RE: [Paddlewise] speed it up

I usually re-pack most of my stuff before going to bed the night before on
most of my trips. Additionally, when I'm planning on an early launch, I plan
on a simple breakfast, either cold or using hot water (oatmeal, for
example). When I get up, I start the stove (the water would have been in the
kettle from the night before), then pack my sleeping bag, and break down the
tent, pack it, relieve your bladder and change into paddling gear by the
time the water has boiled. We eat breakfast out of a cup so that we have one
cup and one spoon per person, plus the kettle; pack those dishes together,
dirty. All of this takes 30-60 minutes - usually 30 minutes in the summer
and closer to 60 in the winter. The big thing is to hustle and be aware of
the time, it's real easy to kick back, enjoy the scenery talk to your
friends and an hour slides by, needless to say, you probably only want to
hit hustle mode when you need to, otherwise enjoy the morning.

Probably the most important part is having most of the gear packed or at
least in dry bags before you go to sleep the night before, otherwise you
find yourself running around looking for things or trying to decide where to
pack them when you're still not awake and in a hurry.

I also admit that with big groups or with certain people on the trip we
never seem to be able to break an hour, and more often hit the 90 minute
range.

-Saul
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From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of
Tomckayak_at_aol.com
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 7:45 AM
To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subject: [Paddlewise] speed it up


How long does it take you to take down camp on a long kayak trip? What do
you
do to speed it up if you have to get off the beach fast?

I was on a two week self-contained kayak trip this summer.  We were moving
camp every day if weather allowed. But for the most part we took our time,
had a hot breakfast, and were on the water by 0930 or 1000. One morning the
two of us needed to get on the water early. We were up at 4 AM, had a cooled
breakfast, broke down the traps, loaded up and paddled away at 6 am. So it
turned out that even when we where trying it still took 2 hours!

Tom Cromwell
Edmonds, WA.
USA
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