I have a Kelty and a 1 1/2 year old and can relate to your issue although I’ve never tried a pillow. The kid pack is like a sleep magnet. The baby falls asleep in the first ten minutes were on the trail. It’s like clockwork.
Yeah, Mitchell is better but the snow is likely deeper with more wind and less cover. If you pull this off, I’d love to see photos from these places in the winter.
I wouldn’t sleep naked on the hottest summer night. That’s making a statement!!! More power to you if you can pull that off in sub 32 temps – especially if you just ingested a bottle of booze!
Shakespeare makes a collapsible rod about 14″ when collapsed. I have the smallest reel shindaiwa makes on it, with 4 pound test, and it has been great for years of catch-and-release fishing.
I thought I was going to die on the N. Kaibab trail last summer…. It was great though! And yes, by God, there is a bar in the bottom of the canyon. Although it’s only open for two hours. But hell, I’ll take that any day.
