From: Trekrdon@aol.com
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 08:02:18 CST
I read with interest the postings on this topic. I have learned the
following through the last 15 years of backpacking.
It is nice to have somethng to sit on - especially on longer trips.
You will eventually spill food where you eat (that is why my wife won't let
me eat in the living room)
Various closed cell and inflatable pads WILL fit in the chair frames.
A small piece of tarp or visquine can protect from the bottom and from the
top for spills. Remember the Aunt who always kept her chairs in plastic
wrappers?
A very lt wgt alternative to the chairs is a folding Coleman stool - no
backrest but it does put your knees in a more comfortable position.
Most of the time now I just use a "butt pad" - a piece of ensolite about
12X12 or 14X14 cut from the bottom of a long pad or an old torn up pad. It
rides under the lid of my pack, keeps my B--- warm and dry and protects from
thorns and sharp rocks. Weighs almost nothing and costs almost nothing. But
-- my wife still makes noises when I try to eat in front of the TV!!
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