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im a pretty light packer so i think i used most all of my stuff. id say if you want to pack light then you might try to simplify your food. dont take a grill or anything to warm stuff. dont take a lot of extra food - just basic things you know you will eat. i dd use my grill but i didnt HAVE to use it. i actually did not use chairs - i sat on the matress.
I bought a big crate of bottled water that I barely used. I didn't think the well water was so bad. Sure, it smelled like sulfur, but after I added some powdererd drink mix, I really couldn't even notice it.
Ditto on the bottled water. Buy maybe a twelve pack to freeze for the cooler and get a big jug of water with one of those spouty things. You can use it to refill your water bottles, brush your teeth, wash your hands, and whatever, plus it's refillable. Other than that, I can't think of anything I didn't use. Actually, I didn't use any of the rope I brought, but I don't suggest you not take any.
i disagree on the water pretty strongly. we drank a lot of water - like, a lot. but it really depends on how much time you spend at your campsite. if you are in GA (and far from the gate), odds are, you will not be at your camp all that much. i'd also suggest buying water in TN, dont haul all that weight from MA.
as far as useless stuff... dont bring too much food. dont bother with a grill or trying to cook anything. that's a waste of energy/time - the food there is reasonable - probably expect to spend $35 a day on food if you eat a few separate meals.
While I don't totally agree with not bringing friends, I understand it can be more problematic than it's worth for some. Sticks lodged in one's ass is definitely a useless item and sometimes friends bring plenty of it.
With the water, I totally drank a lot of it and am not saying that people should skimp on water, but it was mostly my refillable hiking bottle that I refilled in Centeroo. I think I bought 24 bottles of water and between two of us we drank MAYBE 6 of them. We used the big jug mostly and refilled it. We also didn't spend too much time around our tent. If you spend a lot of time at camp, then bottled water may be better. I just don't see the point when you can have large refillable jugs instead of tons of small bottles.
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i disagree on the water pretty strongly. we drank a lot of water - like, a lot.
Oh, so did I. Don't get me wrong, I was drinking about two or three full bladders' worth a day out of my gallon-sized Camelback, most of which was during the daytime. Please, everyone, for the love of God, and for your own health and safety, stay hydrated.
All I was saying was that the well water really isn't that bad. Going into the water stations and smelling that nasty rotten egg stench emanating from the troughs is by far the worst of it - the taste isn't all that bad, really. Something of a metallic, sulfury aftertaste, but certainly palatable. I once went on Outward Bound, where we had to purify our own water with iodine - that tasted much, much worse than the farm water.
Post by rideincircles on Oct 18, 2008 13:27:22 GMT -5
We used the hell out of our frozen bottles water, nothing beats ice cold water. We didnt eat that much food,and I have a ridiculous amount of snacks left over after bonnaroo. Be sure to eat a dozen garlic grilled cheese sandwiches located near pod 3, theyare for sale at all hours except breakfast when they sell breakfast sandwiches.
I have to agree about the food - brings some snacks - but plan on eating in centeroo or from the vendors in the campgrounds - besides - it is really too hot to be all that hungry
We brought 2-3 cases of water for the two of us and drank most of it - we froze it and used it as ice in the cooler - it was great to have ice cold water. If you throw 3-4 in your backpack - you still have cold water in the afternoon as the ice has melted
Post by dancinginthedark on Oct 28, 2008 22:17:08 GMT -5
I totally agree on the food thing. Being my first year, I brought a lot of food because I expected to be really hungry at the end of the day. I even brought a grill and everything, but only really used it in the mornings to make breakfast. The afternoons were too action-packed and I was much too exhausted from the heat to even worry about cooking anything. The Tennessee sun really does wonders for the appetite. I DID, however, use all of the bottled water and Gatorade that we brought. I took several bottles in my backpack into Centeroo everyday and that pretty much used up the 24 pack.
