Campin' and fishin' with...DAY 2

"Jonathan Cook" wrote in message
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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...

I don't get it either? Here's a list, as best I can recall:

backpack--Eureka "Sovereign III" 7400? or 7500? cubic inches don't know
weight
tent--light-weight Mountain Hardware "Trinity" maybe 5lbs
sleepin' bag--Slumberjack double bagger, but I only carried in the one of
the bags 2lbs?
bed roll--ThermaRest 25"x76" (I think)
stove--Primus Himilayan and two small fuel canisters
water filter--PurHiker
lamp--Coleman small head that scews directly to bottle
lamp fuel--Coleman large bottle
small camera--digital (no longer functioning properly)
2 pans--light-weigh metal
2 plates lrg.--" "
2 pair of pants
2 pair of socks
2 pair of briefs
1 snake bite kit
1 9mm hand gun w/ spare 15 round clip
1 5-gal. collapsable plastic water container
2 fly rods
2 reels w/ extra spools
small amount of cornmeal, sugar, salt pepper
Kitchen sink
Percolator Large
2 metal coffe cups
2 sets of plastic fork, spoon, and knife Coleman
1lb. of Folgers Columbian coffee
16 AA bateries
huntin' knife
belly pack full of flyz and accoutrements
3 packs large of tuna in foil container
2 single boxes of saltines
2 freeze dried meals
3 metal grills small
platypus drinkin' thingy
Nalgene water bottle
assortment of bandages
eight pound bowlin' ball
magnesium strike thingy
pocket knife
4 packs of Marlboro
5 Black and Tan cigars w/tips
6 Hersheys with almonds
3 Butterfingers
very light-weight rain jacket
more flyz
tooth brush and paste
bar of soap
couple or three rags
extra baseball cap
light-weight hip waders Orvis nylon stocking foot style
wading boots--Simms (heavy)
2 16.9 oz. bottles of water
a few other misc. items?

Op

"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote in message
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I don't get it either? Here's a list, as best I can recall:

backpack--Eureka "Sovereign III" 7400? or 7500? cubic inches don't know
weight

O.k., there's your problem. Backpacks abhor a vacuum.

Somewhere around here I've still got an old Kelty Serac (circa 1975). If
memory serves, it's got something like 4400 C.I. capacity. This was more
than enough room to carry WAY more **** than I ever needed for a week to ten
days in the field.

tent--light-weight Mountain Hardware "Trinity" maybe 5lbs
sleepin' bag--Slumberjack double bagger, but I only carried in the one of
the bags 2lbs?
bed roll--ThermaRest 25"x76" (I think)
stove--Primus Himilayan and two small fuel canisters
water filter--PurHiker
lamp--Coleman small head that scews directly to bottle
lamp fuel--Coleman large bottle
small camera--digital (no longer functioning properly)
2 pans--light-weigh metal
2 plates lrg.--" "
2 pair of pants
2 pair of socks
2 pair of briefs
1 snake bite kit
1 9mm hand gun w/ spare 15 round clip
1 5-gal. collapsable plastic water container
2 fly rods
2 reels w/ extra spools
small amount of cornmeal, sugar, salt pepper
Kitchen sink
Percolator Large
2 metal coffe cups
2 sets of plastic fork, spoon, and knife Coleman
1lb. of Folgers Columbian coffee
16 AA bateries
huntin' knife
belly pack full of flyz and accoutrements
3 packs large of tuna in foil container
2 single boxes of saltines
2 freeze dried meals
3 metal grills small
platypus drinkin' thingy
Nalgene water bottle
assortment of bandages
eight pound bowlin' ball
magnesium strike thingy
pocket knife
4 packs of Marlboro
5 Black and Tan cigars w/tips
6 Hersheys with almonds
3 Butterfingers
very light-weight rain jacket
more flyz
tooth brush and paste
bar of soap
couple or three rags
extra baseball cap
light-weight hip waders Orvis nylon stocking foot style
wading boots--Simms (heavy)
2 16.9 oz. bottles of water
a few other misc. items?

Hm.......how many troops were you planning to support for how many days?


THREE grills? SIXTEEN AA batteries? Two 17 oz. water bottles, a nalgene
bottle, a 5 gallon jug, a Platypus, AND a water filter?

Wolfgang
what?......no ice? how did you keep jeff's beer cold?

On Mon, 1 May 2006 18:36:00 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote:


"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote in message
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I don't get it either? Here's a list, as best I can recall:

backpack--Eureka "Sovereign III" 7400? or 7500? cubic inches don't know
weight

O.k., there's your problem. Backpacks abhor a vacuum.

Somewhere around here I've still got an old Kelty Serac (circa 1975). If
memory serves, it's got something like 4400 C.I. capacity. This was more
than enough room to carry WAY more **** than I ever needed for a week to ten
days in the field.

Well, yeah, but how big and heavy are a single change of Barbie clothes
and a Malibu Stacy Happy Lil' Cheesehead Fondue Set? Heck, surgically
remove your ego and give you an enema, and he could pack you yourownself
in a snack-sized zipper bag with room to spare...

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On Mon, 1 May 2006 18:36:00 -0500, "Wolfgang" wrote:


"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote in message
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I don't get it either? Here's a list, as best I can recall:

backpack--Eureka "Sovereign III" 7400? or 7500? cubic inches don't
know
weight

O.k., there's your problem. Backpacks abhor a vacuum.

Somewhere around here I've still got an old Kelty Serac (circa 1975). If
memory serves, it's got something like 4400 C.I. capacity. This was more
than enough room to carry WAY more **** than I ever needed for a week to
ten
days in the field.

Well, yeah, but how big and heavy are a single change of Barbie clothes
and a Malibu Stacy Happy Lil' Cheesehead Fondue Set? Heck, surgically
remove your ego and give you an enema, and he could pack you yourownself
in a snack-sized zipper bag with room to spare...

Well, I never had to lead men into the breach.

Wolfgang

On Mon, 1 May 2006 18:35:06 -0400, "Mr. Opus McDopus"
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Kitchen sink

Thought we wouldn't notice that, right?

Percolator Large

Why large?

1lb. of Folgers Columbian coffee

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

huntin' knife

eight pound bowlin' ball

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

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?

--

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

"Cyli" wrote in message
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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

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.

"rw" wrote in message
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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.

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

"Mr. Opus McDopus" wrote in message
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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

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