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Good stuff, Dagger! Thank you for sharing your list, comments and getting me thinking about my prior life in CA. I cut my teeth in the Sierra's too, from summer camps to weekends at my folks acreage (Mariposa) to years of wandering forest service campgrounds and then into the high country...

Thanks for the mental jab to Patterson, I have read and reread his work but somehow never got onto this title. Just purchased a copy for $1 on Abe Books (what a site to browse old books!)...thank you! There are some fantastic titles on this general area covering from initial explorations by...

This could be a good thread, unlike the 1-3 man backpacking style tents, which are well covered in many other forums and at least one recent post here... I have a Kodiak Canvas 10x10' (which is a nice enough tent w some faults for sure) but you almost need a separate porter to carry it, suitable...

There are a few of us who are crazy enough to want to be out on the water year round, when and where possible. Hard water has it's own rewards and the camping can be enjoyable, after a fashion, in a hot tent. Food tastes better, the night skies are darker, the coy dogs howl louder and the...

heh, heh, heh...got plenty of those...!

This is a look at that drive this week...no endless crawling line of campers, RV, guys towing fishing boats... (This is the highway out of Anchorage on the way to Homer or Seward or other points on the Kenai Peninsula. ) Bird Point rest area.

Just the drive out of Anchorage past the last real town road...eye opening, then the next 50 miles or so - BREATHTAKING!!! (Turnagain Arm, a glacial fjiord) Trip to Homer is definitely worthwhile...stunning views all around, great fishing, wildlife, sea kayaking in the bay, water taxis to...

Thanks Doc. I was unsure about what mixture others had used. Always am going to remember to treat Linseed oil and rags w utmost care against spontaneous ignition. Last time we treated an old tarp we hung it outside in the sun just to help build the materials warmth and hopefully increase...

Like a lot of other things in life, 'size matter's' when using a ferro rod and striker - more so when you are cold, wet or have old and arthritic fingers... the larger rods now popularly available (to me) are so much easier to grasp and strike onto, since you are already probably kneeling next...

We've had wool blankets, fleece w windproof shell and a TADV brand technical fleece blanket. All are useful and pleasant in and out of the tent, but are somewhat bulky depending on how you are getting into your camp (driving, sledding, snowmobile). As far as insulation with your plan, it...

Toss up for me between an insulated mug for my hot drinks - and a custom lathe built 3 LED flashlight that is super small, super neat...use both all the time and both give me equal pleasure w just how good and useful they are.

I have a larger 10 x10 Kodiak, it's now the only tent my wife will sleep in. One inherent issue in the design, when it rains...you better have that front fly over the door set up, otherwise the upside down pyramid design is not a good setup for rainy conditions. We spent one week in the ADKs...

Not hero's per se, but heavy, influential and life long 'guides'... For me, growing up in the dry glaciated mountains of California; the range of light - Sierra Nevadas -the travels of John Muir, the photography of Ansel Adams, literally, right out our back door... Then it was the incomparable...

(Shamefaced here)... I have two tents that cost over $1000 each. And my wife makes sure I use them, too! Or else!

Now I know where my missing welding blanket went..;)...good idea to protect the ground and tent materials from excess heat and sparks. That's a good looking traditional style wall tent - Panther or Tentsmiths or? The only thing missing in that pretty scenery shot is more tents...maybe we...

If we are in spring or fall car camp, then a cot is almost a given now, especially if the wife is travelling for all or part of the trip. Any travel by sled for us, the cot gets left behind (bulk, weight) and the sleep system for a typical 0F night is two CCF mats side by side, a poncho liner...

And you keep 'abusing' that poor little dog?! Hope she doesn't ask for a new DAD for Christmas...;) Prior to my first Yukon rafting trip, the leader had everyone jump in the water w life jacket, shorts and a safety rope...once my privates returned to their prior position, I had a new respect...

That seems to be a decent deal for the price. There was a thread on a winter camping forum and most of the posters seemed to agree that a more modern pulk and harness or the non-rigid plastic toboggan was the most useful for hauling and back country pursuits. The weight of the surplus unit...

I assume you have been into Hoss's Country Store there...hard to come out of there without some damage to your CC...books and more books!

Course at that time of year (to use and need the wood stove) you are going to be extra careful, cautious about picking your route and staying closer to shore...but stuff happens. From a fellow I traveled with once...he tied all his large items w a nice long length of pack cord and on the end...