ya eveyone gripes about snow i love snow its a insulater but its also a reflector so it will reflect some heat ive biult them never slept in the i got a bad ancle so i gave up on winter camping
i learned alot from the boy scouts civial air patrol and surviver man i live in west viriginia so i bought the like and times of an appalachim herbalist good book no pics so i bought the sas survival handbook
a knife deffenty and a emergancy blanket as im a travel cna i always keep 3 bottles of water 2 mres a sleeping bag hygeen kit flash light and a few dollers in my car
walmart tents are great all i use but im a tight wad anyway @ least trying to be seam sealer 3 i seam seal all my tents once a yr and my tents dont leak