Cold-weather Camping

“75 is chilly!!!!!”

“rad, you must be what thay call a "hottie"..
:)”

“hee hee!”

“The tent will stay warmer while its occupants are out of their bags.
Body heat and candles can make things relatively warm.
When you crawl into the bag so goes the heat.

Tarping it is good for winter as long as you keep the wind off your bag.
......and your sleeping bag too.”

“I think too cold is 15-20 below, when plastic things start breaking easily.”

“and the snot freezes in your nose and your hair turns white with frost and your cheeks get all tingly and your ass gets numb...and lukewarm coffee or coaco is just the best, well at least good enough”

“If you have candles burning in a "closed" tent, doesn't the tent fill with smoke?”

“If your candle smokes try trimin' the wick to 1/4 inch. It shouldn't smoke.”

“Cold to me is anything below zero degrees....which seems A LONG WAY OFF RIGHT NOW.......a few days ago it snowed on Mount Shasta...there was even a search for a missing climber who got lost in the white out...AND NOW ITS 103 #%^*#@% degrees!



Arrrrrrggggh














I'm better now.......”

“Cold weather is when water freezes.”

“I am going to New Hampshire this weekend, Friday thru Monday.

I have never really camped in cold weather (to me, that's anything below 45 or 50) and the forecast is for low- to mid-thirties at night.

I will be alone in a 3-man dome tent. (Hence my questions about body heat, tent size, etc. ) I may just try burning a couple of Nuwick "untippable" candles all night...or, more likely, I'll decide that it isn't necessary.”

“Two suggestions for ya Fritz; good sleeping bag, hot hands. Put the hot hands in the sleeping bag about 15 minutes before climbing into it for the night.”

“I read a bunch of cold weather stuff last year on some thread or other. One thing that I used was taking a big drink of water and eating a candy bar in the middle of the night when I got cold. Worked like magic.

I always thought that a winter tent had a full fly. We used to own a VE24 or 25. It had two windows that were round and closed with a pull cord. I think the idea was that if you were snowed in on one side you could tunnel out the other.

I am a lot happier with winter camping now that we have better clothing and better equipment. I used to find the winter nights too long--I guess I still do but since there is nothing to do about it it's a so it goes. A cold night in my desert might go down to 20 degrees.”

“Pathman,
Much thanks for the Outdoor Action link. What a gold mine! I've printed over 60 pages of info, plus about 750K in Adobe pages. Most of the info is kind of review for me, but I've never seen such a comprehensive list of great stuff. I'm indebted to you.”

“I never had candles smoke up the tent.
I only burn them when sitting awake.

Then there was bakin' the tent!
Nuttin' wrong with that!

I like to ventilate as much as possible when I hit the sack to prevent the inner roof from frosting up too bad.”

“I leave my Uco Candle Lantern on all night as it burns off most of the condensation off the roof. I also boil up an extra billy of water and stick it in a water bottle and shove it down the bottom of my sleeping bag an hour before I jump in it. It gives good drinkable water for the next day and toastie warm piggies at night.”

“Cold weather camping - I thought the title meant winter cold, not mid 30's cold! I'm still sleeping in lean-tos at that temp. And I'll be doing just that in BSP this weekend.

Have fun! Don't burn yourself up with that candle lantern in your tent.”

“I bring my -15 down bag, full ridgerest, emer blanket, smallest tent, wear a hat, clothes and clean socks, stuff my down vest at my feet, use chemical heat packs and fill a nalgene bottle with boiling water - thrown in the sleeping bag just before i get in.

We tent camp as a troop all year round.

Also empty your bladder before you get in and eat about 600 - 800 fal calories before bed.

You'll be toasty!”

“I've never left the candle lantern burning all night, but I do take a Nalgene bottle full of hot water to bed. Just makes sure that lid is on nice and tight!”

“"boing"

...Back to the top, since someone was looking for winter backpacking tips...”

“Where you headed?”

“I love cold weather camping!

Up here in Big Sky country we gets lots of snow, right-wing crazies, bull testes and very little else.”

“Don't forget our celebrities- the Unabomber. I'm sending him your address.”

“Bring on the snow!!!”

“when you are fall/winter camping and it gets into the 20's at night and you drink too many beers and realize your bladder is gonna burst but it's sooo warm in your bag! Then when you do pee you're shaking soo bad you look like a rainbird”

“We're really cold up here but

1) We have really cheap lobster

2) I only pay $3 to cut down my own Douglass Fir Christmas tree

3) We can spit on Canada from here (best part)”

“and

4) dressing up means wearing a tie with my flannel shirt”

“LOL! at least "Pedxinq" has said pretty amusing things in my (look alike) name. I really can't complain, although I'm hoping that s/he will send me the password or that Matt will cancel "Pedxinq" now that s/he has earned some laughs with it.”

“I'd send you the password but I thought I'd keep it as insurance. Sorta like J Edgar's secret files on polititians.”

“What the hell is a 'polititian'? A couple of posts as Ped and I'm spelling like him too!”

“I tell you what Ped. If you will explain a few things about backpacking I'll give you the pasword. But you will have to tell me your secrets about the difficult technical stuff. I'm talking about htings like what to do with those straps that come with the backpack and how you shell those M&M thingees.”

“ poo”

“Actually, ped, I would have messed with you more if I was smart enough to come up with a good line.”

“Oh well...that didn't work too good. he he”

“is that the dutch violin?”

“Nope, Swedish.”

“What the hell is a 'polititian'? A couple of posts as Ped and I'm spelling like him too!"
Violin
03:06:40 PM
11/30/01

You've got a few "htings" to learn: thats a politician with nipples.

Gee how many fake Violins are there?”

“I've counted three so far: the ALL CAPS, eye/el and the Swedish one.

Like they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”

“Limitation is the fatuous form of battery?”

“That's it!!!”

“Insinuation is a fabulous form of bantering?”

“Insulation is often in the form of batting?”

“LOL!

I'm hoping Matt will eliminate Pedxinq and the fake Violins.. not that it wasn't fun reading... but it makes for some extra work... and for people who can't be bothered figuring out who is real and who is fake it must be pretty off putting.”