Retired Navy guy here. Thank you for your service and welcome!!!
If you dont already listen to the Northern Hunter Podcast. Ton of useful info from some great guys that call Fairbanks home.
Ill add, if anyone wants to PM me with questions I'd be glad to help. I run the above for 30 days in the Flat Tops at 11000 ft for pretty much the whole month of July. While fishing/hiking is our main goal, I use that trip to test the heck out of gear I take to Alaska.
Redcliffe is great for two and a stove. It has a modest enough amount of space for gear. I've found though not enough.
See our camp below. We ran two DST tarps for gear storage out of the rain.
I have since gone to running a Redcliffe and a 8 man Tipi that covers all scenarios we need...
So do servicemembers now have the thought process that a uniformed volunteer who accepts orders for a 3 year PCS tour is expecting BAH to cover buying a home? I'm genuinely curious.
Thank you
Retired Navy here after 27 years. One of my tours was at Shriever. I live up in Woodland Park. Due to the benefits you get for housing most of the comments here do not apply IMO.
Feel free to shoot me a PM and I'll help any way I can.
Food for thought.
When not loaded those lumbar pads at times seem " large" "too big" " too square" " not anatomically correct"
A large load gets tossed on it like 2 elk rears or an AK moose quarter and it works as advertised. Great support and solid.
Like someone else said though everyone...
Thats my way of thinking towards Alaska big game hunts. My body is gonna break before my wallet. Go like hell while I can.
" There is no luggage rack on a hearse"
Im im Casper now waiting out the storm/ wind to go chase some geese. Sitting here drinking coffee and shaking my head at two things.
1) I just wasted 30 min reading that other wolf thread that got started by some newb who is from DC.
2) Why am I not moving to Wyoming or Alaska? I fear the...