packing goodies and camping style
There are several distinct styles of llama packing. One extreme is gourmet; the other is frugal.
One takes everything, the other does not build a fire, eats cold "stuff" and sleeps on the hard ground with skimpy pads and sleeping bags.
We are maybe on the high side. Being old folks, we love our collapsible cots (meaning a little bigger tent). We usually take a two-burner propane stove, an old coffee pot to stick into our evening fire, stools, and table, and even take a collapsible stool and seat to use as a toilet. (Decadent, yep, but after a few days out it is a wonderful luxuary.)
We love out outback oven.
Depending on the trip, we will include a cooler for frozen items. Late in the fall or when we are going into weather that will be really cold, we have an outfitter tent with a small wood stove that we have taken with us. Having to huddle under a tarp in a drizzle for a couple of days is not nearly as nice as sitting on stools around a hot wood stove. We have done both, the latter being much more pleasant.
My wife sleeps cold, so for a number of years she has taken a hot water bottle. I toss and turn too much to combine sleeping bags. She prefers the hot watter bottle.
The downside of our decisions about equipment is -- the more "stuff" the more llamas. The more llamas, the more planning, the more impact, and the more possibilities of other problems.
We are not purists about impact. We are concerned. WE realize everytime we enter the wilderness we have an impact. We take a fire blanket, we camp in carefully chosen locations away from others whenever possible, we clean up after ourselves (and others), scatter llama droppings, and try to camaflouge our campsite to minimize any visual or real impact while camping and after we leave. We are most happy when others cannot find where we had a fire or beleive we have camped in that location.
One takes everything, the other does not build a fire, eats cold "stuff" and sleeps on the hard ground with skimpy pads and sleeping bags.
We are maybe on the high side. Being old folks, we love our collapsible cots (meaning a little bigger tent). We usually take a two-burner propane stove, an old coffee pot to stick into our evening fire, stools, and table, and even take a collapsible stool and seat to use as a toilet. (Decadent, yep, but after a few days out it is a wonderful luxuary.)
We love out outback oven.
Depending on the trip, we will include a cooler for frozen items. Late in the fall or when we are going into weather that will be really cold, we have an outfitter tent with a small wood stove that we have taken with us. Having to huddle under a tarp in a drizzle for a couple of days is not nearly as nice as sitting on stools around a hot wood stove. We have done both, the latter being much more pleasant.
My wife sleeps cold, so for a number of years she has taken a hot water bottle. I toss and turn too much to combine sleeping bags. She prefers the hot watter bottle.
The downside of our decisions about equipment is -- the more "stuff" the more llamas. The more llamas, the more planning, the more impact, and the more possibilities of other problems.
We are not purists about impact. We are concerned. WE realize everytime we enter the wilderness we have an impact. We take a fire blanket, we camp in carefully chosen locations away from others whenever possible, we clean up after ourselves (and others), scatter llama droppings, and try to camaflouge our campsite to minimize any visual or real impact while camping and after we leave. We are most happy when others cannot find where we had a fire or beleive we have camped in that location.
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