Winter weather walking gear kit

[Iowatech]

Re: Winter weather walking gear kit

It's the squirrels man! Once they know you are stranded in the wild, they will form an alliance with the bunnies and chipmunks to take your shit! You just don't know!

After all, squirrels are just rats with a fancy hairdo.

[brewster67]

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I find cold is relative. 0 to -20 is good camping weather up here. No mosquitoes.

[Debs1964]

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I find cold is relative. 0 to -20 is good camping weather up here. No mosquitoes.

Coldest I've camped in is -12C (February), used to go camping between Christmas and New Year too

[fixthecopier]

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Coldest I've camped in is -12C (February), used to go camping between Christmas and New Year too

Camping would be OK except for the lack of 4 walls, a roof, plumbing and electricity.

[Akitu]

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Campers have to be a little extra cautious around here. Set up camp in the wrong area and you'll have one hell of a pissed off wolverine to deal with. Those things are crazy aggressive and highly territorial, with adult males having a territory up to 25 kilometers wide and will attack just about anything from black bears to large farm equipment.

Set up camp in the wrong season and well, you know, the cold and all...

[brewster67]

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The other advantage to camping in the winter is bears hibernate.

I don't have to worry about anything getting near camp with out me knowing about it. I have about a dozen dogs stacked out. We get plenty of warning of any visitors.

[blackcat4866]

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The other advantage to camping in the winter is bears hibernate.

I don't have to worry about anything getting near camp with out me knowing about it. I have about a dozen dogs stacked out. We get plenty of warning of any visitors.

Like this?

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[Debs1964]

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Campers have to be a little extra cautious around here. Set up camp in the wrong area and you'll have one hell of a pissed off wolverine to deal with. Those things are crazy aggressive and highly territorial, with adult males having a territory up to 25 kilometers wide and will attack just about anything from black bears to large farm equipment.

Set up camp in the wrong season and well, you know, the cold and all...

But the worst we have to deal with in the UK is rabbits coming in to eat your food during the night, hardly a scary thought. Even when I wild camped alone at the top of a mountain earlier this year I wouldn't have had anything worse than a sheep coming near me

[brewster67]

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Like this?

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There I times I wish I could store them like this. Spell correct doesn't work when I type the wrong word.

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This is how we travel.
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This is a guy staked out on a camping trip.

[slimslob]

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There I times I wish I could store them like this. Spell correct doesn't work when I type the wrong word.

But proof reading does.

[Iowatech]

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Campers have to be a little extra cautious around here. Set up camp in the wrong area and you'll have one hell of a pissed off wolverine to deal with. Those things are crazy aggressive and highly territorial, with adult males having a territory up to 25 kilometers wide and will attack just about anything from black bears to large farm equipment.

Set up camp in the wrong season and well, you know, the cold and all...

The worst I've ever run into like that were badgers, and I considered them quite sufficient. Critters that didn't have nearly the range of wolverines (it is more tropical here, and as such I guess wildlife doesn't require as vast a territory in this area), but they were quite fearless for their size.
Therefore, you win.
And before anybody else chimes in, the badgers I am talking about are not people who live behind the cheddar curtain. As I no longer live in Illinois, I have the greatest respect for people in Wisconsin.

[Akitu]

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The worst I've ever run into like that were badgers, and I considered them quite sufficient. Critters that didn't have nearly the range of wolverines (it is more tropical here, and as such I guess wildlife doesn't require as vast a territory in this area), but they were quite fearless for their size.
Therefore, you win.
And before anybody else chimes in, the badgers I am talking about are not people who live behind the cheddar curtain. As I no longer live in Illinois, I have the greatest respect for people in Wisconsin.

There are some badgers here as well, but they're like kittens compared to a wolverine.

[CompyTech]

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Winter gear here:

Jacket for morning and night - Check.

T shirt for day time - Check.

68 degrees in December... Go figure..

As far as outdoor camping goes.. Not for me, I like civilization too much. Here in the south the worries are: heat and humidity in summer, mosquitoes(disease), snakes(rattle, copperheads, water moccasins), spiders, even wild hogs.. And in rare cases, gators if you're near a river.

[blackcat4866]

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I must say I don't see the charm in winter camping, or any camping for that matter. I have a nice warm home and bed. I have nice cooking facilities. So instead I would buy expensive gear to go outside and sleep on a rock or wet, eat partially heated or cold food, and generally be uncomfortable on purpose.

Nope. Not me. =^..^=

[Iowatech]

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[QUOTE=blackcat4866;448767go outside and sleep on a rock or wet, eat partially heated or cold food, and generally be uncomfortable on purpose.=^..^=[/QUOTE]

Except for missing the tear gas chamber and setting up a GP Medium, that might be the best description of Annual Training that I've ever seen! How did you know?