[Sca-cooks] OT Air Mattress (was Pennsic Pity Party)

[Mark Hendershott]

At 02:52 PM 6/1/2006, you wrote:
> > Reindeer furs are warm, two of them on top och each other is
> > quite a bit
> > of insulation. When out winter camping I carry one thick (14mm) closed
> > cell foam pad and one bull reindeer hide (untanned, fall butchered).
> > That is plenty of insulation for underneath a sleeping bag. >>>
> >
> > Sounds good. But Reindeer furs, untanned or not, are rather hard to
> > come by over here.
>
>Its true. They might be marginally easier to acquire in Canada but they're
>expensive. They very very rarely show up at Value Village or other gently
>used store (as do sheep and goat), but if your not there the minute they
>come out, you're s**t out of luck.

It is a bit of a wait but you might set a snare on your roof in late December

Simon Sinneghe
Briaroak, Summits, An Tir