We Winterize our vehicles...we Winterize our homes...some of us even Winterize our lawns....so tonight, after my trip out for pictures yesterday, I decided to start the Winterizing of my pack that stays in the truck, and was curious if anyone else out there does this
While a lot of this stuff is just standard pack gear, I have added a few extra things and will add more
Along with my usual stuff I have added a good deal more fatwood, a larger candle (smaller one in the ruck), a full box of trioxane, a new magnesium stick along with the old one (the ferro rod is wearing down now), a poncho liner for a blanket, and some more food (will add more tomorrow), and because there are more hours of darkness in the Winter I also added a petzl lamp.
I love these poncho liners, they are very warm, very light, and don't hold moisture..it just passes through (they are a little more fire sensitive than wool however) this picture should give a little perspective t their size
I've also made sure I have plenty of water for a day or two, a two quart canteen, a one quart canteen, plus a one liter bottle inside the truck
and my canteen cup stove
Though I don't yet have the hatchet I want for this pack, I have put a fresh edge on my e-tool
I also bought another firesteel, and I'm still sometimes hauling around that heatsheet I am torturing.
Some people think this is a bit much stuff to keep in a vehicle on a regular basis but for me it is a good idea to have it around this time of year. Some of you know by now that one of my hobbies is going out and taking nature photos. This last trip out I was on a dirt road called the "Big Fork" road, which is a pass between two sections of Walden's Ridge.
It had rained for two days prior to my going out there and while it was a little slippery in places the main road was for the most part ok but there were some swelled creeks and large pools of water here and there.
Backing back out of a tight side trail (was trying to get closer to the bluff for pics) I got off in a good sized mud hole I had managed to quickly go through hitting the shallow side on the way in. I know this looks like an insignificant amount of mud, and actualy it is because as soon as the tires started spinning I switched into four-wheel-drive and backed on through the mud hole spinning very little. However had I been in a two-wheel-drive truck I would have been stuck there. There is no cellular service in that area and it was more than a dozen miles to the nearest phone no matter which way I went. Had it been one of those days when I was shooting sunsets out there, as that bluff faces Northwest, I may have been stuck anyway, had I gone further to the middle than I did my suspension would have been down into more solid mud..., who knows..., maybe ...maybe not. All went fine this time and I got some pretty good pictures, however I am very aware that things do not always go well and I would like to at least be able to spend the night in relative comfort and deal with things in the daylight.
Do any of you change your gear from season to season? If so what do you add or change?
While a lot of this stuff is just standard pack gear, I have added a few extra things and will add more
Along with my usual stuff I have added a good deal more fatwood, a larger candle (smaller one in the ruck), a full box of trioxane, a new magnesium stick along with the old one (the ferro rod is wearing down now), a poncho liner for a blanket, and some more food (will add more tomorrow), and because there are more hours of darkness in the Winter I also added a petzl lamp.
I love these poncho liners, they are very warm, very light, and don't hold moisture..it just passes through (they are a little more fire sensitive than wool however) this picture should give a little perspective t their size
I've also made sure I have plenty of water for a day or two, a two quart canteen, a one quart canteen, plus a one liter bottle inside the truck
and my canteen cup stove
Though I don't yet have the hatchet I want for this pack, I have put a fresh edge on my e-tool
I also bought another firesteel, and I'm still sometimes hauling around that heatsheet I am torturing.
Some people think this is a bit much stuff to keep in a vehicle on a regular basis but for me it is a good idea to have it around this time of year. Some of you know by now that one of my hobbies is going out and taking nature photos. This last trip out I was on a dirt road called the "Big Fork" road, which is a pass between two sections of Walden's Ridge.
It had rained for two days prior to my going out there and while it was a little slippery in places the main road was for the most part ok but there were some swelled creeks and large pools of water here and there.
Backing back out of a tight side trail (was trying to get closer to the bluff for pics) I got off in a good sized mud hole I had managed to quickly go through hitting the shallow side on the way in. I know this looks like an insignificant amount of mud, and actualy it is because as soon as the tires started spinning I switched into four-wheel-drive and backed on through the mud hole spinning very little. However had I been in a two-wheel-drive truck I would have been stuck there. There is no cellular service in that area and it was more than a dozen miles to the nearest phone no matter which way I went. Had it been one of those days when I was shooting sunsets out there, as that bluff faces Northwest, I may have been stuck anyway, had I gone further to the middle than I did my suspension would have been down into more solid mud..., who knows..., maybe ...maybe not. All went fine this time and I got some pretty good pictures, however I am very aware that things do not always go well and I would like to at least be able to spend the night in relative comfort and deal with things in the daylight.
Do any of you change your gear from season to season? If so what do you add or change?
