And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
After 8 or 10 day camps in the high country, I would spend my last day in the main valley at Yosemite. But the valley floor is so well groomed that there's not so much as a stick to put up a lean to. Tis a pity.
I used to snow camp at elevations 7,000 to over 10,000. That is, dig a cave in the snow and set up camp in the cave. It can be 40F warmer inside the snow cave, especially if there is a wind.
The proper cold weather gear makes it downright cozy. Proper attitude is important, maybe not so obvious. Warding off depression when your world closes in is at least as important as the right gear. Probably more so. An example is from the thousands of men who flocked to the Yukon in the gold rush. More perished from giving up than from injury.
The USMC has a cold weather training facility on the east side of the Sierra, the bitter cold side of the mountain range. Maybe I'll go look for what they may have online.
My dad was at Chosen. The pain of frost bite remained for the rest of his days. Fuck That plus three tours in VN and he still took us camping.
(I'm not dismissing John. Each man decides for himself in such things. He's no less a man for having made his choice. Factually, it is the mark of a man to stick to his guns once having made his decision.)
I went through the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center at Pickel Meadows, CA. M-F up in the mountains, on snowshoes and cross-country skis. Evenings camping in the snow. Weekends back at base camp, at about 7000 feet. I never had a comfortable night, but the best was in a cave that we dug into the side of a snow drift. That was warmer than anything else we did, except that you got all wet in the course of digging the cave. I like the mountains and I like skiing and snowshoeing, but I've no desire to spend a cold night outside. Also went through a rock-climbing course there, in warm weather. Intro to free-climbing, rappelling, and rope belay.
There's no fire at a cold camp. That doesn't mean it's not cold there or that camping isn't happening, but that's not a "cold camp".
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After 8 or 10 day camps in the high country, I would spend my last day in the main valley at Yosemite. But the valley floor is so well groomed that there's not so much as a stick to put up a lean to. Tis a pity.
ReplyDeleteshare it with critters :(
ReplyDeleteI gave up any outdoor living (camping) after "camping" for 12 months and 29 days in Vietnam as a US Marine.
ReplyDeleteMan up, Buttercup. A 12 man tent and a cot is like glamping
DeleteIf you're using snow as insulation, it's fooking cold.
ReplyDeleteI used to snow camp at elevations 7,000 to over 10,000. That is, dig a cave in the snow and set up camp in the cave. It can be 40F warmer inside the snow cave, especially if there is a wind.
DeleteThe proper cold weather gear makes it downright cozy. Proper attitude is important, maybe not so obvious. Warding off depression when your world closes in is at least as important as the right gear. Probably more so. An example is from the thousands of men who flocked to the Yukon in the gold rush. More perished from giving up than from injury.
The USMC has a cold weather training facility on the east side of the Sierra, the bitter cold side of the mountain range. Maybe I'll go look for what they may have online.
My dad was at Chosen. The pain of frost bite remained for the rest of his days. Fuck
That plus three tours in VN and he still took us camping.
(I'm not dismissing John. Each man decides for himself in such things. He's no less a man for having made his choice. Factually, it is the mark of a man to stick to his guns once having made his decision.)
I went through the USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center at Pickel Meadows, CA. M-F up in the mountains, on snowshoes and cross-country skis. Evenings camping in the snow. Weekends back at base camp, at about 7000 feet. I never had a comfortable night, but the best was in a cave that we dug into the side of a snow drift. That was warmer than anything else we did, except that you got all wet in the course of digging the cave. I like the mountains and I like skiing and snowshoeing, but I've no desire to spend a cold night outside. Also went through a rock-climbing course there, in warm weather. Intro to free-climbing, rappelling, and rope belay.
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