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<blockquote data-quote="HRstretch" data-source="post: 1143630" data-attributes="member: 7480"><p>Was thinking about the things that opened my eyes from my first backpack mountain hunt.</p><p></p><p>To begin with, the elevation was no more than 6100 down to 5800 feet, we came from an elevation of 500 feet. We camped on one side of a ridge at 5800 feet and climbed up and over each day and hunted/glassed along the ridge line. We would walk about two to three miles each day.</p><p></p><p>First eye opener was to dress down on the initial climb. We sweated to much with all of our layers and once we stopped, we froze our butts off until the sun came up. My BIL started bringing dry shirts to change into once we got to our glassing location.</p><p></p><p>Second was once we found a spot to glass, was finding a rock free spot to sit down on. Some sort of cushion would have made the long glassing sessions better. After a couple of days we chose spots with more grass which helped.</p><p></p><p>Third was that my 54 year old knees did not like the accent and decent each day. By day three I was dreading the assent because I hadn't trained enough to get into shape, but I feared the decent. Each step we took on the decent was on loose rocky ground and I was in grave fear of blowing out a knee or twisting an ankle. </p><p></p><p>Fourth when setting up the tent make sure your rain fly is secure, so at night, while it is raining, it doesn't blow into the flap and allow water to get onto the tent floor and short out your smart phone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HRstretch, post: 1143630, member: 7480"] Was thinking about the things that opened my eyes from my first backpack mountain hunt. To begin with, the elevation was no more than 6100 down to 5800 feet, we came from an elevation of 500 feet. We camped on one side of a ridge at 5800 feet and climbed up and over each day and hunted/glassed along the ridge line. We would walk about two to three miles each day. First eye opener was to dress down on the initial climb. We sweated to much with all of our layers and once we stopped, we froze our butts off until the sun came up. My BIL started bringing dry shirts to change into once we got to our glassing location. Second was once we found a spot to glass, was finding a rock free spot to sit down on. Some sort of cushion would have made the long glassing sessions better. After a couple of days we chose spots with more grass which helped. Third was that my 54 year old knees did not like the accent and decent each day. By day three I was dreading the assent because I hadn't trained enough to get into shape, but I feared the decent. Each step we took on the decent was on loose rocky ground and I was in grave fear of blowing out a knee or twisting an ankle. Fourth when setting up the tent make sure your rain fly is secure, so at night, while it is raining, it doesn't blow into the flap and allow water to get onto the tent floor and short out your smart phone. [/QUOTE]
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