hikerduane

re: long nights snow camping. Yeh - the further north you get the worse it is. Anyway if you have a friend, take a lantern and a deck of cards and some dice. I love to cross country ski by headlight or better by moonlight without the head light. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I think melting water is maybe the number one winter camping activity as far as time goes. Afer that you can always go through your gear and write noes about what to leave at home and what you should have brought instead. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Brings up a point. I have written myself trail notes to avoid a problem the next trip, and read the notes and [thinking from a city point of view] decided the notes were wrong and took the same stupid thing again. Your "City Logic" and "Country hand - meet - face" are pretty different. That is what always makes me suspiscious of hyper UL gear lists - like are they totally virtual? Can I get points for having a 4 pounds virtual pack even if I don't own any gear? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />