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WINTER CAMPING TIPS |
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Make sure your sleeping bag is warm enough to keep you warm at night. If you have to, double them (one inside the other). |
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Avoid down for sleeping bag filling, as it is easy to get wet and if it does, it will loose all its insulating power. |
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Drink lots of water, even though you may not think you need in the winter. Also drink hot drinks, such as hot chocolate or coffee. |
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Your body acts as a furnace to keep you warm. Keep it fueled. Eat high-calorie foodssuch as chocolate, nuts, or berries. Eat even if you don't think you need it. |
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Cold comes up through the ground, so use a Thermorest* or a closed cell foam sleeping pad. |
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If cooking with a light-weight stove, put a 1'x1' peice of plywood under it , it will keed the feul flowing and your stove working to its full potential. |
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If you don't have a pair of snowshoes, cross-country skis, or other mode of transpotation, you can make emergency snowshoes by lashing branches of evergreen to your feet. |
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