We all carry a piece of duct tape on our water bottles for camp pad patching, although I've never had any need for it. Maybe it's where we've been, but we've never had so many rock that I was afraid they would puncture the pad - mostly our problem is finding a flat enough area. Backcountry camping lends itself to softer ground, since you are camping where not a lot of people have been before (or ever) rather than those tent pad sites at car camping sites - now *those* I would worry about my pad at!
If I had to guess about the pack weight I would say 35-40 pounds at its heaviest. That first day of the long trip it was very heavy - you can tell by how high *over* my head my pack goes.
I have a second car camping camp pad that I could double up with, but, I don't know - even when car camping I want to rough it a little - and we are fitting enough people's gear in a car, I don't want to take up more space than I need to, even if we have it. In general I change very little about car camping vs. backcountry camping - I may bring more clothes or my tent instead of Nick's - except for bringing a cooler. To me, the luxury of car camping is a cold beer.
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Date: 2011-08-03 07:28 pm (UTC)If I had to guess about the pack weight I would say 35-40 pounds at its heaviest. That first day of the long trip it was very heavy - you can tell by how high *over* my head my pack goes.
I have a second car camping camp pad that I could double up with, but, I don't know - even when car camping I want to rough it a little - and we are fitting enough people's gear in a car, I don't want to take up more space than I need to, even if we have it. In general I change very little about car camping vs. backcountry camping - I may bring more clothes or my tent instead of Nick's - except for bringing a cooler. To me, the luxury of car camping is a cold beer.