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I camp in that area and a 20* works well. I like to be warmer than many people, however (some due to old age). I also would not by choice go camping in cold weather. Sure I can stay warm in the...

Did you find the boomstake or orange screw to hold better alone? Using two of the better anchors might be better than using one of each. Orange screws usually pull out in the middle of the night with...

Greetings from further south and east-Midway.
Not much hanging the last couple of years, but maybe this year. I plan to spend much of the summer in southeast Tennessee, with more opportunities for...

Melinda

It's been years since I did the Outer Banks, but the NPS campgrounds were beach camping with only scrub trees as I recall. Recreation.gov shows pictures of campsites and reflects what I...

I got the Tensa Solo for less bulk than the four. It is a little over 19 inches. It fits in a dry bag on the passenger seat of the thumper and on the luggage rack for the R100. The Orange Screw...

In the hangouts section, under southeast, Spring Swing gives information on the Palmetto State Hangers next event end of April. They have four a year, I think and some other less official hangs. Nice...

I found briquets which contain a lot of not charcoal, burn out fast when using to cook. Lump lasts longer and gives more heat per pound. Based on totally unscientifically conducted study, but the...

Welcome. I spend about half my life now in southeast TN near BMT. You are still young enough to enjoy the outdoors, but not as energetically as you did when 50 (or even 60). I am a few years ahead of...

Put a Unistrut or even a piece of wood in a stake pocket and use either a bipod (similar to Byers of Maine) with one guy with one or more anchors or a monopod ( on lines of Tensa solo) with at least...

This might be a good place to have a hang-maybe in June.

No nails in trees, 1" straps, angle hang, minimum tree DBH and many other common sense restrictions are needed, but once in place hammocks become a source of aggressive enforcement by Barny Fifes.

Yes a group gathering to camp, eat and talk. Never done the "Thunder" but maybe someday. There may be a group gathering in September near Reliance, TN-watch for announcemnts.

Bob

Welcome. Heading for east Tennessee next week for a while. There is a hang in South Carolina next weekend. It's probably a long haul for you but watch for others closer to home.

Bob

AHE has very fast turn around time and a well made quilt if you decide to go synthetic. I planned to get a down UQ to replace my Jarbridge but one night in a pea soup fog and a day and night of...

Welcome from another who spends time in SE TN. Also a DN owner.You don't happen to be from around Philadelphia, TN do you?

I use a Snug Pak Jungle Blanket. I packs about the size of a soft ball,
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If I knew then what I know now, I would have done different. If I had not done what I did, I would not know what to do different. Does this make sense to anybody else? Just the rainy Saturday musings...

I thought that was THE Oxford. Just ask Faulkner.

Florida has designated hammock sites in some state parks-but guess what-they are used by other campers and probably not available for hangers. It is a move in the right direction, but we're not the...

Asqatch

When I was at a hang in South Carolina, I rode to lunch once to Highlands and once to Brevard, but nobody else went. At one hang a group went to Helen and came back with ice cream. I...

Hello from the Georgia coast. I lived in Turtletown but went fishing one day and didn't come home. We still spend summers there, but that I have an allergy to that white stuff. Lots of great camping...

I have camped at Juniper Springs-also an American Land and Leisure operated Ocala Forest campground. Woman at entrance gave me a list of available sites and when I found one which I wanted I would...

Covid has affected many workers, currently about 10 million active cases in US. Some of these work for USPS, thus a shortage of workers. The election has had more voters than ever before with many...

There was snow at my house in Turtletown first of the month. May be a balmy 70 or who knows.

It was 20 a couple of mornings last week at lower elevations near the park, rain all day Friday and predicted rain and snow mix for Monday. A good time to postpone trip.

Check out Chattahoochee NF website for many camping areas with information on closing dates and facilities. Raven Cliffs on the Richard Russell has primitive camping with a parking lot at the trail...

Palmetto State Hangers do one at Oconee State Park during August as I remember.

Unfortunately my experience is rodents will chew on anything and may get into plastic containers but only those filled with hammock gear.

You may be thinking about Derek Hansen's Ultimate Hang- now Ultimate Hang 2 book.

I've seen the thermometer sitting below 0 more than once in Turtletown and that's down in a hollow at low altitude.

Having tried a sleeping bag in a hammock, I can attest it is not fun. It can be done at 60 above, but not only will your back be cold-CBS-below that, but you will fight with the thing every time you...

Juniper Springs site 13. Big site, Possibly two hammocks by using a cedar tree. Lady at the gate gave me a list of available campsites and let me go pick one and then return to tell her which one.

The Madera poles are 64 long which translates to sections of over 32 inches and not surprisingly weights roughly twice what the Solo weighs. The length sent me to Tensa.

The Solo fits inside my...

It's been a year or two so I don't remember all the details, but on a cold night in Florida-maybe 40s I woke up with the inside of the tarp wet and dripping. No rain so it had to be condensate. When...

As I recall a pair of solos are around $160.00. They work OK with a couple of minor problems, but the Orange Screw is like Goldilocks-this is too hard, this is too soft. My screws bent and one pulled...

I've used two solos with an ENO and it does not drag the ground. The distance between the stands is determined by the length of the tarp. I needed a dog bone but because I also needed to use the...

Welcome aboard. You are in a great area for outdoor life. Hope to see you at a hang someday.

Bob

Looks like the kit I built for the grandsons five or so years ago. It's about to get its second test by hurricane in St Augustine next week.

Just to make for more confusion there are levels of treatment. The minimum being non-ground contact, ground contact, fresh water immersion and then with several times the retention amount of...

When I met the present wife, early on she told me about her trip on the AT years before. When I had a young child, camping and motorcycle riding ended up including her most of the time. I cannot...

Late July in east TN it was too cold for me to sit and drink coffee on the front porch several mornings. I just spent the weekend at the PSH Swamp Butt and the temps were pleasant. Today's forecast...

It's hard to believe while sitting here on the GA coast with highs in the upper nineties that about three weeks ago, it was too cold to sit on the front porch in Tennessee and drink my morning coffee.

Hey it's on sale-buy it!

Arrowhead Equipment web site has, under quilt care, a video with suggestions on how to wash and with what. Arrowhead makes synthetic quilts.

Biker Bob needs a trip. Plan to arrive Thursday. Look forward to a PSH event again.

Another vote for Paul and company at AHE. Started with Jarbridge and added a three season top quilt.
When it was time to buy a rig for my wife it was AHE package. The quality is what it should be...

Ridin curves,

If I manage to make the trip and am without wife, we can have our own motorcycle camping demo at the group site.

Only with great trepidation will I sign up for another hang. Last time while everyone was enjoying a hang, looking up at the leaves on the trees, I was returning home and looking at leaves of the 90...

Snug Pak jungle blanket around $50.00, packs softball size. I do not like to be cold and this has worked into the fifties but also came off when i n the seventies. Synthetic so moisture is not a...

Bulk. I ride a motorcycle and while ounces are not super critical, space is. This uses two poles, not four. Length is short enough for my motorcycle designed dry bag. The four supposedly puts less...