Re: [Paddlewise] speed it up

I believe that on our Nome-Russia trip my two accomplices and I managed
to reduce the camp set-up & tear-down times to about 1 hr.  This was
only managed through cooperation and planning.  For example, set-up
involved the other two immediately setting up the tent and me starting
to cook dinner.  This operation actually probably took only about
20 min., from landing to eating a hot dinner.  Of course, settling in
and
journalling, etc. took the rest of the evening.

Breaking camp was made much more efficient by making lunch and
breakfast,
both designed to be cold meals, the night before.  All gear was packed
the night before also, so that only 1 or 2 bags needed to be packed
in the morning.  The morning's activities only involved eating
breakfast,
taking care of personal hygene, disassembling the tent, and packing
the boat.  This last was optimised after a few days, and only took
about ten minutes.

I have to say, however, that there wasn't much time to smell the roses
in the mornings.  We did manage to get some nice early starts, in 
hopes of calmer weather.

Regards,

Dave Carlson

"Richard G. Kemmer" wrote:
> 
> ----------
> Mike wrote:
> > Somewhere way in the past, I was taught that the tent should be the first
> > thing up and the last thing packed.  I follow this rule religiously and
> > many people think I'm nuts.  I'm glad to hear someone else does something
> > like this.
> >
> Absolutely.  Also agree with putting tarp up first if you have one, but never carry one except for ground use.  Would like to see this thread expanded to discuss order of breaking camp.  Fascinating to watch friends who habitually do things exactly backward from my modus operandi, yet wind up breaking camp in the same two hours.
> 
> Rick
> 
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