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#72314 - 09/02/06 05:01 AM Re: Where, What materials & Mosquitos
Angel Offline
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Registered: 06/17/06
Posts: 192
I for one have no problem with you Boacrow. I know it's hard to talk with someone that thinks they are a genius and knows everything as ironraven claims. Claims, I might add are a little hard to believe. I've seen no proof of anything ironraven claims. Bad manners does not a genius make. An overinflated ego is an ugly thing, ironraven , maybe you should take it down a few PSI. I look forward to your pictures as I have no doubt that your claims are possible. I have seen it done.

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#72315 - 09/02/06 05:19 AM Re: Where, What materials & Mosquitos
bmisf Offline
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Registered: 03/19/03
Posts: 185
And, boacrow - I'd welcome your pictures should you post them. I'm sure I'd learn something.

I'd even take you up on your challenge (as long as we left the cigs behind ;-)

Cheers.

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#72316 - 09/02/06 05:33 AM Re: Where, What materials & Mosquitos
Boacrow Offline
journeyman

Registered: 08/18/06
Posts: 85
I'd love to leave them behind but I must admit that would be a bad thing for me to do. That is one of the few crutches I have and I am not the most friendly of people without them. Although if you know of something that can help me quit I would be very grateful. It would have to work really well though

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#72317 - 09/02/06 06:15 AM Re: Where, What materials & Mosquitos
Leigh_Ratcliffe Offline
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Registered: 03/31/06
Posts: 1355
Loc: United Kingdom.
My Grandfather smoked from when he was 15 to when he retired at 65. Looked at the size of his pension, looked at the cost of a packet of fags. Quit cold.
One of my colleges discovered the hard way that he had a choice: Quite smoking or die.
They can do it, you can do it.
To misquote Nitcheze ( I think I spelt that right) Ubermersh conquer them selves, Untermersh don't.
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#72318 - 09/02/06 07:27 AM Re: Where, What materials & Mosquitos
aloha Offline
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Registered: 11/16/05
Posts: 1059
Loc: Hawaii, USA
My dad, like Leigh's grandfather, smoked from his teens until he retired at age 65. I think the secret is my mom would let him smoke in the house so he quit cold turkey!

Boacrow, if you are married, have your wife nag you to quit, to not smoke around her, to not smoke inor around the house and you will probably quit smoking or the wife. <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

I would love to see your pictures and/or video. I am here to get ideas and learn stuff. And maybe add a little, if I can, to the mix. I think I am a pretty smart guy too, but never too proud to learn something new. Like I tell me kids, EVERYONE has something to teach. It is up to us to learn.
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#72319 - 09/02/06 07:28 AM Re: Where, What materials & Mosquitos
aloha Offline
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Registered: 11/16/05
Posts: 1059
Loc: Hawaii, USA
By the way, I am not sure about you guys, but somehow, this posting has gone into widescreen mode where I not only have to scroll up and down but left and right too.
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#72320 - 09/03/06 12:43 AM Re: Where, What materials & Mosquitos
massacre Offline
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Registered: 12/07/05
Posts: 781
Loc: Central Illinois
Yeah, that's a royal pain. Angel posted a long link and didn't encapsulate in UBB. The parser shows it as one long string, unfortunately. I doubt it can be edited this long since the post by anyone other than a moderator, but it sure is maddening. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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#72321 - 09/03/06 05:33 AM Re: My latest outing
picard120 Offline
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Registered: 07/10/05
Posts: 763
I found boatcrow posting fascinating. You mention of being wet in shelter and tent. Your tent probably didn't have an awning.
what type of tent and brand did you use?
What brand and type of sleeping bag did you use?
I always use synthetic mummy type bag rated at colder temperature for extra protection.
Watershoes aren't suitable for camping. They are strictly use for the beach. You should have worn sturdy leather hiking boots. I wear full grain leather boots. I use professional North Face 2 person mountaineering tent. I got it on sale for 300 bucks. The normal price was $500 canadian squid.
Whenever I select equipments, I don't skimp on critical items such as sleeping bag, tents, stove. I bought most of my gear from Mountain Equipment Coop in Canada. The coop makes the latest and best equipments at reasonable price compare to other US brand names.
I always laid out my stuff on the floor before packing. I pack critical items such as knifes, food, and stoves on toop of packpack.
A tent is essential item for wilderness outing. A hiker can reduce the threat of bear entering camp by cleaning his utensils & cookware, clothes before nightfall. I went on canoe trip once which everyone ate fish for dinner. We clean all utensils with bleach & soap throughly to ensure no fish odour sticking to cookware. all the clothes on our back were put in bag because they had fishy smell. We put 2 bags to seal out the odour. The camp fireground was cleansed of fish parts. We never had a bear wandering into the area. Bear can smell fish odour within 2-3miles of campground.

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#72322 - 09/03/06 06:10 AM Re: My latest outing
Boacrow Offline
journeyman

Registered: 08/18/06
Posts: 85
The quality of gear wasn't the problem. It was the humidity that was killing me. I wasn't bundled up in a sleeping bag, I was laying on top of it as a sleep pad.
The tent didn't leak, the rain fly functioned exactly as intended, there just wasn't enough ventilation. It was a sweatbox. The shoes I had on I was wearing in a creek while panning for gold. I wasn't clear on that I know. My bad. outside of the creek I either go barefoot, or wear boots or shoes whichever one is more appropriate. As far as bears go, we don't have very many around here. We do have a few but probably fewer than 2% of the population will ever see one or even see signs of them. They are truly rare here. In fact, they are so rare, I only know of a couple of people who even believe they live here and even they have never actually seen one. Even so, I did carry a .44 with me although it's mostly for plinking. I don't like to kill if I don't have to. I do like to target shoot though. Actually the biggest predator we have here that we are likely to see is a bobcat. They are so shy around here that very few people see them either. They are in abundance though. We also have racoons (which I livee trap and relocate on a regular basis) and that is where the biggest problem comes in. They are just curious and will rummage through anything. I've always put stuff up though so it's never been a problem. The biggest thing that worries me oddly enough is deer. I have had several of them walk up to me when I was obscurred by bush or something. That's something I do not want to tangle with. Most of the other stuff I can handle to some extent. I have handled dangerous animals for a long time but the biggest I have had to mess with is like rotweillers or pythons. A deer is much bigger (than the dogs anyway) and his head is covered with points! One of those could easily get the upper hand on me especially since I don't have any experience handling live ones. Animal attack is still low on my list of priorities though since contact is minimal. Snakes, scorpions, spiders, none of those bother me. I'm more likely to get bit at home in my own bedroom than I am in the woods. The biggest thing I worry about is heat and cold. The rest I can take care of with no problem at all. Temps are only a mild annoyance though. As I said, we have a really mild climate here so if it gets too cold I light a fire and if it gets too hot I jump in the creek, lake or river. It's really easy to camp here. Very friendly environment. The thing with the tent bugged me because it had cooled off enough to make the creek uncomfortably cold, but the tent was unbearably hot. The only option was to sweat it out or open the flaps and flood the tent.

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#72323 - 09/03/06 07:25 AM Re: Where, What materials & Mosquitos
jamesraykenney Offline
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Registered: 03/12/04
Posts: 316
Loc: Beaumont, TX USA
I for one would love to see the pictures...

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