suggestions?


Cheap, light and the shape you're looking for:
http://www.campmor.com/webapp/wcs/st...berId=12500226


On the completely opposite end of the pricing spectrum:
http://www.westernmountaineering.com...2&ContentId=21


FWIW, the Campmor bag uses 550 goose down. Western Mountaineering bags
use 850+ down. I'd say the Campmor bag rating is a little on the
optimistic side, and the WM rating on the conservative side. I have a WM
Megalite bag, and it's VERY warm, packs down incredibly small, and is
about as light as they come.

brians


thanks...the "packing down small" is a priority. i need the space for
food. g $129 vs. $330? doubt i'll do much serious cold weather
camping in my remaining years.

jeff

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"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote in message
...

I pass on the campin' invitation, as I prefer to camp with less
pretentious fishin' partners.


He didn't invite you to go fishing, he invited you to be the jackass :)

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On Wed, 3 May 2006 17:47:37 -0400, "Mr. Opus McDopus"
wrote:

(snipped)

Huntin' knife doesn't have a tooth-pick, scissors and tweezers. Pocket
knife is no good for throat sliting!

Op


So true, unless they're already unconscious or dead.

And I forgot to mention that I've enjoyed the pics and the trip
reports from you guys about it all.
--

r.bc: vixen
Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher, etc..
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless. Really.

Don't ask me what time it is lest I'm of
a mood to tell you how to make a clock.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

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On Wed, 03 May 2006 21:25:13 -0400, jeff wrote:


(snipped)

doubt i'll do much serious cold weather
camping in my remaining years.

jeff

But having a very warm sleeping bag is great. If the weather is too
warm, you just leave it open or even sleep on top of it. Certainly
beats those nights when it's just a sliver of a shiver too cold and
you try to huddle around your own self inside your bag.

But I'm a freeze baby...
--

r.bc: vixen
Speaker to squirrels, willow watcher, etc..
Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless. Really.

Don't ask me what time it is lest I'm of
a mood to tell you how to make a clock.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli