8 Responses to “Wilderness Adventure - The Gear List”

1. 
   nickmc
   Oct 5th, 2006 at 00:53:17

   what about for when you gotta go #2? i cannot stress this enough: you need a shovel and some tp. unless you just wanna leave ‘er where it lays when you take a deuce, i suggest the wipe and bury. there’s nothing worse than waking up in the morning to the birds chirping; only to have that tranquility shattered by stepping in last nights donation from the fudge factory. also,after you drop your little brown babies off at the pool no one likes to sweep the hershey highway with a leaf. what if you grab the wrong one and get butt-rot? even those cartoon bears on tv freshen up the fuzzy flatunator with charmin! another option when mining for doo doo nuggets is to just burn it. sure it might make your food taste a bit nutty, but what do you expect from squirtin’ brown in the camp fire. maybe that’s a bad idea; don’t make wee in there either ‘cuz that’ll make your coffee taste like beer and cigaret butts. so yeah, keep charmin and a shovel handy for when you poo, dump, shart, crap, make man manure, or just dunk the dirty dutchman. no one wants a turd between their toes when you break camp. enjoy!

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   Chris
   Oct 5th, 2006 at 08:04:08

   Lol, thanks for sharing that wonderful and descriptive insight, Nick. You are the one with experience on Hershey highway, so we all should listen to what you have to say I’m way ahead of ya, though. TP and trowel are already packed.

3. 
   David
   Oct 5th, 2006 at 22:48:21

   So after seeing the tent you have I think you will be just fine becuase that is the same tent Paul and I both got. Packs very nicely, double wall keeps out the water when it rains and when it is cool in the morning, and it’s all light weight. I can tell you, you’ll have no problem putting your rain fly, footprint, and tent in the stuff sacks you have. Those the same ones Paul and I got this past weekend to use. Let me know how it all is. That’s a nice looking pack as well….

4. 
   Chris
   Oct 5th, 2006 at 23:02:33

   yeah, I’ve already tried packing the tent and rain fly in the stuff sack, and they all go fine. I might even have some extra room, for extra food

5. 
   jenhardy
   Oct 19th, 2006 at 17:31:10

   I assume you’ve already purchased all this stuff, but I wanted to make a few suggestions in case you haven’t. I absolutely love slumberjack for sleeping sacks. I’ve tried other brands (northface, REI, etc.) but really think my slumberjack is the best. Light weight, warm, has a lovely little foot vent since I hate my feet getting too warm when I sleep.

   Also, if you got to an REI garage sale, you can get a much better deal on a very nice new tent. I just got a northface spectrum 23 for 123$ it was brand new and perfect!

   happy camping!

   –jen

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   Chris
   Oct 21st, 2006 at 10:36:44

   Thanks for the suggestions, Jen. I don’t have an REI anywhere near me, but my brother has been keeping an eye on the sales at the store in Nashville. The sleeping bag I got right before the trip was 50% off, so there are definitely good deals to be had.

7. 
   JenHardy
   Oct 23rd, 2006 at 11:02:34

   have you tried campmor.com? They often have better prices and sometimes free shipping deals.

8. 
   Chris
   Oct 23rd, 2006 at 22:33:15

   Hmm, I think I may have stumbled onto that website before, but didn’t look around long. Maybe I should have. Free shipping - nice!

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