good to hear i'm not the only one who added a closed cell pad to the thermarest!!right now i just have a bit the size of a record album cover,remember those?,that i put under my hip.
i also put blue sleeping pad over the wicker on my canoe seat and topped off the big foam bricks on the portage bar with a layer of closed cell..i got one of those at a yard sale for 50 cents and have cut it up for those projects along with a foot pad so i can keep my feet off the duff when i'm sitting on my folding camp chair.
the paddles are now used as hiking staffs on the portages.
i'm not so proud that i don't take advantage of the 5% off on Fridays at the local grocery store,thats like a free bag of chips!
but really,i'm more careful on the portages these days,that leaping from rock to rock with a 45 pound pack is now a careful step and same with ax and fire work.just a close eye on what i'm doing and no short cuts...some of that i guess is working smarter.