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Martin Eden

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10. So then, you don't need an axe or a saw.

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 07:10 PM

Dec 2011

Like I said, I seldom make a fire when I backpack. However, if there is an established fire ring and no prohibitions, making a small fire with dead & down debris for a little warmth and enjoyment does not violate LNT ethics.

I live near Chicago, and have most often backpacked in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (upper Michigan), Red River Gorge in Kentucky, and the North Carolina Mountains. Twice in Colorado (RMNP & Lost Creek Wilderness), and twice in the High Peaks of the Adirondacks in NY state.

Care to share your backcountry haunts?

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Do you prefer a camp saw or an axe on a camping trip? [View all] canoeist52 Dec 2011 OP

Is this backpacking or car camping? Duer 157099 Dec 2011 #1

Wilderness camping - canoe and kayak canoeist52 Dec 2011 #2

Saw sorcrow Dec 2011 #3

Axe Duer 157099 Dec 2011 #4

Axe ixion Dec 2011 #5

Probably go with ax. ManiacJoe Dec 2011 #6

I like my folding saw but I also use a small hand axe for splitting. canoeist52 Dec 2011 #7

Coiled Wire Saw, occasionally Martin Eden Dec 2011 #8

I don't make fires when I am backpacking Kolesar Dec 2011 #9

So then, you don't need an axe or a saw. Martin Eden Dec 2011 #10

Belly River and Ptarmigan Tunnel in Glacier NP last year Kolesar Dec 2011 #11

Car camping, I take a hand axe, for pounding stakes and splitting wood petronius Dec 2011 #12

Mid length axe if I'm solo. Remmah2 Dec 2011 #13

Axe for splitting wood. Codeine Jan 2012 #14

Nether other than a saw wire in my survival tin. MichaelMcGuire May 2012 #15