ultralight camp 1

This rather rough clip shows what setting up camp is like with a 9 lb kit on a cold, windy, and rainy April day. Some of this looks a bit ridiculous, but it really works well for me. Stuff included is initial tarp setup, tyvek chaps, bamboo poles and combination sleeping bag liner and insulation suit.

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• ultralight camp 1
• ultralight backpacking
• camping
• wisconsin
• tyvek
• lightweight camping
• silnylon poncho
• umbrella

[djbarryiii]

@TheSabotFighter Sorry, I accidentally clicked on the wrong thing. I tried to respond to you post myself and couldn't find it later either. Apologies!

[djbarryiii]

@TheSabotFighter Sorry, I clicked on the wrong thing....I tried to answer you afterward and couldn't find the post either. Apologies!

[TheSabotFighter]

@djbarryiii I'm not sure I'd equate the 2 lb 6 oz (trail weight) Copper Spur UL 1 with a 50-60 lb pack. It's worth the weight compared your setup on a multi-day trip. My opinion after watching your videos and reading your own testimony.

[TheSabotFighter]

@djbarryiii Why did you remove my reply to cdipaolo96? Your comment was in reply to it. It also puts your comment about water weight in context. Oh well... Your channel, your prerogative. I suppose you'll remove this one too.

[djbarryiii]

@TheSabotFighter Also, you're right...this is a setup with minimal interior space and is not much fun to sit out a storm in. Actually my head hits the top (just a bit) if I sit up straight..so it's pretty cramped. Still, overall I like it because it's light. I guess I'd rather feel a bit trapped in it in occasional bad weather than to feel crushed by a 50-60lb pack every day hiking...as I did in my wasted youth! But it's give and take...

[djbarryiii]

@TheSabotFighter You know I have a Tarp Tent (brand name) at 2.5 lbs and a one man free standing at 3.5 lbs, and I'll use them sometimes but I've been lucky I guess and usually do OK with my poncho set up and the umbrella and/or bug net in the door. My space blanket or DWI covers protect me from most splash droplets and from the (inevitable) condensation inside the tarp. To keep dry from below I try to camp high and over a pile of leaves. It usually works...

[TheSabotFighter]

@djbarryiii High adventure! Sounds like fun...! I always carry a basha and USGI poncho (your rig) with me on day hikes just in case, but if I go on a multi-day trip, it's either the Copper Spur or Seedhouse. Don't wanna get splashed. Don't wanna get eaten alive by bugs. Don't wanna feel trapped inside a shelter in bad weather.

[djbarryiii]

@djbarryiii  Didn't find old Ed...but we were THIS close! (I'm sure....not.)

[djbarryiii]

@TheSabotFighter No cooking...but I did drink 3.5 gallons of that water. The poncho-tarp kept me dry from above but, oddly, it rained one night and the hardpan desert flooded...coming within a few feet of us. We were stopped by border patrol and Organ Pipe Monument rangers, but had the right permits. Lots of signs of illegals there, 5 miles north of Mexico.

[TheSabotFighter]

@djbarryiii OMG, I can't imagine packing 4gallons of water. Did you cook at all, or was it a dry food trek?