Camping, anyone?

Terry Collins said:

spook said:

give me a one man ultralight and a pack any day!!

brett

You tour with a pack on your back!!!!!!! {:-)

No he puts it in the cargo compartment of his ultralight silly!
--
Peter McCallum
Mackay Qld AUSTRALIA

Terry Collins said:

You tour with a pack on your back!!!!!!! {:-)

definately when i'm on foot and more often than not when i'm out in the
blue mountains on my mtb on overnighters. 40lt day pack, ultralight
sierra designs cliplight tent (~2 pounds), down bag, a few litres of
water and mostly dried food for overnight trips plus a few odds and
ends. all in all i'm riding with about 15kgs on my back which is both
manageable and relatively comfortable. typically these are trips that
are 40-60km ride in then the same ride back out.

brett

On 2005-07-08, spook (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

BrettM said:

But two good tarps and two cheapies (ground sheets) a swag and a ute
makes a darn good camp for up to a week at a time.

see i'm one of those people that sees car camping as about as
interesting as riding on an indoor trainer. sure tarps are great for
this but just not my cup of tea. give me a one man ultralight and a pack
any day!!

I (and Peter S) just went for a weekend camp with MBTC. 3 to 5
degrees all day yesterday (don't know what the min was lastnight - the
sky was clear, but the thermometer still on my bike, and I wasn't
about to go out and check it at 4:00 this morning, when I woke up
first), with a wind chill factor probably bringing it down to -10,
according to http://www.springfrog.com/weather/wind-chill.htm

'Twas lovely (well, after the tarp shelter was set up, and the camp
fire lit (after the 4th attempt), and the rain stopped), until this
morning when the stupid fsckers down the creek a bit brought out their
trail bikes. They really tore up the place - including the grass next
to the road. [censored] fsckers.

Nasty headwind today.

--
TimC
Never trust a man who can count to 1,023 on his fingers.

flyingdutch said:

just to make you all larf, i ended up a comittee person on a bike club
last night!

So *that's* why you missed the dinner?!