Nice surprises

Is this the same bivy you forgot about and found a while back?

I think the better surprise is that you won't need the bivy with that shelter.

I don't think so, I think that was an MLD eVent bivy which I sold.

"I think the better surprise is that you won't need the bivy with that shelter."

When I did the Michigan trip last year, I used my Ultamid without a bivy, and I ended up slipping off the cuben groundsheet and getting my sleeping bag wet on the snow – fortunately it was our last night out. I figured the bivy would prevent a reoccurrence of that.

Ist World problem. You have too much Doug. You have my address and know what I like ;)

+1 on skipping the bivy. Improve on your ground sheet.

I have difficulty in managing condensation in bivvies below zero but this could be user issue.

I stumbled down down the stairs in the middle of the night with my tummy a grumblin' dreaming about the week-old pizza shoved in the corner of the fridge. Wait a minute, what's this? My wife's leftovers from her work lunch party! Steak! Creamy garlic mashed potatoes! Nom nom…

I swear you must be the Hugh Hefner of BPL.

(Doug enters room wearing smoking jacket, smoking a cigar)

"And uh yeah… This is my goretex… No wait… eVent room! Bunnies! See if I have an extra bivy kicking around in there!"

Say what you want about these supposed purges. I suspect your gear room is the stuff of legends.

Doug,

Why did you sell your MLD eVent bivy. I was thinking of buying one for snow shelter use.

"I suspect your gear room is the stuff of legends."

Not even close. Not that much any more, there are those on here who have much, much more than I! I've seen the photos! :-)

"Why did you sell your MLD eVent bivy. I was thinking of buying one for snow shelter use."

Eric,

I wasn't doing any real winter camping, and didn't see myself doing any in the near (or far, really) future, so didn't see myself ever using the bivy.

Of course, a year later Ike started dragging me out in the middle of winter, and now Jim is carrying on the tradition! I have a habit of not thinking things through all the time! :-)

I feel like a fat cat when a lost spork re-emerges.

Ian,

An alternative alter ego for Doug might be Scrooge McDuck. This was Donald Duck's rich uncle from the 50s comic strip.

In this scenario we'd see Mr. McDoug using a bulldozer to move his stuff around in the auditorium sized gear room of his mansion.

edited for humor improvement