March 07, 2010

Pix, Pulks, and Plinking



February 26-28 I went winter camping for the first time in a very long time, skiing in to a site on the Arapho National Forest north of Silverthorne, Colorado.

Blogger Sawtooth has put together a slide show about it.

It was a good trip, but my old down sleeping bag is not adequate for -18 F. (-26 C), and if I am going to repeat the experience, I need to upgrade!

2 comments:

mdmnm said...

18 below sounds tough! What are your impressions of the Kifaru gear?

Chas S. Clifton said...

Kifaru gear is excellent quality but not cheap, due to the quasi-custom way it is made. People who have it love it, though.

Me, I bought a new Osprey day pack recently. It's a Colorado company, but the labor was probably performed by Vietnamese.

Some of the small Kifaru shelters are the business for low-weight backpacking, though.