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B bungy Member Joined: Dec 17, 2005 Posts: 77	B bungy Posted posted on Tue, Dec 27, 2005 2:57 PM tinglerart made refence to life as an adventure.. well! If anyone is eager for a real down to earth adventure in this day and age..it is white water rafting down the Grand Canyon.. I went last year for 14 days, 219 miles, 90 rapids (4 of these were 10 plus!) I refused to sleep in a tent becasue why on earth would you go on soemthing like that and sleep inside!!! The stars were so close you could touch them! The balmy night breezes wafted across you, and wakened you so you could lie there and smell the sweet desert smells, and hear the Colorado going happily on its way! BUT! One night it rained! and it rained ! And it rained.. all night long! Well.. at the Cove, I spent years sleeping outside. I had a metal cot off a navy ship and a sleeping bag with a sheet pinned inside, and from 2 to five dogs when the winter gales blew m in and the rain poured down..so I was used to it, and before going to bed, I put my gound sheet down so I could pull it over me in case it really did rain. Then, I got my slicker (coat and pants) out and rolled them up right beside my pillow. Then , I stowed all my gear away in my water proof river bag, and went to bed.. it took an hour before the rain started. I jumped up, got into my rain stuff, got back into my sleeping bag.. and pulled the ground cover over me..it was old and was no cover for the rain.. within a half hour I my down filled sleeping bag was soaked .. but I was dry because of my slicker.. and it wasn't that cold becasue this was Arizona desert! So, I kept feeling my hands all night to make sure I wasn't getting too cold in the pouring rain, and kept moving my bare feet becaue they were in a puddle at the end of my bag!.. only just last month, when I was thinking about this I said, "DUH!" How could I feel my cold hands with my cold hands!! Finally dawn came, and with it hot coffee around the campfire! It turned out only 3 of us had slept out! We swam and bathed in 50% water filled with silt. tthere was a 5 gallon plastic bucket for you know what.. and that was all for ameneties.. so if any of you want a primo adventure.. that is it.. but you have to go the whole 14 days, oar powered to get the full adventure!! Happy days! Auntie Bungy

tinglerart made refence to life as an adventure.. well! If anyone is eager for a real down to earth adventure in this day and age..it is white water rafting down the Grand Canyon.. I went last year for 14 days, 219 miles, 90 rapids (4 of these were 10 plus!) I refused to sleep in a tent becasue why on earth would you go on soemthing like that and sleep inside!!! The stars were so close you could touch them! The balmy night breezes wafted across you, and wakened you so you could lie there and smell the sweet desert smells, and hear the Colorado going happily on its way!
BUT! One night it rained! and it rained ! And it rained.. all night long! Well.. at the Cove, I spent years sleeping outside. I had a metal cot off a navy ship and a sleeping bag with a sheet pinned inside, and from 2 to five dogs when the winter gales blew m in and the rain poured down..so I was used to it, and before going to bed, I put my gound sheet down so I could pull it over me in case it really did rain. Then, I got my slicker (coat and pants) out and rolled them up right beside my pillow. Then , I stowed all my gear away in my water proof river bag, and went to bed.. it took an hour before the rain started. I jumped up, got into my rain stuff, got back into my sleeping bag.. and pulled the ground cover over me..it was old and was no cover for the rain.. within a half hour I my down filled sleeping bag was soaked .. but I was dry because of my slicker.. and it wasn't that cold becasue this was Arizona desert! So, I kept feeling my hands all night to make sure I wasn't getting too cold in the pouring rain, and kept moving my bare feet becaue they were in a puddle at the end of my bag!.. only just last month, when I was thinking about this I said, "DUH!" How could I feel my cold hands with my cold hands!! Finally dawn came, and with it hot coffee around the campfire! It turned out only 3 of us had slept out!
We swam and bathed in 50% water filled with silt. tthere was a 5 gallon plastic bucket for you know what.. and that was all for ameneties.. so if any of you want a primo adventure.. that is it.. but you have to go the whole 14 days, oar powered to get the full adventure!! Happy days! Auntie Bungy

Post #204671 by bungy on Tue, Dec 27, 2005 2:57 PM