Space Problems?
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widu13
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Too right. There are some ultralighters who purposely don't take enough food so as to save weight
They'll be the same ones with just a poncho tarp, and a rucksack that snaps somethething the first time you fall over
Ultralight can deffo go too far
widu13
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I know it does not save allot of space overall but I always split my tents down for easy packing/load sharing if hiking with others.
The dry sacks do allow for a little extra compression and I keep the poles and pegs in a single bag on the side of my pack. Splitting the tent also allows me to keep a wet outer separate from the inner if we are camping multiple nights in different locations.
The dry sacks do allow for a little extra compression and I keep the poles and pegs in a single bag on the side of my pack. Splitting the tent also allows me to keep a wet outer separate from the inner if we are camping multiple nights in different locations.
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sorry if i go somewhat
....: any chance for some infos on that- what kind of food do you pack/use?Yeah sure i dehydrate meat and vegetables and fruit and take mixed raw nuts and a premade bannock mix and a selection of cereal bars, i rehydrate the meat jerky with dried vegetables and pulses like par boiled barley and lentils and stock cubes, this makes a hearty broth which i add wholemeal pasta to or cous cous, the fruit leather i eat with raw nuts, i used to buy all these ingredients but now i make them all except the par boiled broth pulses, i only cook once per day when living wild, breakfast is cereal bars and snacking through the day is the nuts and the fruit leather.
It sounds like it is the same food all the time but the variety i can make with the broths by changing the stock cube, the type of jerky and the type of cous cous or pasta and how much of the par boiled pulses i add really makes a hell of a difference, amazing energy levels gotten from it too, here is a collection of different versions of my broths
Always add to the stuff i bring with anything i can collect or catch
It sounds like it is the same food all the time but the variety i can make with the broths by changing the stock cube, the type of jerky and the type of cous cous or pasta and how much of the par boiled pulses i add really makes a hell of a difference, amazing energy levels gotten from it too, here is a collection of different versions of my broths
Always add to the stuff i bring with anything i can collect or catch
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I had the same problem with my 72 l rucksack. When I was out on a solo trip, the tent and sleeping bag were just eating up all the space. I thought "which one do I really need?", and left the tent at home. The sleeping bag goes outside on the bottom of the rucksack, and I use a Jerven Fjellduk instead of a tent.
Voliá! Plenty of space for the rest of the stuff
Voliá! Plenty of space for the rest of the stuff
Hi Rachel.
I just had a look at the packed size of your tent 44 X 14 cm sounds not to bad for a two man tent, but I think a two man tent is perhaps overkill for extra space for one person, I have a one man tent with plenty extra space in the porch for kit and still packs down to 25 X 12 cm minus the poles, that and my 3 season bag easily fits into the bottom half of my 35l pack.
which MH sleeping bag did you get? has the stuff sack got compression straps?
Poles, tent with pegs inside and psycho compressed Snugpak Softie 6 Kestrel - 5 bag in the drybag.
I just had a look at the packed size of your tent 44 X 14 cm sounds not to bad for a two man tent, but I think a two man tent is perhaps overkill for extra space for one person, I have a one man tent with plenty extra space in the porch for kit and still packs down to 25 X 12 cm minus the poles, that and my 3 season bag easily fits into the bottom half of my 35l pack.
which MH sleeping bag did you get? has the stuff sack got compression straps?
Poles, tent with pegs inside and psycho compressed Snugpak Softie 6 Kestrel - 5 bag in the drybag.
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thanks for your infos
dehydrating things myself is out of option for the moment but i do*nt do much overnight trips lately anyway
uppy_dog ....[ no time for it] --- i hope that will change in the future again. oats have been a staple on my trips in the past[ in fact i did a 7-day trip with only oats, sugar and cocoa powder- it was a *strictly no fires* area and i did not carry a stove; a quoll decided to pinch my jar with cocoa powder but fortunately decided it did not like the taste and i found it behind a bunch of grass...] but oats for a reasonable price are a bit hard to come by in japan... .when firemaking is possible i carry rice-- now i have some new ideas how to make it more varied i also try to add wild food but given the fact that i move[d] between various parts of the world my knowledge is limited ....
widu13
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
thanks for your infos
dehydrating things myself is out of option for the moment ... .when firemaking is possible i carry rice-- now i have some new ideas how to make it more varied
Try cooking then dehydrating your rice to take with you. It will be MUCH quicker to make.
For the wild food i kinda stick to the basics, shellfish and swimming fish, i'll also grab a rabbit or wood pigeon given half a chance, i often find myself staring hungrily at gaggles of geese but i haven't tried to grab one for a few years since chasing a group with a throwing stick unsuccessfully (it wasn't illegal cos i never caught any ), i only take all the dehydrated stuff when i am out for more than a couple of days and moving about when weight and space are concerns, if it is just a couple of days carryon and all at one location once setup i take a small cooler with steaks and sausage and bacon in and a bag of fresh fruit and veggies and real milk instead of powdered, sadly it is not a practical method when kayaking or camping and trekking about
), i only take all the dehydrated stuff when i am out for more than a couple of days and moving about when weight and space are concerns, if it is just a couple of days carryon and all at one location once setup i take a small cooler with steaks and sausage and bacon in and a bag of fresh fruit and veggies and real milk instead of powdered, sadly it is not a practical method when kayaking or camping and trekking abouthow do you *grab* rabbits and pigeons- do you carry hunting implements in your pack? [ i carry some handlines but away from the coast there*s no shellfish...]
I've usually got a couple of snares in my pack but i rarely use them these days, been well over a year since i had my last rabbit and even longer since my last pigeon, i just don't seem to be camping near easy access to either of late, i used to camp in a little woodland that had very active rabbit warrens on the outskirts and every night clouds of pigeons used to return to the woods for the night it was pretty easy pickings.
