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    Thom Kendall
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    @kendalltf

    Locale: IL

    I have just started in lightweight camping and have been looking at the gear list (very interesting). I come from a primitive camping background so my first leightweight camping kit looks like this. I have used in Spring through early fall without much trouble.
    Bedroll-
    2 wool blankets sewn together for one on bottom and one to cover
    Cloths-
    Extra clothes are rolled in blanket
    In a haversack-
    corn boiler-with food inside
    fire starting equipment
    tolietries

    I also carry a knife on my belt and other odds and ends in my pockets.

    The ground is covered with pine boughs or leaves. If needed I make an temporary shelter with material already on the ground. I use a fire instead of a stove.

    As I start I am just starting so suggestions of what I could change and what I can keep for lightweight camping.
    Thom “Wanderer” Kendall

    #1368058
    paul johnson
    Member

    @pj

    Locale: LazyBoy in my Den - miss the forest

    Thom,

    i think you have most of us beat already. Your style of hiking reminds me of the “Indian Camping”, as we called it, that my friends and i did as kids. Simpler. Purer. Maybe even more fun.

    I’m not sure that i would advise you to change a thing. If it works for you, go with it – don’t change. Only change that which is not to your liking.

    There is a saying that i learned on these Forums – “Hike your own hike”. You, my friend, already appear to be doing just that. I’m sure that i could learn a lot from you.

    Best wishes for much success in your endeavors.

    pj

    #1368065
    Paul Wozniak
    Member

    @paulw

    Locale: Midwest

    Thom,

    I’m curious. What do you use for a roof over your head at night in a driving rain?

    Paul

    #1368070
    paul johnson
    Member

    @pj

    Locale: LazyBoy in my Den - miss the forest

    Paul,

    until Thom replies, read his Post again.

    i think that he gives us a hint/clue.

    i only noticed it, b/c it’s probably what my friends and i did when we went “Indian Camping” as kids – to cover our wool blankets in the rain we cut boughs from conifers and erected lean-to’s. I know, not LNT.

    Thom mentioned “The ground is covered with pine boughs or leaves. If needed I make an temporary shelter with material already on the ground. I use a fire instead of a stove.”

    At least Thom seems to be getting some or all of his shelter from the forest floor unlike my youthful friends and i which cut them from trees.

    #1368075
    Thom Kendall
    Member

    @kendalltf

    Locale: IL

    If I am expecting a driving rain I try to at home, hahahaha. Anyway… I try to find a place where a tree has fallen or a root overhang. I then make a leanto with boughs at the base then leaves, dirt, and other debris to fill in the cracks. If it is going to be cooler I place a fire (very small) at the front with a large log or couple for a deflector. If I have a piece of canvas with me I stretch it over the frame first. The smoke from the fire helps waterproof the canvas. Canvas is heavy, especially when waterproofed, so I only carry it when I know I will come into very unfriendly weather.

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