Date:         Tue, 7 Dec 1999 21:09:17 -0500
Reply-To:     madsen <madsen@HOME.COM>
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From:         madsen <madsen@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Re: tires versus sleeping bags !!!camping ..
Comments: To: Pierre A Lachance <palachance@CCAPCABLE.COM>
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I too am a lover of winter camping, and in northern Ontario we get our fair
share of Father Winter. It's my favorite time of year to camp. The solitude is
amazing - no-one around save for the few souls with similar love for winter
camping. There's nothing like using my 87GL as a home base for all my
horse-shoeing excursions. Heat? what heat? I only need my down bag(Western
Mountaineering) which cost almost as much as my winter tires :) It keeps me
nice and toasty even at -35C in my underwear...great feeling knowing its
freezing cold outside but your're snug as a bug...Heck, if its a clear night,
I'll throw the Thermarest on the snow and crash under the stars. I pack food
and water in a water tight bag and stuff it down the bottom of the sleeping bag
to keep it unfrozen.

Happy camping..

Ken Madsen
Ontario
87GL
87Golf Diesel
95 Jetta GLX


Pierre A Lachance wrote:

> tires are exactly like sleeping bags ??? there are no true  four
> season  tires,  as there are no four season sleeping bags... but for the
> principle,   I can admit  that there are winter tires and there are winter
> sleepings bags !!!   all depending where you live ... and  on the contrary,
> you can find both
> of these items  in a  three season  package , even if they are sold as all
> seasons   ... I never sold tires,  but sleeping bags,   as a hobby. Snow
> camping shoud be tried at least once in your life... nature is so different
> surrounded by a all white winter coat !!!! light, no sounds etc etc... and
> there are no heaters  used...because of a lot of  factors... except the one
> you love... different kind of heat...
>
> pierre a.