Chuck Holst wrote: >Here are a few advantages of winter wilderness camping: > >1. There is little competition for campsites. >2. There are no mosquitoes or other noxious insects. >3. The bears are sleeping in their dens, so you don't have to hang your food. >4. You can bring frozen food without worrying about it thawing -- French >silk pie, for instance. >5. You don't have to wash your dishes -- just scrub them out with snow. >6. There is plenty of clean, fresh water around you -- you only have to thaw it. >7. You can get by with a tarp instead of a tent, at least, in the woods. >8. You can tow your pack on a sled instead of carrying it. >9. You can go places on skis or snowshoes that you can't in summer, such >as marshes and swamps. >10. Animal tracks are easier to see -- on one winter trip in the BWCA, I >saw hare, bobcat, otter, deer, and wolf tracks all on the same day. >11. Snow-covered terrain is beautiful. 12. You only have to travel half as far to feel the same solitude because nobody else is out there. Not to mention the fact that you only go half as far as you would in the summer due to heavier clothes, heavier gear, and shorter daylight! Gotta love it. 13. Number 1 cure for cabin fever. 14. Guaranteed to have no gas or electricity for Y2K if you camp out on New Year's eve, so no worrying whether or not it'll happen. Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Nov 30 1999 - 14:22:12 PST
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