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winter backpacking
Lara:
There's a whole tent vs tarp discussion here:
http://thesurvivalpodcast.com/forum/index.php?topic=19882.0
Personally, I don't light any flame inside a tent ever. Not only am I tying up perfectly good hemoglobin with carboxy- instead of oxy- (when I'm usually at high altitude, and could really use as much oxyhemoglobin as I can get), there's also the fact that even though they're flame retardant, tents can still burn. I'd rather be a little cold, frankly, but to each their own.
surfivor:
winter back packing is tough because it's harder to go ultra light. I have an insulated mattress, but it was expensive and it's a bit bulky. My sides get cold kind of easy and it effects my sciatic nerve and causes pains in my back/lower sides. This can start to happen if I spend alot of time in the cold.
These are interesting topics for general survival in SHTF as well.
I've spent alot of time winter camping, but mostly from a car or RV.
A 3 pound wood stove for back packing ? Now I have seen everything. So I figured out that it is a kifaru stove. Very cool, seems like great survival gear to think about getting for winter survival/camping. Never heard of a modular sleep system before either. Great gear ideas. I have different sleeping bags, nothing modular. I wounder what are some good modular systems out there ? That supertarp has a place for the stove pipe to pass through ? Almost makes me want to go winter backpacking or something that otherwise doesn't appeal to me a whole lot.
Some interesting ideas here, got to admit ..
I bought a bag rated to 20 below zero a couple of years ago ..
Andy in NH:
--- Quote from: surfivor on December 19, 2010, 04:26:03 PM ---I wounder what are some good modular systems out there ?
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Kifaru Regulator System
--- Quote ---That supertarp has a place for the stove pipe to pass through ?
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My other picture didn't show the annex which has the stovepipe port.
surfivor:
hey Andy,
Those pictures are both part of the super tarp ?
I haven't been looking to spend alot more money, but with the economic situation and all I may take out an early withdrawal from my IRA.
Some of this kifaru stuff seems like a great survivalist investment here in the northeast and as good an investment as buying gold coins. I am wondering if I should buy some of this stuff and will probably be seriously thinking about it. Makes me feel like if I took off into the woods in mid winter, I'd have half a chance to not be totally miserable if I had a little portable woodstove .. I'm not sure how long a stove like that could really last or if you could patch it if holes burned into it, but I was amazed that stuff like this is out there ..
I went on the kifaru site and saw how the pipes roll up which was another amazing thing ..
Andy in NH:
--- Quote from: surfivor on December 19, 2010, 06:48:23 PM ---Those pictures are both part of the super tarp ?
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Yes, the annex is a separate piece so that you can use the tarp itself in more temperate weather.
--- Quote ---I haven't been looking to spend alot more money.
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One thing about Kifaru gear - it's pricey. It is all made in America and they need to pay the workers an American wage.
--- Quote ---I'm not sure how long a stove like that could really last or if you could patch it if holes burned into it, but I was amazed that stuff like this is out there ..
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Another thing about Kifaru gear, re: the stoves - they are very well constructed. They are made from stainless steel. I've never seen or heard of a stove (or stove pipe) burning through.
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