Solo Misery Camping... - Page 3

Gus · 11-18-2010, 08:58 PM

Pogo · 11-18-2010, 09:33 PM

Really entertaining. Thanks for the videos.

DirtySteve · 11-21-2010, 05:52 PM

Know exactly where you're comin' from Gung-Ho! I often get the heebie-jeebies when I come off the stand in the evening and the coyotes/owls have made their serenade, but I've come to love it. And a special thanks to Mr. 10bears for easing my bigfoot phobia. If your AO is the Pacific NW, you should problably be more scared of serial killers than anything, but I suppose 10mm should take care of that threat.

Gus · 11-21-2010, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Gung-Ho

Well like Crocodile Dundee "it might taste like shit, but you can live on it."

What makes you think it only looks like a turd?

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Coming clean here...it was one of my wife's brownies....looks and tastes just like a turd though. (Just kidding...they are great.)

I watched a bear grills program where he shoveled a hand full of rabbit or deer shit in his mouth and ate it.

Had it running down his face, that guy will eat just about anything

Full moon camping is the spookiest for me, those shadows can be made to resemble anything the imagination conjures up.

Gung-Ho · 11-21-2010, 09:06 PM

And to think I once defended that helicopter jumping idiot.

ErikD · 11-22-2010, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Gung-Ho

...corner of bumfuck and yougotaprettymouth.

Thanks for the cool videos Gun-Ho. I wasn't aware that you lived so nearby to where I am located.

Gunpoint sodomy and "purtymouths" aside, I have camped during the winter at 71 degrees north and down to 34 degrees south, including everything in between, and have for the most part enjoyed it. The arctic winter has it's special challenges, as does the heat of the Sahara. Admittedly, the far northern stuff wasn't really of my own free will, since it was in uniform.

I still enjoy a bit of simple camping, and when all by myself I use this:

http://www.military-sleeping-bags.co...rver-plus.html

The downside is that you are very confined in it compared to a regular tent, so if you should happen to hear someone standing right next to the bivy, muttering that "you have a purty mouth", or a stick breaks right nearby in the darkness, then you are kind of stuck in a vulneable position since you can see to the side, and it isn't as quick to get out of as a regular tent. On the otherhand, it has a nice opening in the front from where you can have the barrel of your rifle or camera lense sticking out while you are warm and cozy in your sleeping bag. Which is why I bought it in the first place. It's also small and light, so it doesn't take up much space in my backpack.

However, I have generally come to appreciate creature comforts, and if given a choice, would prefer more luxery if it is available. PoGo's version of camping is beginning to look quite tempting to me.

Desert Rat · 11-22-2010, 05:45 AM

I love the looks of that little "tent," Erik, and would have had to have one if I'd seen it a few years ago.

But I never worried too much about being "confined" in anything since I discovered BIG pistols. I figured if something wanted to clamp down on me in the dark that I could jam the muzzle in his jaws and dissuade him pretty quick.

11-18-2010, 09:33 PM	#32
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,997	Really entertaining. Thanks for the videos. __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

11-21-2010, 09:06 PM	#35
Gung-Ho Confederate Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Swamps of Florida Posts: 1,327	And to think I once defended that helicopter jumping idiot. __________________ I'm a Pork Eating Crusader with a Colt .45 on my hip and bacon on my breath.

11-18-2010, 08:58 PM	#31
Gus Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 66,849

11-21-2010, 05:52 PM	#33
DirtySteve Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,798	Know exactly where you're comin' from Gung-Ho! I often get the heebie-jeebies when I come off the stand in the evening and the coyotes/owls have made their serenade, but I've come to love it. And a special thanks to Mr. 10bears for easing my bigfoot phobia. If your AO is the Pacific NW, you should problably be more scared of serial killers than anything, but I suppose 10mm should take care of that threat.

11-22-2010, 05:45 AM	#37
Desert Rat Junior Woodchuck Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,592	I love the looks of that little "tent," Erik, and would have had to have one if I'd seen it a few years ago. But I never worried too much about being "confined" in anything since I discovered BIG pistols. I figured if something wanted to clamp down on me in the dark that I could jam the muzzle in his jaws and dissuade him pretty quick.