When camping by the beach, you often get a storm that rolls through with little to no notice. You can scramble and get all your possessions together and hide in your tent...OR, you can use this method to enjoy the rain like a boss.
I have had the BaseCamp as my Base camp for the past 4 months.
During the fall and winter, I have been to the rain forests of Olympic National forest, to the coasts of Big Sur and the beaches of Southern California. The BaseCamp has proven to a.) keep me dry. b.) hold up to BIG winds (30 MPH) and c.) crazy down pours.
If you are traveling in the woods for any period of time, you will happen upon some hippies.
They will try to hug you. Do not be alarmed. I believe hugging is a method they use to determine the vibe of a traveler.
So you have your back pack down to 35 pounds for a 10 day trip.
You will need to catch your own protein if you will last this long. So here are some tips to eating from the ocean when your freeze dried meals don't cut it.
1. It is light weight. They actually carry a lighter version, but I recommend this cheaper model as it has 4 prongs for holding up your pot vs 3 prongs on the light weight version.
7 likes her 12 dollar access cab space.