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I'd like to get together an Adirondack Summer 2010 Hang. I'll be based out of Tupper Lake for the whole summer (I hope) and there's a few good sites on the lake if we choose the site there, but anywhere else would be ok, as long as it was not in the middle of the popular areas. Car camp, hike, canoe/kayak or boating into the site is fine with me. Pack canoe with portages would be nice ...... I'm open to ideas and different adventures.
I'd be in for this - don't use a hammock now, but am interested in trying it. Otherwise I'll use my tarptent...
I have a kayak too, so your idea of paddling in to some place to camp sounds good.
I'm also stirring up some interest over at:
http://www.adkforum.com/
I'm a mod there - that's where I first saw it.Quote:
Originally Posted by spidennis
Make sure you let DuctTape know - he's a big hammock guy from Rochester. Little Rickie, too.
In the Tupper Lake area I've got a few ideas brewing ......
There's several places to launch from or base out of,
the state boat launching site, and bluejay campsites, ......
I know of a couple of nice state sites on the lake to check out.
then I got this out of the way place,
paddle, portage, paddle and be back in beaver city,
and it's got a very remote feeling about it.
I can also add a bit of a hike to it to a nearby lake.
then there's another favorite of mine,
Low's Lower Dam on the Bog River and paddling up stream
to the upper dam ......
and there's supposed to be a pretty nice hike up there too,
though I hadn't done that yet.
I thought your avatar looked familiar!Quote:
Originally Posted by WinterWarlock
and welcome to the hammock forums ......
Sounds great. I have a kayak and would like to join in. Its tough to find anyone I know to go kayaking with.
Hey guys where ja go? Guys?
Was it something I said?
I think this is still in the very early 'thinking about it' stage...but I'd love to kayak in somewhere and hang out this summer...
Count me in.
I recently got a sewing machine and made all kinds of mods but hadn't yet had a chance to try them out in the woods yet. My Livingroom can only simulate so much ........ and I live at the beach so no trees there either.
I made a summer weight sleeping bag into an under quilt. I made line pouches on my tarp and then I made a snake skin for my tarp. My hammock, a blackbird didn't require any mods ...... I also have a full bugnet that I made the "megamouth" mod to. I opened up one end and put in about 18" of velcro so I can slide it on and off with my uq and bag inside. At my place in the dacks I got lots of spiders so I usually leave it on all the time but when I go places it isn't as bad and it's nice to slide that bug net out of the way and just lounge. the tarp snake skins also work well for lounging, but this is still all theory but based on former field evals.
I think I gotta go and test my hammock out, I got a killer cold that's kicking my butt bad ........
guys, think of places you want to kayak in to .......
I'm already doing the 90 miler route so something different than that please.
I'd think that some of the outfitters in the area would like to see our gear?
and maybe that would help start opening up new off the beaten path camping sites?
of course this would be hammock style spots as we don't require level ground ....
150' from water or trail is all it takes to hang nicely .....
this opens up all kinds of hammock camping spots!
this summer I'll have at least the Placid Boatworks Rapidfire with me but maybe a sea kayak and surf ski as well ......
ok, what do you other's got to float with?
http://www.sandslave.com/knupac/IMG_9236a.jpg
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Here's mine...a 17' Perception...
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those deck lines and shock cord mounts look just like on my 17' shadow!
what do you have?
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Originally Posted by WinterWarlock
It's a Perception Eclipse 17 - I wish I had more experience with it...just bought it last year, and hope to get more time, and some lessons, this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by spidennis
sounds like fun
Yeah NFA... camping and canoeing in the ADKs, that would be weird huh? ;)
My Mad River Adventure 14 busting a beaver dam on the Oswegatchie-I'm the guy with hair.
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Folbot Cooper "Patches"
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Ya it floats
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Coleman Fastback Duckie
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Pyranha I:3 223
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This is what I got http://www.venturekayaks.com/#/kayaks/all/Easky%2015
I havent done much kayaking in it yet. I bought it in Sept 2008 and last year I was too busy or it rained.
I did put alot of gear in it for solo camping at Good Luck lake. Portaging is going to be a challenge, the only way I could pack anything in the cargo hatches is with stuff sacks.
I could go, but don't have a watercraft.
If this comes together, there are plenty of places to rent one up there...even though I have a kayak, I'd be up for sharing a canoe with someone as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by FireFlyburns
I have a Bell Bucktail solo canoe and a Hurricane Tampico XL kayak. Maybe I will post some photos later.
WW is correct about the availability of boat rentals. Many outfitters to choose from.
I am in the market for a nice tandem canoe, so if I get one in time I could carry an extra body.
In solo boats, I have an Old Town Penobscot 16 canoe, a 14 foot Hornbeck canoe, and Old Town Loon 138...in tandem canoes, I have a Wenonah 18, and an Old Town Penboscot 17...
It's snowing a bit up here in the ADKs this morning, but the ponds and lakes are all open...my son and I are taking the dog on a hike this morning, but may go on a paddle tomorrow when it's supposed to be a little nicer/warmer...
I would love to get together with some of the HF people for a hang trip this summer...
jamie
I am no longer in the market for a new tandem. I am now the proud owner of a Bell Morningstar. :) Thus, I can take on another paddler for this adventure (unless we all decide to use our solo boats, then I will probably bring my bucktail.
I'm headed up to Tupper Lake Aug 10th thru sept 21st. Anyone want to get together during that time? sept 10-12 I'll be in the Adirondack Canoe Classic so I'll be busy during that time, but other than that ........ so who's in?
Will be up on Little Tupper this weekend, and the Floodwood Pond Loop Mid Aug. I am still negotiating with the wife for a late Aug trip.
Love to go, but I aint got no canoe or kayak. :(
I have a kayak and a canoe. Just get the PFDs and you guys will be all set.Quote:
Originally Posted by jerzybears
I'd think we'd be able to scare up a canoe for you .......Quote:
Originally Posted by jerzybears
and there's plenty of places that rent if you want something specific.
I'd be interested in going if it's Aug. 21-22. Weekends before and after are already taken. I don't have a flatwater boat, but could probably acquire one for the weekend.
I've been up at Tupper Lake now for a few weeks ..... and hammock camping every nite out. So who's up for a group hang soon? I will be up til sept 21 and I'll be on in the Adirondack Canoe Classic (the 90 miler) race sept 10-12 ...... and suprisingly there's not a lot bug?!
oh, btw, I just paddled the Whitney Loop, it was a great adventure!
see my spot adventure page here:
http://www.spotadventures.com/trip/view?trip_id=222197
if someone wants to throw me + my stuff in their canoe I'd be down to go one of these weekends. Is there a way to hike in to your base camp?
We hadn't really setup a base camp per say .......Quote:
Originally Posted by Otis_Hiker
and we hadn't figured out just where we would be going yet.
I do have a few suggestions though .....
a new one is on the raquette river below the falls and above the crusher, campsite 18? depending on the number, it could be a possibility. I don't have any photos of that though, I was blazin' on though while on a training run. dang it!