I brought a full sized Coleman camp stove to make coffee in the morning. This year, I'm going with a backpacker's stove. One of those little metal stands that you attach directly to the top of a small propane canister. Takes up a zillion times less room. I agree that you don't need a stove (unless you don't wake up in the morning without caffeine and need it immediately at your campsite, which is me). But if you need a stove and want to conserve room, look for a backpacker's stove. That and the propane pack nicely inside the pot I use to boil water, so it's really no additional space at all.
I brought a grill my first year, but left it home last year and didn't miss it at all! Lots of snacks, but with the heat and the state of mind I don't get that hungry for the weekend. Powdered Gatorade really makes that water tolerable too.
I say bring less water and more gatorade. Also make sure not to bring too much beer. I know it sounds absurd, but its a waste of cooler space and money to bring 6x more beer than you can humanly consume. Remember you've got to last 4 days out there.
I have had good luck staying hydrated with gatorade powder. I mix a few scoops with the water in my camebak and this managed to keep me well hydrated even while consuming beer and other fun things.
The amount of beer you bring depends on the group you are with and where you are camped. My group of only four managed to consume over a dozen 30 packs of beer. As we were staying in VIP we could pop back to our campsite very easily for a quick break and grab a few more cans to sneak into centeroo.
Post by lordrockinhood on Dec 5, 2008 15:21:41 GMT -5
NEVER TOO MUCH BEER!!! (imo)
Besides my camping crew, I need enough to share with wandering friends neighbors and guests and even if it doesn't all get drunk, I'd much rather have too much that I take home... then risk RUNNING OUT
Useless item: Box wine. I think I drank it one day before I realized that I don't like red wine when I'm sweating, even if it doesn't break the "no glass" rule
Useless item: Box wine. I think I drank it one day before I realized that I don't like red wine when I'm sweating, even if it doesn't break the "no glass" rule
Red wine really is terrible in the heat. I found some really good pinot grigio in a box, Clairity. If you pull the bladder out of the box and toss it in your cooler, a decent white wine is pretty refreshing! You can mix it with tonic for a wine spritzer, if you want to go more toward hydration (certainly it ain't drinkin' water, but it's better than drinking straight wine).
Useless item: Box wine. I think I drank it one day before I realized that I don't like red wine when I'm sweating, even if it doesn't break the "no glass" rule
Red wine really is terrible in the heat. I found some really good pinot grigio in a box, Clairity. If you pull the bladder out of the box and toss it in your cooler, a decent white wine is pretty refreshing! You can mix it with tonic for a wine spritzer, if you want to go more toward hydration (certainly it ain't drinkin' water, but it's better than drinking straight wine).
Clothes can be considered useless later on in the weekend. Painting of the body will replace it. During the day its too hot too worry about, and it could cause really bad tan lines.
Besides my camping crew, I need enough to share with wandering friends neighbors and guests and even if it doesn't all get drunk, I'd much rather have too much that I take home... then risk RUNNING OUT
But that's just me
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
When's the last time you and I were in the same place and all the beer didn't get drunk?
in the two years we went I think I never used bug spray, or needed bug spray. So I would leave that at home.
Water, soda, Gatorade, Vitamin Water
Figure on a case of water, 2) 8 packs of Gatorade, Vitamin Water and some soda per person for the weekend. Use the water to fill your camelbak, Gatorade to rehydrate at camp.
i disagree on the water pretty strongly. we drank a lot of water - like, a lot.
I once went on Outward Bound, where we had to purify our own water with iodine - that tasted much, much worse than the farm water.
I remember the iodine drops in water for drinking. I also remember that when mixed with oatmeal, it turned breakfast purple. However, a much clearer memory is not having toilet paper for three weeks. I did the Collegiate Range C-329, twenty five plus years ago.
I had too many tools with me - waste of weight - I am going trailerless this year, so packing will be much more interesting this trip. Trying to consider making my vehicle more "expedition oriented" in order to have the needed supplies, comforts and not be excessive. I frequently have much more stuff than I need, but many times, others need something that I have brought.
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and even if it doesn't all get drunk, I'd much rather have too much that I take home... then risk RUNNING OUT 
