Preparing a campsite
When most folks are choosing a place to set their tent they usually just look for a level spot then place several blankets or an air mattress in the tent to sleep on. I always soften up the ground with a mattock nearly to the point that it would seem I was going to grow something there then place the tent on top of that.
Does anybody else do this?
What's a mattock?
a small hand tool, kind of like a pulaski crossed with a hoe...but differentOriginally Posted by LeaveThisLifeGuy
Last edited by DOGMAN; 05-13-2008 at 01:00 AM.
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what the hell's a pulaski?
A pulaski is a double headed wildland firefighting tool that combines an axe with a mattock
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Give me winter, give me dogs... you can keep the rest- Knud Rasmussen
This is a pulaski
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Last edited by DOGMAN; 05-13-2008 at 12:59 AM.
The way of the canoe is the way of the wilderness and of a freedom almost forgotten- Sigurd Olson
Give me winter, give me dogs... you can keep the rest- Knud Rasmussen
I make a bed of pine boughs that I find laying around then make a debris hut over it. Who needs tents.
I have never tried that Sam, but thanks for the great idea!
Certainly would soften things up for the weary ol bones.
~Earth receives foot and paw, hoof and claw with equal grace. But it is the way of the wild not to overstep...let's leave no trace that wind, rain and snow cannot erase~
I see, thank you.
In certain parks you can't "mattock up" the place. lol
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If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.
Samuel Adams
Dogs are not my whole life, but they make my life whole.
Ohhh...SNAP!People who follow good leave no trace ethics.
"I DON'T BELIEVE YOU"
Pine boughs that are laying around are dead and dead pine boughs are not soft. I have never met anyone who makes a "debris hut" for a camping shelter.
1. If it's in your kit and you don't know how to use it....It's useless.
2. If you can't reach your kit when you need it....Its useless.
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Psssst. klkak...I've been known to do that. I sort of do goofy stuff like build a debris hut to keep my skills honed. Don't do the pine boughs thingy, though. Don't hack up trees unless they mouth off or try to attack me. Generally, that's not a problem.
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That why I camp near scrub pine. I only pick on things I can beat.
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I build them for my grandkids to play in. In a survival situation I would build one for myself. But to use one for camping, not me. I can think of a lot better ways to spend a weekend then sleeping in a pile of brush, limbs and leaves. I spend a great deal of time in the bush and I find it much more comfortable and practical to carry a tent or bivy, or water proof tarp for camping.
1. If it's in your kit and you don't know how to use it....It's useless.
2. If you can't reach your kit when you need it....Its useless.
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Tell them Kevin sent you!!
i always make a bed of either spruce or balsam boughs (depending where we are)and put the tent over it.
then some self inflating mat (my girls like it soft) and way we go.
Never ceases to amaze me.
You have no idea who I am or what I have done or been through yet will take a simple comment I made and turn it into a lie?
Sure. Ok. I'm a liar. I have never spent one day in the wild and came here to pose. You got me, what can I say. I am very sorry to have taken your time.
Oh... Lets see here....
Ummmm...
What else can I say...
I am really, if you can believe this, a 13 year old crack dealer living in New Orleans that has, ummmm, stole a computer and ummmm, came here to, say, screw with everyone.
Ok, yeah, that's it....
Anyway you got me I am a liar.
Feel better?
Zendik - I would probably be upset too if I stated something and was called a liar. Why not take the opportunity to teach. It was clear that some thought your were cutting down pine boughs - you weren't. Somebody else posted about leaving no footprint - doesn't sound like you did. Just a thought.
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