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<blockquote data-quote="T3-OleMan" data-source="post: 536116" data-attributes="member: 14600"><p>ADDED: This is an EMERGENCY forced stay 5 miles in, on the Mt., till EMS arrives....GOD forbid....not a camp. {in 1998 broke a leg on way out to get another weeks supplys-walked 3 miles to truck-drove 25 mi to town-got cast & crutches -drove back-called my 2 sons and they packed our stuff out and we went home safely.} I'm upgrading my survival plans, incase I have the Fred G.Sanford. BIG one! LOL!</p><p>====================================================</p><p> </p><p>Just in case I "FALL & I CAN'T GET UP" (I'm older than dirt-here comes 70) while I am 10,000 to 11,000 ft ELK hunting this (my 18th )year I will be packing a Mil. Camo-GORTEX $125 Bivy Bag and a $20 Fleece cabelas sleeping bag. Now I'll already have punched my little 911 button, but my fat *** could freeze before they get to me.</p><p> </p><p>Here is where I need the help. Got in the Bivy-Zipped it up in the house and in 3 min I was sweating.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I'm not camping on the Mt., But I might be staying on the Mt. One night</span> and I want to know how to keep all my clothes on -including a down jacket- and what sequence I should use these items so next morning My Hunting clothes are dry, not soaked with Condensation. <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fleece Sleeping bag- shake the moisture out next morning and pack it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Gortex Bivy bag</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Space blanket and tri-angle space tent</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Butchering tarp-string a line for roof support</li> </ol><p>Could be 5 or 10 below ZERO in November if ~n ElNino puffs through. Just don't want to freeze to death cause I used the items in a wrong SEQ., and got soaked with sweat! I don't think I can zip the Bivy and keep my clothes dry, but thats why I paid $125 for GORTEX. Dadgummit, Can't HAVE NOTHING! </p><p>This would be the night from HELL. </p><p> </p><p>Any and all live world experiences welcome...+ … any second hand truths!</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>lightbulblightbulblightbulblightbulblightbulb </p><p>It just dawned on me @ 12:57 as I post this Ding, Ding, Ding-put my Frogg Toggs on, then get in the fleece! Think it will work? Still need the Seq. thingieeeee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="T3-OleMan, post: 536116, member: 14600"] ADDED: This is an EMERGENCY forced stay 5 miles in, on the Mt., till EMS arrives....GOD forbid....not a camp. {in 1998 broke a leg on way out to get another weeks supplys-walked 3 miles to truck-drove 25 mi to town-got cast & crutches -drove back-called my 2 sons and they packed our stuff out and we went home safely.} I'm upgrading my survival plans, incase I have the Fred G.Sanford. BIG one! LOL! ==================================================== Just in case I “FALL & I CAN'T GET UP” (I'm older than dirt-here comes 70) while I am 10,000 to 11,000 ft ELK hunting this (my 18th )year I will be packing a Mil. Camo-GORTEX $125 Bivy Bag and a $20 Fleece cabelas sleeping bag. Now I'll already have punched my little 911 button, but my fat *** could freeze before they get to me. Here is where I need the help. Got in the Bivy-Zipped it up in the house and in 3 min I was sweating. [SIZE=3]I'm not camping on the Mt., But I might be staying on the Mt. One night[/SIZE] and I want to know how to keep all my clothes on -including a down jacket- and what sequence I should use these items so next morning My Hunting clothes are dry, not soaked with Condensation.[LIST=1] [*]Fleece Sleeping bag- shake the moisture out next morning and pack it. [*]Gortex Bivy bag [*]Space blanket and tri-angle space tent [*]Butchering tarp-string a line for roof support [/LIST]Could be 5 or 10 below ZERO in November if ~n ElNino puffs through. Just don't want to freeze to death cause I used the items in a wrong SEQ., and got soaked with sweat! I don't think I can zip the Bivy and keep my clothes dry, but thats why I paid $125 for GORTEX. Dadgummit, Can't HAVE NOTHING! This would be the night from HELL. Any and all live world experiences welcome...+ … any second hand truths! lightbulblightbulblightbulblightbulblightbulb It just dawned on me @ 12:57 as I post this Ding, Ding, Ding-put my Frogg Toggs on, then get in the fleece! Think it will work? Still need the Seq. thingieeeee. [/QUOTE]
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