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WOOT!
This trip was a RIOT! I have been trying to set this adventure up for almost a year now. The first time my friends and I cancelled this trip because of the new pandemic that swept across our nation, the second time we cancelled because I was heavily exposed to the virus and didn’t want to kill my friends, BUT the third time we made it happen!!!!
None of use really knew what to expect. All I was wishing for was a wind and rain free night, anything else that happened would just be a bonus. And BOY did we have many fun surprises. Let’s see: we found two awesome tree for climbing, got destroyed by mosquitoes, ran into a deer, taught my brother how to tree climb, spent the night laughing about peeing on each other, enjoyed a cool night in our hammocks under the stars, woke up and enjoyed many good conversations while listening to the angry squirrels, angry squirrels again, built our first highline, tested the highline for fall protection, tested the highline some more, continued to test the highline cause we were all too terrified to commit, THEN finally we started practicing falls and NOONE DIED!
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I brought all of my trusty DIY hammock gear but ended up leaving my mosquito net at home because I have learned over the years that, for some odd reason, mosquitoes don't bother you above 30' high. Must be an evolutionary thing that all the blood filled animals stay close to the ground??? Any ways, here is my very short tree camping gear list for this adventure:
Hammock: DIY Dutchware gathered end with climb spec webbing
Underquilt: DIY RBTR full length synthetic
Topquilt: DIY Dutchware 3/4 length synthetic
Ridgeline: PMI EZ bend and Amsteel
Pillow: DIY
Clothes: shorts, t-shirt, sandals, and a fleece hoody
Climbing gear: EVERYthing that I owned including a 9mm Sterling HTP 200′, 11mm PMI EZ bend 100′, 1″ climbing webbing 30′, rads setup with grigri, tons of carabiners locking and non, petzl harness, throwcube, and a bag full of cords
Food: protien bars, chips, hummus, and poptarts for breakfast
Peebottle: duh!
Backpack: BD 50 caliber
Medical: mosquito repellant and TP
Headlamp: BD torch
Helmet: FORGOT!?!
Anything else: not really, I didn’t bring many creature comforts cuz the weather was supposed to be awesome and I had good friends to keep me company.
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I hope you guys enjoyed my story! I love answering questions about tree camping so let them fly!
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