Got ya...Keep it at your spike camp like I do. Gotta park your truck somewhere...might as well have a spike camp so you can come back every 3-4 days for comfort. I would hate to do a 14 day hunt 7 miles back in with just a tarp to keep the rain away. No fires allowed most of the time back in, especiallydesignated wilderness areas, so once you cross the line where you park your truck, no fire.Temps get down to the 30's at night, 70's during the day..lots of gear and food for a man to live for 10 days;7 miles back in for a typical 10 day minimum hunt you will have a pack that weighs 70-100 lbs, depending on what you want. Water weighs 8 lbs to the gallon and there is a good chance there won't be any streams to drink out of.I even have a tent that weighs 2 lbs and a sleeping bag that weighs1 lb, but my pack still weighed 70# easy..it sucked. I have the Cabelas Alaskan outfitter frame pack too.How do you get all of the gear back in there 7 miles without a horse?Like I said, I did that one time..never again. I would rather have a comfortable spike camp and get up at 3:00 am and hike back in 7 miles and then lug a 70-100 lb pack up and down mountains. Too much work for me...but that is what makes the world go around..different strokes for different folks. I go to have a good time..and my idea of a good time isn't packing 70# on my back up and down mountains for 7 miles one way. Steve, you are heartier than me.