Daisy
there you ago again, are you saying that there is a diffenercence between theory and practice?

So as I said, I've always know when I was going to spend the night out. I had a camp in the muntains above my parents house where I could hitch hike 25 miles and then hike into and often I hiked in there with nothing by star light, but when I got to my camp there was a tent, bed and a sleeping bag, water filter, lantern etc.

It was the poorly planned nights out where I intended to spend the night out, but had no idea what I was in store for, like camping on top of the snow at the base of the Eiger at -40 and having my sleeping bag buried in the snow. I hope I lived to tell about that one.
Jim