Last winter trip
One More Trip with Night Frost After the last trip outdoors, it was important for me to get one more winter trip in – with night frost. There were several things I wanted to test after the previous cold night: Try a different tarp + plash-palatka setup Build a bed and get away from the frozen ground Test a wool sheet and a cotton sleeping bag, which I plan to upgrade with oilskin Heat stones under the bed and use a water bottle in the sleeping bag Since the last trip, I’ve slowly built a bed. I’ve been walking around the forest collecting dead branches instead of cutting fresh ones from trees. When I’ve felled trees, I’ve also deliberately saved poles for building projects later. It’s simply two long poles with crosspieces lashed onto them. I wanted to insulate the bed with straw or spruce boughs – but both require a bit of a trip, since there isn’t much of that on my own land. Coincidentally, the recycling station had a large pile of good hay – so I brought that...
