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    Old guy from Upper Peninsula of Michigan

    Just getting back into backpacking after 40 years. Have a son and SIL that wanted to back pack so figured I’d better get on it before I get too old. Tried tenting but it’s too painful on the shoulders and hips, so going hammock. Gotta say that things sure have changed since 50 lb packs and carrying cans of Dintymore stew lol.

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    Welcome to Hammock Forums. You live in a beautiful part of the US. Got family in Engadine so get up that way often.
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    "The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing." Barbara Kingsolver

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    Hello neighbor, welcome to the forums
    Once you're lost in twilight's blue, you don't find your way, the way finds you.

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    Senior Member Karla "with a k"'s Avatar
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    I'm down in Milwaukee, where in the UP are you?

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    Senior Member Grunt's Avatar
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    Welcome from Indy! Planning on spending some time up your way this fall.
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    Iron Mountain/Kingsford

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    Welcome from Oregon, lots of folks here around your age bracket.

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    Welcome to the forum. Never too late to get into the hang of things! I just started a few years ago and made some great friends.
    Amazon Queen
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    Welcome! I am from the UP and have family in the Crystal Falls/Iron Mountain area. Lots of amazing stuff to read here, enjoy the hammock. I love mine and never looked back


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    "Each of us has an Up North. It's a time and a place far from the here and now. It's a map on the wall, a dream in the making, a tugging at one's soul. For those who feel the tug, who make the dream happen, who put the map in the packsack and go, the world is never quite the same." Sam Cook, Up North 1986

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