camping/ hiking some time soon

[romo23]

so before school starts up again i need to get out of the flippin city and just go be in the mountains, i dont know where im going or when exactly but plan on camping a couple days what i can fit in my backpack and practice some survival stuff.

anyone have an interest of making this a group thing as people generally learn more as a group. 

[Grumblecakes]

matches in an old pill bottle are my favorite and a lighter. i also like small homemade candles as fire starters. (basically tea candles with bigger wicks). spare knife and wet stone. extra socks (i usually take 2 pair or more a day for camping). a stainless steel water bottle (for heating water). 550cord/rope. FA kit. compass... lots of small stuff could be added.

matches, 2 knifes and a stone and socks and water are MY nesseacties

[romo23]

so does that mean your in? or just your 2 cents? its late my meaning was is anyone interested in making the camping a group thing get 5 or 6 of us to go and just practice and learn stuff.

[9Shooter]

I have been itching to do this.  Date/location/details?

[romo23]

well when works for everyone, i have training the first and last week of august so we could go sometime in the middle of august, anybody have a preferred location, within 2 hours?

[Grumblecakes]

sorry i thought you were asking what to pack.

[9Shooter]

Weekends in August look good for me.  Most all of my previous trips have been in the Sierra-Nevada so I don't know of any locations to suggest around here.  I'll wait to see what others contribute.

[bigjoey]

Check out black in the hells canyon national forest. I am going ot black lake last weekend in july for a loner outing. You wanna drop off the radar this is a GREAT place to do it. http://www.fs.fed.us/hellscanyon/things_to_see_and_do/recmap.shtml

[GrayWolf]

Check out black in the hells canyon national forest. I am going ot black lake last weekend in july for a loner outing. You wanna drop off the radar this is a GREAT place to do it. http://www.fs.fed.us/hellscanyon/things_to_see_and_do/recmap.shtml

I was told that much of the Hells Canyon wilderness was burned in the 2006 fire.  Was the Black Lake area affected?

[romo23]

and can you shoot firearms out there?


if so does anyone object? im thinking like third week/weekend of august maybe.