Or a pulk!
http://www.laughingdog.com/2008/01/building-backcountry-pulk.html#more
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Or a pulk!
http://www.laughingdog.com/2008/01/building-backcountry-pulk.html#more
Here's my list: https://lighterpack.com/r/38fgjt
My Shelter weight is 1.84 lb. That's tarp, hammock w/integrated bug net, simple tree strap/whoopie suspension, and a couple of in-hammock storage...
ItÂ’s been a few years Â… 2013, but I hung in the Smokies a couple of times in fell view of a Ridgerunner.
Back then, you could not set up a tent, or hammock, unless the shelter was full. I would...
I hiked the AT in five sections over four years. During a sobo section from Katahdin, thru the 100 mile wilderness, I met a woman hiking nobo who was a day away from Katahdin. She had hiked sections...
Been honing my kit since I started hiking the AT in 2012. Did it in 5 sections over 4 years, Hiked 100 miles of the NCT thru Michigans Upper Peninsula, and will finish the last 70 miles of...
I've hiked the AT, and am working on the LT. I'm using a Dutch Half-Zip in Hexon 1.0 (I'm 175 lbs). it's 365g. It doesn't offer the flexibility of the Chameleon, but for 3-season hiking in east...
I carry an air mattress on long hikes on the AT and LT. There are times I just wanna throw one down in a shelter, eat, and pass out!
In summer, I like my Nemo Tensor Sleeping Pad - Short...
I open my pack liner and place stuff that can't get wet: Quilts, UQP, sleep clothes, extra socks & underwear, Battery charger, battery block & cables,
Then I squeeze the air out, roll the top of...
I use nylofume bags that are lighter and tougher than the trash compactor bags I used to use. I get them from Litesmith. I have no personal or financial relationship with...
I open my pack liner and place stuff that can't get wet: Quilts, UQP, sleep clothes, extra socks & underwear, Battery charger, battery block & cables
Then I squeeze the air out, roll the top of...
Too obvious?
I hiked the AT in sections over four years. I had easily a dozen or more bear encounters. In every.single.case, they took one look at me and bolted thru the woods to get away from me. Except one. ...
I hiked the AT in in five sections over four years. It’s where I adopted hammocks for long distance hiking. I carry a pad for a few reasons. Some hostels have bunks with no mattresses. BYOM! Then...
God Speed Two Speed,
There has been discussion elsewhere in this forum about condensation forming on the inside of UQPs made of more air-tight fabric. Lots of favorable comments on 10D Ripstop. Based on those...
This is cool ... I came to the JRB forum specifically because I have a Warbonnet Traveler XL and a JRB Mt Washington 3 UQ that I was thinking of putting together with an appropriate TQ for winter...
OUTSTANDING!
I use them all the time. Got them larks headed to the end of my tree huggers, with Dutch Whoopie Hooks in the adjustable loop. I latch the whoopie hooks to the continuous loops on my hammock. If...
Do you have a pic of your bike set up with gear? Another option I’m looking at is fork mounted gear. No panniers but I do have a 14l seat bag(revelate design)
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Wow! The congruence of Shug and Dixie might just blow up YouTube! It would certainly drive new eyes to each channel. It's worth the risk. I think you should do it.
Yeah, I was hesitant to go frameless, but it handled 22lbs (11.7 base & 10.4 consumables) wonderfully. I did some of the old-school stuff to pack it. I had one of those egg-crate looking,...
Maybe. The bag is like a big dry bag that rolls closed at both ends. So the amount of volume one gets depends on the type of handle bars they're running. I currently have drop bars, so I have to...
To close this story out, I took my Dutchware Half-zip in Hexon 1.0 and HG DCF Hex tarp. I packed everything in the SWD Superior 35 HB - Frameless. It all worked flawlessly. I made it north to...
I was hiking the AT in 2013 and saw several hikers using hammocks. I joked that "they're perfect on the AT since there's lots of trees and not one, single flat spot to pitch a tent." I was gonna be...
I love my Apidura Backcountry bikepacking bags. They're light, and a bit constraining. Limiting me to a rather spartan load. Which suits me fine, As a lightweight / gram-weenie backpacker for the...
Congrats on yer SOBO Thru-hike!
Yeah! My "shelter" weight is competitive (if one is into competitive spreadsheets). But my two quilts are about a pound heavier than a comparably rated sleeping bag. And cause I carry a sleeping...
Well ... I do tend to take care of my gear ... Probably why it takes me so long to pack in the morning ...
I am a wordy mofo ...
Some of that primer is out of frustration over some's rants as...
Generally speaking, I have one set of hiking clothes, and 1 set of sleeping clothes. I carry a rain shell, but if it's not hypothermia wx, I just hike in the rain, and get a free clothes laundering....
I hiked 1300 miles of the AT, and 200 miles of the LT with an HG Hex DCF Tarp. Probably around 100 nights hanging. No tears, punctures or other maladies
I hammock while doing long-distance hiking. Towards that endeavor I try to pack as lightly as practical. I'm not "UL" but I subscribe to their basic tenants. Just not the arbitrary weight goals...
Ive used that tarp for half the AT and the LT. I've hung in some serious thunderstorms. I never got wet. My UQ got a little damp a couple of times, but not significantly so.
Adam at HG told me...
When I'm backpacking, and it's raining, I often set up my tarp up high as soon as I chose a camp/hang site. That way I can get out of the rain quickly, open my pack out of the rain, hang my hammock,...
Don't you hate it when they set up right over the dam trail?
Right! And a good crew NEVER lets a sail flap in the wind!
I have a lot of trail miles on my HG DCF tarp. I don’t use a continuous ridgeline, mine is guyed out from the peak corners. And I make...
I agree about the hammock on the LT. Been hesitant to part with the lettuce ZPacks wants... I suspect I’ll be going back and forth right up to my departure day ...
I kinda like the idea of the...
So I decided to go a different way for this upcoming LT E2E. I’m leaving the hammock behind, taking a Borah Gear tarp & Bivy, and I ordered Superior Wilderness Design’s Superior 35 HB - Frameless ......
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It made me cry to add it back in and look at the numbers
I’m thinking I’ll stay with my old Ohm2 and maybe look at something like the Burn for shorter hikes where I’m not packing 8L of food, or...
Ohm2. It’s been with me for four out of five long-assed AT sections, and is like an old friend now.
I lusted after the ArcBlast since they day they were released. I think I’m gonna stick with the...
MLD Burn, and their Prophet for a 16 oz 48 L version.
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I find 4-5 days food is between 8-10 liters after a few weeks on a long trail.
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I’ve been looking at 30L frameless packs lately, and wondering if I can fit my kit plus 4 days food in one ...
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Well Baldknobber’s pic was a Zpack tarp in a sleeve, so that would add significant bulk, and it looked like it was packed loosely?
Levi Tate’s photo looks like the HG DCF is tightly packed in a...
That’s more like my experience with my hg hex dcf tarp.
I was beginning to wonder what kind of bizzaro world I had stumbled into. I have no experience with silnylon tarps, but the small bulk...
Is it a silnylon tarp? Silnylon will allow a mist to pass thru if the rain is hard enough. Some silnylon has a greater hydrostatic head than others ...
Seems Ultimatum could be worked in somehow ...
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Ordered in Hexon 1.0 Coyote Brown!
That makes more sense than his elves tracking page views..l
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It’s like you knew I’ve been checking out your Half-Zip Hammocks all week for next Summer’s LT E2E ...
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