Definitely not an overnighter but I needed to go for a tramp in the woods and also needed to re-teach myself how to edit video. So there's this...
https://youtu.be/l64pdJWCpN0
My goodness the...
Type: Posts; User: Bobonli
Definitely not an overnighter but I needed to go for a tramp in the woods and also needed to re-teach myself how to edit video. So there's this...
https://youtu.be/l64pdJWCpN0
My goodness the...
Glad to see this thread is still going, sort of. Kinda quiet though.
A series of minor but very poorly timed injuries (basically ruining 3 consecutive spring-summers) have kept me out of the...
HAH I have that loop cached in the phone but the lot has always been full when i get there (late starter!) so i default over to Silvermine.
Sidelined by shoulder surgery after a bike crash,...
From the NPS reservation website
All camping equipment must fit on the campsite pad. Help us grow vegetation around the campsites! Do not walk or set up camping gear off of the campsite pad. You...
Call the rangers. IIRC you must use tent in the park campground. Can’t hang anything on trees. Maybe it has changed
OMG> Someone stole your hammock Bob! Not even sure that picture is allowed here.:)
Getting out to play with a ground tarp set up was in the to-do list for today but Mother Nature is not...
I couldn’t tell you you what my quilts stuff down to. They go in the bottom of my pack, loose, with other gear on top. I stopped stuffing several years ago but if you try hard enough you can stuff...
Welcome. Your question is not easy to answer because everyone's metabolism and heat/cold tolerance is different. What one person is willing to tolerate is often quite different from another person's...
I like the claim on the product page, "This tarp can't leak"
I own that kit. It's great. Don't get too obsessed with calculating hang angles. I went down that rabbit hole and it can be dark. I set the height a little further off the ground because I'm taller,...
Very clever. I'm not a continuous ridgeline dude (hangs head in shame!)
No. Everything of better-to-high-quality, regardless of sport, will cost more. The bulk is the only objection I have (I like snakeskins, so the package never gets quite as compact as in Bob's video),...
Polycro. Can also be used to seal a sucking chest wound!
You've probably come to the right place to ask. Aren't the guys from Hang Your Own Hang from up there?
I'm way down state from you and I haven't solved the "are there good trees" in any particular...
If you're going to sleep on the ground at Harriman without any walls, nows the time to do it. Otherwise, bugs!
Down pants can be had relatively inexpensively on Amazon. You don't have to have high $$$$ if you're only going out occasionally. I think mine cost $60...you get what you pay for: they are not...
Ooh, I missed that video. Knots are not my strong point. I'll add that to the day's watch list while the Bomb cyclone/Nor' Easter/ Blizzard / Storm of the Century blows through my neighborhood. It...
Nicely done Gentlemen. It looks like the views were worth the effort. And based on the condition of the trail, it looks like you weren’t the only people hiking up there. So hopefully you didn’t have...
Cunningham Park. Plenty of trees.
Suggestion: use a day hike closer to your home to test your gear and set-up process. Pick a 'quiet' park near your house, take a day hike and find a secluded spot to rig up your hammock, practice...
Welcome. Plenty of camping opportunities in Harriman, many of which can be accessed with short hikes. Harriman is rocky and it's 'uphill both ways!" so maybe take a day hike before loading up your...
https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/72202/
Have a look here for something on adhesives with DCF.
I don’t think you need a valve so much as practice rolling and expelling the air. I have the Sea to Summit e-vent bags and plenty of regular stuff sacks and dry bags including old Seal Line bags...
There is a hammock thermometer thread in the general forums. Try the search feature. I use one by Thermoworks.....size of a half-dollar coin and seem pretty accurate.
Yup, I pretty much checked out around the same time. A lot of politics, virtue signaling and "there's only one way....." messaging there. Heaven forbid you don't like no-drop shoes and cutting the...
Very nicely done as usual.
Good luck on your new adventure. HG has been one of the easiest/best vendors to deal with. Your website, customer service and--of course--the product are all top notch.
Argh. Jealous. A s24O was on the to do list for the weekend and then I was taken out by Covid....despite being vaccinated, so I'm locked in my den for the next 10 days.
Spent the last ten days in...
I think parks people don’t know enough about hammocks to make cogent rules, and/ or somebody, once, somewhere nailed their hammock to a tree.
I camp at a county park with a “nothing on the trees”...
Timmermaid gets a lot of love in a bike packing community for his custom work. If I am not mistaken, he splits his time between upstate New York and somewhere out west. I had heard that his lead time...
That was a considerable amount of work. Congratulations! And nice job with the video.
Nicely done.
I searched REI and found several “buy online and pick up in store tomorrow “ in ny
https://www.rei.com/product/154930/counter-assault-bear-deterrent-spray-81-fl-oz
The park you flagged on your map is not exactly super-wilderness, it's an actual campground: https://www.paulsmiths.edu/johndillonpark/lean-tos/
...and I see they have lean-tos and you have to...
As above, things that can’t get wet go into the nyloflume bag. Until the items gets wet, then it rides outside to dry off.
A common theme I see/ read is the notion that there’s only one way to...
Thank you for the compliment, much appreciated. Every now and then I bring a real camera; in this case, it was a better quality point and shoot. It does much better than even the excellent camera on...
But that adds even more weight and bulk! Next thing you know I’ll be carrying a whole chicken and a full sized cross cut saw!
After many weekends of soccer-parent duty, this weekend was the first without some sort of driving/spectating obligation. I realized I'd been reading too many trip reports but not taking any trips....
OMG how did I miss this thread! That looks fantastic.
Joe, I was one of the people who responded to the original article as you suggested on the original webpage. I think they were trying to generalize at the expense of accuracy, which is sometimes an...
Cool thanks.
What's the situation for hammock camping in terms of trees?
I know it's a forrest, but not all forrests are created equal!
I have a few routes on tap for bikepacking trips..one leaves from Lake...
Clever but it’s still hardware just hardware he made from sticks!
The video is a good example of how there’s something to learn from every sub-group of outdoorsman.
No. That was asked and answered by the representative in the thread below labeled, “…Hammock gear addiction”
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51183233294_399fb67a21_k.jpg
Cowboy and tarp camping dry run in the yard. I've always avoided sleeping in the open, without a floor and walls, out of concern...
Here's the highlights of night time urine production:
1) oral intake before bed will cause you to get up. You've probably been hydrating more during the day as you hike
2) caffeine is a diuretic,...
Too Fiddly:Practice Makes Permanent. Find a system you are reasonably comfortable with and then practice until you find the process boring! My first few times out I was nudging straps one way or...
12 foot Kevlar, sold on Dutch's site. No stretch that I can perceive, rolls up fairly compact. I've had them for a bit over a year and haven't had an issue, though I know some people carry some UCRs...
Not for the weight conscious......just pack a desk!
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