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/ ***************************************************************************
While waiting for some more snow to fall, CHUCK_at_multitech.com writes: << Here are a few advantages of winter wilderness camping: >> With blue lips from just thinking about winter camping, Sandykayak_at_aol.com wrote: >GREAT, Chuck, bet you get other advantages from the list. Of course you >neglected to mention the bit about freezing your tushie off! I was horrified >about the thought of sleeping under a tarp - not even tent walls???? EEEEK. Sure, less condensation that way! I've had a few cold nights when I didn't have adequate ventilation and the bag got all clammy--with the doors and windows wide open, it's actually warmer! >So, all you winter nude sleepers. What happens when you need to tinkle? Wear down booties to keep the feet warm, and pee fast! >Sandy Kramer who loves living in the tropics Shawn Baker who thinks the tropics are a nice place to visit, but loves living in colder climes! -- 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/ ***************************************************************************
One winter camping tip. Take care that you do eat a little power- snack before crawling inside your sleeping bags: extra energy during the night helps you keep the bag warmer. I am going out to the SW Archipelago, to island of Jurmo to photograph and test my sleeping bag. Night temps below 32F, I think, and at the beginning of the week winds were up to 28 m/sec (whatever that is in knots), so no kayaking ..let´s see... Ari - Baltic Sea loving the cold and dark *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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