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Never camp high on a big mountain, have 50-60 mile an hour winds **surprise** you at sunset and send you and your tent down the mountain even though you were "anchored", have ALL your belongings (sleeping bag, pad,down parka, pack, water, food, gloves, stove) blow out of your tent and down the mountain and leave you with your coffee cup and your tent to get through a fierce windstorm. The comfort part was using your body weight to try to hold your tent from flying down the mountain with you in it after you dragged it up slope a hundred feet to a more level place on the slope. No insulation on a tent floor on snow causes you to chill very fast and requires you to change your position about every minute or so. Did I mention not having any gloves? I always carry extra gloves so that never happens again. Hadn't had water as was planning to melt snow when the storm hit.

Yep, that would qualify as a "cold camp...."

when we camp in the mountains and some other areas too,we just take along MRE`s with the heater in the packet, and water. this way you don`t need a fire to cook with and you have no dishes to wash,very little garbage . simple way with a decent warm meal !