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Discussion in 'Non-Dama Drama' started by Congarranza, May 23, 2017.

  1. Congarranza

    Congarranza DS Legend

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    I'm going camping in July: Sequoia National Park. It'll be bear season! I have the essentials: tent, sleeping bag, boots, and kendama.

    What do you like to pack when you head out? Want to talk about your gear? What do you never leave without?
     
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  2. theligitchriswhit

    theligitchriswhit Honed Member

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    Toilet paper
     
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  3. SkilloverTalent

    SkilloverTalent n00b

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    Apples, but I always forget them at home. :/
     
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  4. SkilloverTalent

    SkilloverTalent n00b

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    Bear spray, bug spray, ant spray, sibling spray, bear mace, tan spray, hair spray, sunscreen, sun spray
     
    May 24, 2017
  5. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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    Never leave for the wilderness without your kendama, titanium kettle and stove, and Aeropress kit.
     
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  6. Congarranza

    Congarranza DS Legend

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    Is your spray apple scented? You can downsize a little if it is.
     
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  7. J-Swish

    J-Swish Honed Member

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    Sleeping pad. Your back will thank you.
     
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  8. Duke Dean

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    I do trail running, all you need is trail running shoes, shorts,pants,a light jacket and a head lamp
     
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  9. Cheech_Sander

    Cheech_Sander Administrator Staff Member

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    In a wilderness area you guys should be using wag bags! pack it in, pack it out, even if its poop!
     
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  10. Cheech_Sander

    Cheech_Sander Administrator Staff Member

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    I recently did some snow camping with @Grandpa Sandz .

    We wanted to summit and ski 13,000' Red Slate Mountain, which is usually done in 2 days. We got up above 10,000' and dug a snow pit to camp in, but around 4am the winds started howling and a late season snow storm shut us down. Major bummer bc I have been wanting this peak for years.

     
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  11. theligitchriswhit

    theligitchriswhit Honed Member

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    Oh, I've always just dug a hole. That's what people tell me to do. I guess I'll try this though.
     
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  12. Cheech_Sander

    Cheech_Sander Administrator Staff Member

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    @theligitchriswhit digging a hole is cool in National Parks and BLM land. Wilderness areas you're required to carry your shit out (although I don't anyone would ever bust you for it)
     
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  13. theligitchriswhit

    theligitchriswhit Honed Member

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    @Cheech_Sander okay, I always go camping in a campsite where there is an out house or they let us dig holes. But alot of outhouses because I'm in boy scouts, that is why I said toilet paper in the first place(the outhouses we normally have don't have toilet paper)
     
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  14. Congarranza

    Congarranza DS Legend

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    You still need toilet paper if you dig a hole!
     
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  15. Guy LaBorde

    Guy LaBorde Honed Member

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    Interested by this, so I asked my dad who was a wilderness ranger, and worked for the forest service for 40 years. he said that cat holes (digging a hole) are fine anywhere except the Whitney Trail. Around the Sierras (Inyo) that is. He also said that it is only due to the higher level of use in the Sierras that they enforce this, so I'd assume other places are lenient about it.
     
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  16. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    Gearhead here so: Knives, lights, fire starter, first aid kit, compass, map, signal mirror, water purification, camelbak, paracord, carabiners, spork, sierra cup. . . sherpa. Part of it depends on where I'd be going, how many people I'm with, and how long I'd be gone. Never leave without: knives and flashlights but that applies to daily life too not just camping. Also a believer in "2 is 1 and 1 is none" for critical items.
     
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  17. theligitchriswhit

    theligitchriswhit Honed Member

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    Yeah I know, I bring toilet paper Everytime I go camping. It has alot of uses so we call it ap paper or all purpose paper.
     
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  18. Cheech_Sander

    Cheech_Sander Administrator Staff Member

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    i love how this turned into a thread about poop
     
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  19. Congarranza

    Congarranza DS Legend

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    #PWP
     
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  20. Congarranza

    Congarranza DS Legend

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