To Chair or Not To Chair ?

[tinderbox]

I don't carry a chair, but I replaced the stiffener in my rucksack with a trifold of closed cell foam. It's only been used a couple of times, it's mainly there for first aid purposes if I need to protect someone from the cold ground. In general it's just too much hassle to get it out and back in again.

 

[John Fenna]

John!!!

thats a throne!!!!!

All hail King John,..hahah (was he the crazy one?)

Kneel when you say that - serf!
King John was not mad - he was the one who lost his crown jewels( :yikes in the wash - I never use cheap laundry services myself.....

 

[Shewie]

Didn't you have two chairs John?

 

[Ratbag]

<snip> i,m firmly in the NO CHAIR camp mainly because i feel if , once i,ve put the pack on and set off , a return to the truck for a chair or box of stuff would be "cheating" <snip>

My thoughts exactly. When I'm at a meet I prefer to get everything in one go. If it can't be carried in one go then it's cheating somehow. Make do or do without.

This last weekend I did about four trips to the car though, as I had the boys with me!

Rat

 

[John Fenna]

Didn't you have two chairs John?

True

or did you mean the third ... the multi purpose chair/table/firewood pile that went to fulfill its third job when I sat on it too hard?

 

[Pandabean]

It would depend if I was near the car or not and how long I was out for. If its for meets and bushmoots then yes I do take one, but if it was a bit of a walk I would either make do with a stump/hammock/ground (on a mat) or build a chair when I got there if I was staying for a while.
I don't see it as cheating personally.

 

[Shewie]

or did you mean the third ... the multi purpose chair/table/firewood pile that went to fulfill its third job when I sat on it too hard?

That's the one

I miss that place

 

[Hoodoo]

Here's mine.

I sleep on a short thermarest as well and this goes under my legs.

 

[Man of Tanith]

No chair! No pipes! No singing under my tarp.

i do two of those
chair and pipe on meets as its about comfort specially over several days
just pipe when i walk to the permission but thats cause its a pointless exercise carrying a chair for one night i feel

 

[ex-member Raikey]

i do two of those
chair and pipe on meets as its about comfort specially over several days
just pipe when i walk to the permission but thats cause its a pointless exercise carrying a chair for one night i feel

What about the singing?....

maybe a spot of poetry? made up on the spot?......

 

[Retired Member southey]

Hahahaha it very much depends on the person.

 

[drewdunnrespect]

me i am a complete chiar maniac cos i have a carp fishing chair

 

[shaggystu]

same as quite a few others, for meets i take a chair (and still manage to do just one trip to cliv's car, it's only a folding chair after all, it's not like i'm trying to carry a sofa into the woods!). for less social outings i don't bother with the chair, instead i take a little (12"ish square) thermarest type thing that i got from lidl for a pound on a whim years ago, it also makes a great pillow and/or fan to encourage a struggling fire

 

[ex-member Raikey]

me i am a complete chiar maniac cos i have a carp fishing chair

is that the one with the individually adjustable legs Drew?..

so you can use it on river banks and generally uneven ground?

it sounds ausome

 

[Man of Tanith]

What about the singing?....

maybe a spot of poetry? made up on the spot?......

depends who i am camping with and how cold it is

 

[bushwacker bob]

is that the one with the individually adjustable legs Drew?..

so you can use it on river banks and generally uneven ground?

it sounds ausome

It ain't 'ausome'. He already said its carp.

 

[Kernowek Scouser]

Helloooo everyone,...

not sure if this has been asked over and over,

looking at some pictures of meets i seem to see more and more chairs,,..

i just wondered how many of us carry a chair into the woods for a meet or prefer to feel a little "closer" to the place by either making or finding something that keeps you comfy,...

i,m firmly in the NO CHAIR camp mainly because i feel if , once i,ve put the pack on and set off , a return to the truck for a chair or box of stuff would be "cheating",

but that may be just personal to me as i like to live out of one bag and be able to walk a good few miles to my spot if needed.

i,m going to try and apply a poll too so we can see at a glance where the balance is.

cheers


Stu,..

I don't have a car at the moment, so everything I take with me has to fit in my pack, which puts me in the NO CHAIR camp.

However, on one of my trawls through the interweb, I stumbled upon this...

Ultralight Monarch Butterfly Chair by Alite

http://www.alitedesigns.com/alite-shop/monarch-chair.html

... which packs up small(ish - due to pole length) and weighs all of 18 ounces.

They retail for around forty dollars in the states (and eighty to ninety quid here on the sites of the few retailers that stock them) but as I am a skinflint, one of several bushy related projects I'm thinking about at the moment, is to make something like this, using some old, spare walking poles and a canvas seat cover I have knocking around gathering dust.

If this project ever gets beyond the 'planning' stage, I'll post a picture or two of my efforts.

 

[lannyman8]

no chair for me stu, but i have started to put some foam matting in my pack, but i never use it anyway?????

 

[cbr6fs]

Depends really on if i'm camping out the car or carrying my own stuff on foot.

With the car then i'll throw in one of the beach/fishing chairs, in summer i use a Kelsyus chair that folds into a rucksack type thing and comes with a sun shade.

If i'm hiking then in winter i'll take a inflatable cusion, in summer i don't really bother.

 

[Dreadhead]

thats awesome i gotta say. nae much use here in scotland though it would then be a chair with a sail....

Depends really on if i'm camping out the car or carrying my own stuff on foot.

With the car then i'll throw in one of the beach/fishing chairs, in summer i use a Kelsyus chair that folds into a rucksack type thing and comes with a sun shade.

If i'm hiking then in winter i'll take a inflatable cusion, in summer i don't really bother.