i dont bring a chair, i have tractor style seats in my canoe so i dont bring any sort of cushion for that either. im still young (25) so the squatting isnt that much of a bother... yet... for filletting fish, we usually prop the canoe up on some logs/rocks over a low spot so that we can stand and clean fish. otherwise i dont really do much sitting around. im either standing and fishing or sitting fishing from the canoe about 70% of the time. the other say 25% is sleeping and the remaining 5% is sitting around camp. ive been considering bringing a cushion

Puckster wrote on Jun 16^th, 2013 at 4:21am:


Sort of funny......in that kick in the gut sort of way. I bought a complete line of waterproof duffels after seeing my pals in action. They are pretty sweet I admit and I will probably get a lot of use out of them but me oh my were they pricey. Watertight to 30 meters which also means airtight (a decided advantage for those of us who stash our food>If Yogi can't smell it he won't get it up ). I also liked the longer openings of the duffels........no more digging around trying to find what you want but I am digressing.........I decided on Martens 5 gallon bucket route after settling on an Everglades trip. The raccoons are thick and have perfected the art of thievery. My Watershed duffels wouldn't last long.

After packing one up I seen the decided advantages and am bringing one on my WCP trip this summer. As per Marten I have decided to house my "kitchen" in one. I went to Home Depot and purchased a snap top (permanent) which has a screw on lid. Much better than any other lid set up which would be more or less a hassle. Will it replace my tri-pod stool? We will see.........but I rather doubt it. I love my tri-pod stool. Mine comes in at 14.5 oz compared to the usual 2lbs of most other tri-pod stools. Very easy to move about when breaking camp.

db wrote on Jun 15^th, 2013 at 7:31am:

Patrick McManus, Field & Stream wrote; "Half the fun of camping in those days was looking forward to getting back home.  When you did get back home you prolonged the enjoyment of your trip by telling all your friends how miserable you had been.  The more you talked about the miseries of life in the woods, the more you wanted to get back out there and start suffering again.  Camping was a fine and pleasant misery."

starwatcher

We often take a large bucket for all the same uses Marten puts his to.  It does make a good chair, also a small table, we use the cover for a cutting board.  Hadn't thought about using it as a pontoon on boggy portages; will have to try that out in the future. 

really interesting stuff about the bucket. on our way out we saw 3 or 4 groups with buckets and were wondering what they would be used for that they would be worth the space/carrying. obviously the stuff that has been mentioned is great, but then on portages you have to carry the bucket by the handle? im part of the school of thought that hands free portaging is best. i always take my personal pack, and if i have the canoe i have both hands to balance the canoe on rocky areas/elevation changes. if i dont have the canoe i have either the food bag or tent bag. both are the water proof(vinyl) duffel bags with the big over the shoulder strap. that way i have both hands free if i stumble or to move sticks/rocks out of the portage path.

i guess if i were to bring a bucket i would probably bring 2? for carrying/balance reasons.