and never stays there more than 2 night in a row. Almost never fails to thaw out during the daytime Gotta have caches anyway, so my BOB contains only a very small amount of shelter gear. With proper clothing, the SOL escape bivvy (heavily modified) a chunk of aluminum foil, a small stuff sack, a couple of the "clothing grade" tyvek bags,( snaps on their edges 7 x 8 ft when flat), a 6x8 PEVA clear shower curtain, (also with snaps to form a bag) a bugnet bag to deal with the condensation issue inside of the SOL bivvy(there's not much of this)
Take some clear packing tape, some plastic stakes, some cordage, a UCO candle lantern, the NVD goggles, net-hammock, the 1 lb of heavy duty trekking poles suffice. Stay active during the coldest hours, if hostilities mean that you can't have a fire. Put the fire down in a dakota Pit, the foil at a 45 degree angle over the pit, will reflect heat towards you, without the flame/light being visible at night. With the help of a 10 mg tablet of timed-release Ambien, you can get 5-6 hours of sleep while sitting up, inside the SOL bivvy with the BEESWAX (only) candle lantern between your feet. Sleep from 11 am to 5pm, the warmest hours and stay active during the coldest hours. The trekking poles will serve to make a lean to. The SOl bag, with the velcro seams added, opens up like a lean-to.
One of the tyvek bags can seal the windward end of the leanto, while the PEVA curtain seals the front, and debris blocks the leeward end. PEVA lets in radiant heat, you see. You can also stuff the bags with debris, lie upon one of them, and pull the other one over you. Given my 2 sets of longjohns, the goretex cammies, and the rainsuit, I can also stuff dry debris between my layers. If need be and as a last resort, the mylar can be cut into chunks, wadded up and used as stuffing between the clothing layers. The PEVA can also serve as a tarp, of coure, if rain is the main problem. It is best utilized to form a triagular setup, over a ridgeline, very low to the ground., with a trench all around to direct water away. A gillnet -hammock can keep you up off of the cold, wet, hard ground, out of the bugs and snakes, and it can feed you if need be. Mine is 3" mesh, monofilament, 6 ft wide, 100 ft long. Fold it back on itself3x, tying each time and it supports me quite well.
I can also use the tyvek bags one inside of the other, with debris in between them for insulation. Ditto debris between the SOL bivvy and the inside tyvek bag. Because the bags are waterproof, the debris need not be dry.
There's always debris and it can be dried out with hot rocks. Ditto, hot rocks can be set under the hammock, and hot water can be taken inside of the bivvy with me.
I detest normal sleeping bags, pads, etc They inevitably get wet and then are worthless. I detest zippers, cause they jam, break, tear the sleeeping bags, letting moisture in. A wet sleeping bag weighs 40.lbs! It will soak up every bit of a 5 gallon bucket of water that you pour onto it! When you're being shot-at, pursued, you are not going to care about dropping to prone in a creek, on sharp stones, running thru thorns, etc, so your gear IS going to get torn!
Take some clear packing tape, some plastic stakes, some cordage, a UCO candle lantern, the NVD goggles, net-hammock, the 1 lb of heavy duty trekking poles suffice. Stay active during the coldest hours, if hostilities mean that you can't have a fire. Put the fire down in a dakota Pit, the foil at a 45 degree angle over the pit, will reflect heat towards you, without the flame/light being visible at night. With the help of a 10 mg tablet of timed-release Ambien, you can get 5-6 hours of sleep while sitting up, inside the SOL bivvy with the BEESWAX (only) candle lantern between your feet. Sleep from 11 am to 5pm, the warmest hours and stay active during the coldest hours. The trekking poles will serve to make a lean to. The SOl bag, with the velcro seams added, opens up like a lean-to.
One of the tyvek bags can seal the windward end of the leanto, while the PEVA curtain seals the front, and debris blocks the leeward end. PEVA lets in radiant heat, you see. You can also stuff the bags with debris, lie upon one of them, and pull the other one over you. Given my 2 sets of longjohns, the goretex cammies, and the rainsuit, I can also stuff dry debris between my layers. If need be and as a last resort, the mylar can be cut into chunks, wadded up and used as stuffing between the clothing layers. The PEVA can also serve as a tarp, of coure, if rain is the main problem. It is best utilized to form a triagular setup, over a ridgeline, very low to the ground., with a trench all around to direct water away. A gillnet -hammock can keep you up off of the cold, wet, hard ground, out of the bugs and snakes, and it can feed you if need be. Mine is 3" mesh, monofilament, 6 ft wide, 100 ft long. Fold it back on itself3x, tying each time and it supports me quite well.
I can also use the tyvek bags one inside of the other, with debris in between them for insulation. Ditto debris between the SOL bivvy and the inside tyvek bag. Because the bags are waterproof, the debris need not be dry.
There's always debris and it can be dried out with hot rocks. Ditto, hot rocks can be set under the hammock, and hot water can be taken inside of the bivvy with me.I detest normal sleeping bags, pads, etc They inevitably get wet and then are worthless. I detest zippers, cause they jam, break, tear the sleeeping bags, letting moisture in. A wet sleeping bag weighs 40.lbs! It will soak up every bit of a 5 gallon bucket of water that you pour onto it! When you're being shot-at, pursued, you are not going to care about dropping to prone in a creek, on sharp stones, running thru thorns, etc, so your gear IS going to get torn!
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