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Setting up the tents on a Susitna River island
After 4 days of packrafting down the Maclaren River, we reached the Susitna River and decided to camp on this big island. We cooked our dinner very close from the river (tarps and paddles barely visible under the sun) to minimize our impact and gear transport. Part of our bear protocol was to travel only in groups of minimum 4 and to sleep ~100 m away from the kitchen site where we left most of our gear. So most of the time it was just easier to set up the tents right before going to sleep.
Having the extra weight from the packrafting equipment, we eliminated as much gear as we could at the start of the trip and didn't take any tent stakes. Here we tied the tents to the bushes and improvised stakes with dead sticks.
The sun seems to be very close from setting, but at almost 63° N it was still 45 min away from sunset. I love the long summer daylight in the north!
Setting up the tents on a Susitna River island
After 4 days of packrafting down the Maclaren River, we reached the Susitna River and decided to camp on this big island. We cooked our dinner very close from the river (tarps and paddles barely visible under the sun) to minimize our impact and gear transport. Part of our bear protocol was to travel only in groups of minimum 4 and to sleep ~100 m away from the kitchen site where we left most of our gear. So most of the time it was just easier to set up the tents right before going to sleep.
Having the extra weight from the packrafting equipment, we eliminated as much gear as we could at the start of the trip and didn't take any tent stakes. Here we tied the tents to the bushes and improvised stakes with dead sticks.
The sun seems to be very close from setting, but at almost 63° N it was still 45 min away from sunset. I love the long summer daylight in the north!