not much I can say, cuz it's been already said, and IB is right she's a beautiful girl with the determination of a wolverine to boot and truly an inspiration---good job mom and dad and great job Shelby---
Carl--great write up by your bro-n-law--
I also have the Marmot early light that we used on our hunt last yr in CA---not bad, but it never got that cold and I only used this one trip, but I really do like the camping stove thing and I'm having a hard time wanting to camp without if the weather...
here's what I'd get and then I'd buy the versa port and have him sew it in--
http://titaniumgoat.com/vertex5.html
The Vertex 5 is sized just right for two people and a small amount of gear. This tent does not come with a pole,
or the Versa-Port. The Vertex 5 comes with carbon fiber tent...
great info---I carry way to heavy of a bag, but I sleep great in my Wiggys Ultima and find it hard to try and replace it with a down bag--the wet down thing scares me also. I hate sleeping cold, been there and done that(old, very old Cats Meow also, but used sparingly) and I promised to never...
these are net scores-------yea I'm pretty sure that's correct, but it's been quite some time since I taped them and I don't think I made any mistakes and I do error on the side of less vs more, the first one was 28" wide when I shot him in 1990 and I want to say his mains are like 20" long and...
I'm watching and we've just chased Cliff Lee from the game in the bottom of the 5th----
Tim Lincecum started out terrible and got lucky with only giving up 2 runs, thought it wasn't going to be pretty, but this team doesn't seem to get phased so far---still a lot of game left though so no reason...
Carl--yea, thanks for the info---
Oak--good idea on a new thread........I'll be checkin it out also, as I'm gear snob also and always looking to improve if possible----chris