San Rafael Desert Lite Trek to Indian Art - camping

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I set out to do something different than I usually do, go lite. I'm always testing something or normally several things, so I am never going lite in my travels with the extra gear to try out. For me this was pretty minimal, it was fun and interesting as well. Being able to move quickly was a nice change. For shelter or sleeping I took my Wilderness Innovation PSSL Poncho in Realtree Xtra camo, which can be used as a poncho, a hammock, a tarp, or a chair. It is extra light at less than a pound including cordage. I took a butane stove not sure if fire would be possible due to lots of dry grass. No blanket or bag, no tarp, in fact just my street clothes. for more info on gear used http://wildernessinnovation.com

Tags: desert,camping,bushcraft,poncho,hammock,dyneema,whoopie sling,soft shackle,gearrig,hydration,utah,san rafael swell,backpacking,optimus,butane stove,oatmeal,travel light

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well here I am too late start it's 8:30 at night should have been here a couple hours ago at least but you know it is what it is I may run into obstacles hiking through here I don't know I can see down here the river is considerably higher than it has been it's dark it's going to be dark before long okay so for this trek I'm going solo as always almost always I've got Camelback Lobo that I pulled out the Camelback lat bladder pulled that out put a geigerrig bladder in this is my geigerrig right here it's got pressurized bladder system you pump it it holds pressure I can wet my face I can whatever and I've got some cooking supplies and a butane stove in here this is my poncho that I'm going to use as a hammock or whatever I need to use it for got a cup here about a half a gallon of water well 70 70 ounces one other thing

I'm not wearing boots like normal this is going to be unusual trying to go light I almost never go light because I got too much other stuff I'm taken but this time around I decided I'm not taking a bunch extra stuff so I'm just going here's my loadout this is what I'm taking so let's hit the road man

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with our PSS series of lectures I can go from a posture a hammock retard we share this matter met using Whoopie sling is one of the simplest ways to set up our poncho as a hammock also we have our own customized version of a soft shackle which makes it really simple to thread through the sleeve on the end of our Poncho's that allows it to be turned into a hammock once it's sled through there there's a knot and the Dyneema cord and a sliding and a sliding ivett secures the knot behind there and what's that's all secured in there can't go anywhere pull the loop through stick the Marlinspike through I'll secured right there to adjust I just grab the the end little pigtail here put my fingers over the other piece pull there it is at all there is to it that's it I'm set very quick very easy easy to adjust lightweight poncho lightweight hammock could be a tarp a chair or whatever all in one thing so everything everything that I needed for this trick I brought with me and the Camelback Lobo either inside or strapped to here including 70 ounces of water on the inside and then inside here has some drink mixes several those and I actually have I actually have three meals in Ziploc baggies that are inside of here - got enough stuff in here for a day and a half or two days so in this cup right here pull that out and inside of here a burner just some flips up like that little thing right little piece right there slides up and down you see that ball right there and that rotates like that so make is so fold down compact when you're ready to use you just flip it up there's our adjustment then these little feet here arms pull out and fold down I usually leave that on there to keep the sand or anything out of there the still here we just spin that on there okay alright for my cereal this morning I need eight ounces of water so I can just use my my geigerrig that pumps up so it's pressurized I can just squirt out some water

there's eight ounces of water right there a cup of water ready to go on the burner

I like I prepackaged my meals a lot of times so what I've done here this is oatmeal I've put the salt in it that I need I put some raisins I put some brown sugar I just put it all in one pack this comes to a boil I'll dump it in let it cook up and then I'm ready to eat all right we got us a full boil turn that down a little bit and take long to get that just a minute or so get some cereal dumped into here we go stir that around a little bit that looks like we both got it right here I like to use rolled oats which a little Hardy or meal it's not as soggy and mushy there we go we're ready to pretty eat just a few minutes solid tip all right I sit out in my hammock here and have my breakfast [Music]

this will give me some good energy for hiking around and stuff I'm going to do I'm looking for some Indian sightings up on one of the walls up here I think it's the next Canyon over that what a nice view I've got [Music]

nice place that breakfast I mean look at that look at them Red Rock beautiful Canyon I'm in it's a beautiful place man gorgeous

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we're in the middle of the spring runoff and the San Rafael River is about out of its banks it's pretty high this patch behind me a month ago you just walked by there's a little trickle of water you had to hop over well looks like the trail ends right here the water is higher than the trail I don't know if I want to try to walk out through there or not I got all my electronic gear and some time when that water comes in up there you don't know how it might have slumped something off and I don't want to really want to go for a swim with all my electronics I'm going to see about finding a spot up here where I can maybe get up above it or you get up above it and come back overhead come back down to the trail further down here pretty rough slippery Rock here everything here just slide I got to go across a patch of not too good stuff it goes down there and drops off that ledge into the river so I got to be careful here I owe another meeting of San Rafael River right there you see the window in it and I believe my understanding as the other side of that is where we find the Indian art [Music]

makes it easy to swab yourself off the water and once you get all soaked keep your head cool soak it up pretty good [Music]

it's an even reshape I had one a quick but won't be any reshaping today area oh yeah that feels good now to tank up on some water so now from here and a head up through all that Boulder fall that's the bottom of those cliffs see what we got well here I am I climbed up from down there where the river is up to here - I look at these Indians this Indian art now tell you what I I no sooner set foot in here into the shade of under this cliff and then I went from in the 90s - it feels just comfortable right here it's amazing of course the afternoon when the Sun got less this will be a furnace anyway let me show you what we got here I would give a little panorama here

those colors are still pretty dark [Music]

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