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Red River Gorge is a great location, with lots of great trails and camping locations. Parts of it can get a little crowded, depending on what part of the year you are going.

Big South Fork, just...

I have a similar bottle, except my magical elixir is conjured by little elves right here in Kentucky.


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Those all should be solid gear choices for you. Congrats and enjoy!


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I’ll be watching this thread with interest. Just got a new SF myself.


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Welcome to the forums. I’m from Kentucky, but we have a lot of hearty folks here from points north.
Once you’ve saved money to upgrade your equipment, fear not - we’ll be very happy to help you...

Welcome from Kentucky. I’ll echo the recommendations for the econo line quilts from the cottage vendors. I’m partial to the Hammock Gear Econ line myself, but only because I haven’t purchased from...

Thanks for taking the time to give so much detail in your review. While this probably isn’t the hammock for me, I’m seriously googling the OneWheel right now - that thing looks awesome.


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Happy Birthday! I celebrated by sending you some money today.


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Yeah, was quite a group last month. Good luck this weekend!


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The Sheltowee Trace Association organizes it each year. The goal is to break the 323 mile trail into chunks that can be completed over the course of 11 months, one weekend a month. It works out to...

Very cool. Yeah, I'm doing the challenge too. I'll do section 2 next weekend 17th/18th. Normally I'll be doing week 2, but last month (because of the cancellation), and this month (schedule...

Based on the advice here, I’ve added a few mustard packets to my pack and will keep those in my ridge line organizer. I tried the pickle juice trick at home and it worked like a charm - pickle juice...

Welcome from Louisville. Looks like you’ve got a good setup going. How do you like the Sheltowee hammock?

I started section hiking the Sheltowee Trace last month and will do the whole trail this...

Such gorgeous photography! Looks like a beautiful area. Thank you for sharing.


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I prefer a well made video report, but “well made” is the key. There are so many variables with video - the quality of the capture, b reel, editing skill, length, etc. When done well though, the...

Welcome to the forums. I’m also in KY (Louisville). I love backpacking in RRG and go there as often as I can.
You’re off to a great start on the gear, and enjoy spending time in the woods with...

The shape looks like it’s designed to pretty much force you to lay right down the middle. Can you get diagonal? If not, does this hammock have another way to get flat?


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This is awesome. I regret not camping with my kids much when they were younger, but neither my wife nor I were into it then. Will definitely be rectifying that situation with the grandkids.

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Welcome to the forums and thanks for sharing that story. That was quite a first night out! Experience is a good teacher though, so you’ll be ready for a great hang next time you can get out.

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Great suggestions, Phantom. Both for the loop and for the loosening trick. Many times I’ve considered stomping on a jammed knot and cursing, but not because I believed it would actually help loosen...

I have the second gen watch and battery life is much improved over gen 1. Normal use I can get close to two full days, plus it charges fairly quickly so I can put it on the charger while I’m in the...

That’s interesting. I actually stopped wearing my Apple Watch to track sleep when I’m in my hammock. I use an app called AutoSleep.

By all subjective measures, I know I sleep great in the...

This is really close to what I ended up doing. I set the HH up with the tarp attached directly to the ropes and pulled taught. I than marked the spot where the tarp prussic ended up. I then took...

Welcome from Louisville! LBL is beautiful country, as is most of western Kentucky. I’ve spent a good amount of time in the area, as one of my daughters went to Murray St, and my other daughter and...

I've been using my HH with ENO Atlas XL straps. I've made the connection to the straps a few different ways, and they all seem to work, but I think I'd like to simplify a bit. Among the options I...

Gorgeous photos. Thank you so much for sharing!


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OK, this looks like a really promising option that I hadn't considered. If I tie this directly onto the straps, I don't need biners or a semi-permanent loop.

Will this hitch hold fast while...

I'll have to look into the bowline. My intent for right now is something I can use to tie a loop in the middle of the stock rope on my Hennessy. I don't want to cut the rope short at this point,...

I do like the whoopie idea, and will probably go there at some point. Just looking for the best way to work with what I already have for the moment.

Thank you. This sounds like a knot that’s worth a shot.

I’ve been practicing the knot with paracord using this method from animated knots: http://www.animatedknots.com/alpinebutterfly/.

This...

I recently added a new Hennessy Expedition to supplement my ENO Doublenest for camping. I have the ENO Atlas XL straps, and would like to use them rather than the Hennessy lash for suspension on the...