Put your Camping tips here

twinfalls · Post by **twinfalls** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:44 am

TIP Travel light.

Real light, no non sense.

That is, on a solo trip : I carry no more than 70lbs on a four weeks canoe trip in the sub artic wilderness. This adds to 70lbs canoe & paddles.

Leave the sink at home.

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:47 am

Yes!

deschutestrout · Post by **deschutestrout** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:17 pm

hambone wrote:Yes!

Oh, boo hoo. Next time it rains you can sit in your bus.

Yes, I pack a fair amount of schtuff, especially when the boys are with me....just in case they make a momentary move from their totally hearty content to be outdoors with sticks, fire and shovels kinda mode. Funny thing is, I actually USE most of the schtuff I bring. It is time tho to pull everything out and see what's in there that I've never found much use for and could easily get by without. That will, however, create more room to pack more schtuff

. Let me know if you ever need to borrow anything Bob

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:39 pm

Geez talk about takin it personally!!

I like simplicity what can I say? It matches my inta-leckt.
Hope I don't mooch too much, I try to be mindfull of that stuff.
Why would I sit in my bus? You dig my faboo $5 tarp and found poles and ropes.

deschutestrout · Post by **deschutestrout** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:13 pm

hambone wrote:Geez talk about takin it personally!!
I like simplicity what can I say? It matches my inta-leckt.
Hope I don't mooch too much, I try to be mindfull of that stuff.
Why would I sit in my bus? You dig my faboo $5 tarp and found poles and ropes.

Jest ribbin' ya buddy. No, you don't mooch... Shoot, the beauty of these group outings is that between us, we gots EVERYTHING...even a chain saw when Gypsie's there...except the one time he "travelled light" ...when we really needed it. And, if I'd kept the chair Zane found at Pyramid, we'd have a quality poopin' chair in our stash. I even found a good place to store my new, big 'ole herkin' bow saw. Took a couple of passes at a downed tree yesterday and holllllly crap! This thing cuts! 36" blade...boowahhahahaha!

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:51 am

deschutestrout wrote:Check out this site. Great stuff. The German shovels they have are to die for...best folding camp shovel I've ever seen.

I use a WWI US shovel for camping, not folding but lotsa class. I dig war surplus stuff man:

I also found two German Army fork spoon knife combos that all fit together so you don't lose them. They look sort of like this but not with a can opener.

And my WWI German Mess kit, it does everything, food cook, food serve, make coffee:

AirCooledNut · Post by **AirCooledNut** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:22 pm

For my first post...

I see that many of you like coffee and it's an important part of your camping experience. It is for me, camping or not

From what I've read so far I see that all of you hot-brew your coffee. That requires ground coffee and filtration (hot water and a cup are a given

). I offer an alternative: Cold-brewed coffee.

What is cold-brewed coffee?
The particular system I use. I bought mine from Kitchen Kaboodle (or however it's spelled).

What's nice about it is that the coffee is concentrated and you simply add hot water to it (or ice and a couple shots of Kahlua and/or Baileys). For example, with the system I use, one ounce (like from a shot glass) of concentrate gets mixed with three ounces of hot water. So before we go camping I measure out the coffee into a thermos. Done. No filters to pack and dispose of later (for those who use paper filters) and no coffee grounds to dispose of. No percolator or special equipment, either, to pack.

Plus, it's just a smoother, better tasting cup o' joe!

Westy78 · Post by **Westy78** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:54 pm

I like that. I like it a lot. I'm going to give it a try.

Welcome to the forum. The NW contingent just keeps getting larger.

deschutestrout · Post by **deschutestrout** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:59 pm

Welcome to the forum! I'm gonna try that! Sounds like a great way to brew...at least worth a try. You comin' to the Maupin event I'm hosting? Would be a great way for you to meet a whole bunch of forum members. Tis a grand time. Father's Day weekend, Maupin...be there.

LiveonJG · Post by **LiveonJG** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:13 pm

That is intriguing; I think I'll try a cup of Jasan's.

Welcome to the forum!

-John

IFBwax · Post by **IFBwax** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:17 pm

Only problem is it says 1/3 to 2/3rds less caffeine. I need all I can get. Sounds interesting though.

deschutestrout · Post by **deschutestrout** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:35 pm

IFBwax wrote:Only problem is it says 1/3 to 2/3rds less caffeine. I need all I can get. Sounds interesting though.

Where did you read the caffeine reduction thingy? I saw 10% possible reduction...where did you read that? I need to know because caffeine is also very important to my consumption needs.

LiveonJG · Post by **LiveonJG** » Wed May 13, 2009 8:46 pm

If there's a drop in cafeine, I want nothing of it.

-John

IFBwax · Post by **IFBwax** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:47 pm

I don't know where I saw it. I searched more on it and there was a pretty lengthy article about it that said the cold coffee folks said that it cut 2/3rds of the caffeine, but the author doubted that and said it was probably only 1/3.

OK.. found it.. here's the quote:

Toddy claims to brew up two-thirds less caffeine than regular coffee; in a side-by side test using Starbucks' regular blend, the Toddy version had a pH of 6.31 and 40 mg of caffeine per 100 grams of coffee, while Starbucks store-brewed clocked in at a pH of 5.48 and 61 mg of caffeine. (Lower numbers on the pH scale, which is measured logarithmically, denote more acid.)

Here's the link:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5728227/from/RL.3/

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:56 pm

AirCooledNut wrote:For my first post...

I was wondering if you were going to show up around here sometime.

Not that I've been teh best about keeping in touch with you (or anyone..) since I had to split from the DDB shop.

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