Backpacking in Grand Canyon

IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas

Like Diane said, you have to ask the questions. The people who have answered your questions thus far actually own 1/4 of the worlds total count for outdoor recreational products. Razz

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GTG · Posted: 2/7/2008, 6:07 am Post subject: pad in bag

Annie, you may want to actyually try putting your pad in the bag and sleeping that way, Big Agnes brand or not. It Will keep you from rolling off of your pad in the night as many first timers will do. With your small stature I'm sure that there will be plenty of room for your pad and you in your bag. Some will refute this advice but you will have to experiment on your own in the living room or in the field. It has worked for me in the past.

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Patches · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 21 Location: Sun City, AZ

You must remember me - Thanks! Do you have a pad that you would reccomend? I'm off on a hike again today, but just a short one - I also may be thinking of purchasing a one-man tent because the one that I was going to borrow is in pretty bad shape.
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GTG · Posted: 2/7/2008, 8:55 am Post subject: Re: Grand Canyon

IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas

Thanks alot Goat Boy! Confused

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GTG · Posted: 2/7/2008, 7:51 pm Post subject:

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IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas

STOP STOP evil man!
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MikeInFHAZ · Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 1401 Location: location location

Hikngrl · Posted: 2/8/2008, 5:38 am Post subject:

Mike made a funny!
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GTG · Posted: 2/8/2008, 6:05 am Post subject:

IGO · Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Posts: 4144 Location: Las Vegas

again...
STOP STOP evil man!
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"Surely all God's people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes - all are warm with divine radium and must have lots of fun in them." John Muir

jmn6 · Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Flagstaff, AZ

I've have been fortunate so far, that i have gotten by with a tarp and mat pad, that is if you dont mind the critters scampering over you in the night and the weather is decent. although for extending camping, a tent might be useful.

Hikngrl · Posted: 2/8/2008, 4:19 pm Post subject:

jmn6! you are shrinking!
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AFScout80 · Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 82 Location: Colorado