On our hike a few weeks ago, like Northern1, I didn't saddle up my 8 yr old with much weight. His pack is fairly large, but only has a sleeping bag and some light food. So that left me to carry somewhere around 55 lbs with a significant portion of that in steel. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Not more then 1/2 mile into our hike, we found a dead tree to do some chopping on. Clayton(my son) started out with the S6. It worked pretty well, although he soon found out that the CGFBM is much more efficient at chopping. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />




Our camp....

ummmmm breakfast....

The next day on the way out....


My son calls these trips 'wilderness survival'... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Not exactly, but good practice none the less.. and a great time together.....