Linville Gorge 10th Annual

“Is there a mesh top under that fly so we can see the stars? ;)”

“No, but it has a winter liner which weighs another 200 pounds.

We use that sucker at Assateague Island every August with the kitchen and one end and the Lounge at the other and tables in between.

With the sides rolled up and a good sea breeze its a good place to get out of the sun.”

“we wont need tents if our bring that one
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“We might as well make this trip a week long with all the food and that tent. We will be in good shape!”

“I second the week long trip idea.”

“Parts of the ridge pole set up are eight feet long. This thing requires a truck, y`all.”

“dang that tent is cool dude.are you folks gonna be at the same spot?and do ya have a hike planned for saturday?and do the poles in the tent rotate around when swung on?”

“R U bringing that tent?”

“that would be one big party tent. I have a heater that would he that tent...”

“You are forgetting how you carry a boat! Lay them on the roof and tie em down.”

“Is it better to sleep on a cot or on an air mattress in cold weather? I have both and wonder which would work better.”

“Tater and I have talked about this trip. Every year we plan on going and something inevitably prevents it. We are going to try again this year, but I do not think I will be hiking much by then, but I should be walkin :)”

““Is it better to sleep on a cot or on an air mattress in cold weather? I have both and wonder which would work better.”
windigrrl
11:23:17 AM
11/20/09

Air matress.”

“i think yotaman and acgirl slept on cots last year... and regretted it...”

“No what we regretted was me forgetting the poles to our tent. The big summer tent we borrowed from spam, thanks again spam, could never get warm even with the heater we had. My 15 degree bag was no match for the -4F temp we had that night. The cots did fine though, we had thick mattresses.
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“I never knew how cold it was until I got up. I have an old Moonstone with a liner to -10. I can take that down to -15 easy.”

“i was warm last yr”

“whoa, did not realize it got so cold! Sounds like, if I get to go, I will need to bring the military set up Tater gave me...othewise I do not have a sleep system warm enough for this trip! HOLY COW -4?!?!!!”

“Yep sweetpea, that was the low saturday morning. Hopefully this trip will be warmer.”

“It certainly was cold the year before last. In fact, I haven`t been out in weather that cold since.”

“hey moon shine do you have any fire wood you could bring?”

“Hey would anyone be interested in doing trail work on this trip?A government contractor has an add on Craigslist paying between 15-35 per hour for crosscut sawyers,

http://boone.craigslist.org/gov/1478220814.html”

“Hmmmmmmmmm”

“sorry no firewood.”

“i will get the fire wood
do you all think i should bring my chain saw
to cut dead wood on the ground”

“I prefer not hearing a chainsaw”

“Put your fingers in your ears and go, "La-La-La-La-La".”

“That was a perfect chance to make a snoring joke.”

“earplugs for everyone, lol.”

“ok no chain saw .. i will make sure we have fire wood that wont need cutting.......”

“I will bring my hand saw. Someone might use it.”

“I used a hand saw last weekend. It got stuck and I fell down trying to pry the log lose. (big suprise huh). LOL”

“I may be out of this trip. Won-t know until tomorrow. Waiting sux big ones.”

“How long is the hike to the campsite?”

“the camp site is a base camp .park right next to the site...”

“depends on how deep the snow is. I had to park several miles away because my 2-wheel drive van wouldn't make it up a snow covered hill. Everyone else parked inside their tents.”

“hmmmm...parking next to the camp site means I can haul all kinds of stuff.”

“its snowing here now and callin for 4inches.a few people hiking rock jock trail this sunday at 9am at south end of this trail along kistler.the road is in very bad shape now due to the hunters.it has frozen and the rutts are huge.”

“Anybody have any recommendations for a tent heater? (no wisecracks from you hyway.) I am determined to make this trip this year but I dont want to freeze to death.”

“where is the campsite, anyways? not too far from the main road, i hope. if theres any kind of white stuff or frozen stuff on the ground, my puny pt wont make it far. maybe i can buy some snowchains somewhere?”

“i will bring a set of chains for any one needing them”

“mmmm mm mm mmmmm mmmmm mmmm mmm oh la la mm mmmm”

“http://tirechain.com/

For this type of use the cables suck...I trashed a set first use 2 years ago. Get the actual chain type.

jb chains are specific to tire size though I suppose with some jerry rigging you could make something work in a pinch. Or are you talking about the strap type?”

“creek Dancer....what tent will you use? I have 7 different types of heaters and could bring the one you will need and be safe for the size tent you have.”

“whatever works sticks, i have no idea. im a suburban flatlander.”

“could i get away with getting just one set of chains, or does it really add a lot of extra traction to get both sets?”

“Crash/ You need to have both wheels in chains. It keeps your pull rotation even.
I will get there very early...if road conditions are icy I can pick you up at the head way of Kistler road. When this trip gets close to happening and you think you are going to have problems all I need to know is what time you expect to arrive? I will be there to bring you in no problem.
Moonshine will be our best advisor on road conditions.”

“awwwww. itll be like the first time we met”

“Back atya crash”

“exactly where is the campsite?”