How To Set Up A Sled Or Pulk For Winter Camping The Easy Way

Setting up a sled for winter hiking can be super simple or a complex engineering project. It's up to you.

I show you how simple it can be plus some useful tips.

Your average wildlife photographer will carry up to 20-30kg of gear for a base camp. In winter, you can easily double or triple that weight.

Carrying a full base camp in winter is no fun. But dumping all that weight into a sled makes it so easy to carry all your gear, including all that extra stuff for winter camping.

When I mention using poles made of electrical conduit tubing, you don't use the tubing to pull the sled. Rope runs through the entire length of the tubing so it's the rope that's pulling the sled. The tubing just stops the sled from getting away from you when going downhill.

Let me know if you have any comments, questions or suggestions.



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