Originally Posted By lori

A six person tent he can stand up in, two comforters, a huge rectangular sleeping bag laid open, two CCF pads over a large air mattress with a pump to fill it, and his full sized pillows.

He doesn't car camp in below freezing weather. That's when the popup tent trailer with the heater and stove comes out to play.


Wow, I'm really surprised that he went. This adds awholenother (that's a southern word) dimension to your statement "knowing how the older male on a backpacking trip after 30+ years can get".

This is why I tell people that their first trip should be to a state park walk-in site with the gear they intend to take into the woods. Their goal is to last the weekend using only the stuff in their pack. No going back to the car, the store, no yogi-ing, nothing. If they find this to be a challenge, they're probably not ready for the back country.