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MDhiker1967
08-17-2008, 17:59
When you tent instead of staying in a shelter where do you put your pack for the night?

KG4FAM
08-17-2008, 18:47
Under my feet to raise them up.

Pickleodeon
08-17-2008, 19:42
wow! I was just going to ask that same question. Is it ok to keep a pack in the tent, assuming that food and smelly things are bear bagged away from it?

Panzer1
08-17-2008, 19:59
Sometimes I use the pack as a pillow, sometimes I just keep it next to me. But I never leave it outside the tent. Everything comes in the tent with me except my trekking poles and the food bag which I hang from a tree branch a safe distance from the tent but close enough that I can keep an eye on it.

Panzer

BadIdea
08-17-2008, 20:36
Everything in the tent except water bottles and soaking wet shoes go in the vestibule. If you're worried about the smell of your pack attracting animals, realize your body and clothes probably smell exactly the same...

Slo-go'en
08-17-2008, 20:50
I have a small tent, so I hang my pack on a near-by tree (there is usually a broken branch stubble on the tree 3-4 feet off the ground for this) with the pack cover on.

SmokeHouse
08-17-2008, 21:18
My pack is next to me either under a tarp, tipi, or a beautiful clear sky...

Summit
08-17-2008, 21:19
I have a small tent, so I hang my pack on a near-by tree (there is usually a broken branch stubble on the tree 3-4 feet off the ground for this) with the pack cover on.If you are forced to leave your pack outside your tent due to its size (why I insist on a small two-person tent for solo hiking), this is probably your best option. Just leave all compartments open/unzipped, because sooner or later mice are going to come snooping and if they can't get in through an open door, they will make one! :eek:

Blissful
08-17-2008, 21:56
When both of us stayed in our hubba hubba, we left it outside, sometimes hung from a tree or just on the ground with packcovers on (if it will be raining, we also threw our extra tyvek over them). If I am in the tent alone, I kept it inside with me since I had a two person tent. Some are able to keep it under the vestibule.

fiddlehead
08-18-2008, 09:24
my pack is my pillow.

Wags
08-18-2008, 17:08
vestibule