[pct-l] Super-Secrets - Hiking Poles serving extra duty . . .

[metam01 at earthlink.net (Monty Tam)]

> > Do the ever resourceful Switchback and others have any home-made 
> > suggestions for keeping one's, as it's occasionally referred to: where 
> > the back changes name, off the  cold, wet, rocky ground?
> > JD

Real good and very useful question.


First find the best place to sit, the least rocky ground, sometimet right
on the trail itself.

Then a Plastic Bag that's part of my base gear

While camped I add my sleeping pad folded for more cushion

and maybe my 6 oz, bivy sack with a waterproof bottom

My sleeping bag in the bivy adds padding and wraps around my legs for more
warmth.

More clothes, more padding

More?  A tarp blocks the wind and rain.

On rare Occasions I use my pack 

But to answer
simply.................................................................A
plastic bag

Warner Springs Monty