Gear From The 1970s and 1980's

[RCGator]

I had the same orange and blue Hillary bag, it replaced an Army feather mummy bag that weighed at least 10 pounds.

[Cadenza]

I still have my canvas Boy Scout pack from 1965.

And,....I still use my 1980 Svea 123 stove!

[Wise Old Owl]

Wish I had the original to work with. This took 20 minutes.

[Kerosene]

I still have my canvas Boy Scout pack from 1965.

And,....I still use my 1980 Svea 123 stove!

But did you save the car, which would now be worth a pretty penny?

[Llama Legs]

the big green bags are what we use to call "sleeping bags". They had the attached awning you could build over your head

[Tipi Walter]

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My pack from 1060-61 and the steel frame of my dad's pack.

I remember my old Yucca and your pics bring back memories.

I still have my canvas Boy Scout pack from 1965.

And,....I still use my 1980 Svea 123 stove!

I'll have to include my picture too!


Here I am in Texas in 1963 with my faithful Yucca. I always wore it frameless. I may of posted this one before.

the big green bags are what we use to call "sleeping bags". They had the attached awning you could build over your head

Your pic reminds me of an old bag I got in 1957 in heavy green canvas which rolled up exactly like yours.


This pic is all that is left of it as it rotted away years ago.

[Connie]

We could have a thread on how many of us had a Boy Scout Yucca Pack.

I carried mine frameless, as well. I saved up to purchase a Kelty Tioga frame pack, that broke. I never purchased a frame pack, again.

I carried a torso-length ensolite foam pad, a SVEA 123 stove, and a sleeping bag with a canvas extension you could pitch overhead. I had an Eddie Bauer Expedition vest, an Eddie Bauer Radar O'Reilly down filled hat, an REI "flood sale" British Ventile mountain jacket, Raichle Palu boots, Ragg socks and U.S. Army surplus wool pants with suspenders. I wore a lightweight wool shirt. I had a U.S. Navy wool watch cap.

I used a 6-mil 8' x 10' plastic tarp with grommets I put in myself.

I had a long ice axe I used as a walking stick and for self-belay on mountain snow fields and glaciers. I also carried a mountaineering rope for glaciers. I had glacier glasses to protect my eyes. I had Millar Mitts to protect my hands.

After that, I got into more lightweight gear.