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Shedrock Crandle Country?

4 man Kifaru with stove and pegs $1,400 is that right?

QuoteOriginally posted by Ray Hammond:
4 man Kifaru with stove and pegs $1,400 is that right?

Sounds about right.  But, if you look hard enough, you can find a used one.  They hold their value extremely well, so   IF you can find a used one, you may even make a little like I did when I sold it    

I tell you what, it      RAINED for 8 straight days on that trip and we were warm and dry.    And if you are going to be hunting where it is wet, buy the liner too!

They are bulletproof and worth their weight in gold when the going gets tough.  See in this photo how terrified I was during one of the storms with 50 knot winds...



Keep in mind we were almost an hour Cessna ride from Ketchikan...VERY remote

This will expose my not being the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I survived the experience obviously. I lived in Montana back in 1973&74  scouting and hunting Bighorn Sheep in the un-limited permit areas northeast of Yellowstone Park. I carried an 8'x 8' sheet of nylon thread re-inforced visqueen and would fold it over like a sandwich with my pad and sleeping bag inside,  weighing down the edges with rocks which there is a never-ending supply of in the Beartooths. I usually spent the night at timberline with my "camp" under the edge of some bitterbrush. I would now splurge on one of the excellent light "bivy" tents available today and in fact I am applying for a draw permit in MT. this coming year, who knows? Another thought, even though I'm sure global warming is probably just a rumor, when I was there at the elevatins I was sleeping at even in July/August I expected precipitation at night to be snow , such is not the case today and makes a tent an even better idea.

I like having the Sil Nylon tarp along with the tent it all weighs about 2lbs. total.
  I have ridden out some pretty harsh storms in the mountains and stayed dry.

I also use a big agnes seedhouse (3 person).  It stores my fellow stickbow buddy and I as wells as a lot of gea in the vestibule.  It doesn't weigh much and is around $300 or less, I think.  I've used it from early september till November and in some rough country/weather and its never failed me yet.

Don't have a picture but the MSR Hubba is a great one man tent for backpacking.

Some really neat photos and good information!
Thanks for sharing!

any more pics or ideas ?

seedhouse tent for me as well.  i like the 2 person, i can put my bow and all gear inside at night.

I got a sewing machine for Christmas and am going to sew a Sil tarp.  Found a good selection of material at Rockywood Fabrics.

I have used an old Slumberjack 1 man tent for years but its twice as heavy as whats out there today.