Anyone up for an outing the weekend of March 22nd?
Zaleski? Mohican? Anywhere else?
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Anyone up for an outing the weekend of March 22nd?
Zaleski? Mohican? Anywhere else?
My Bday weekend! Will be catching Polkadot Cadaver and Downtown Brown in Dayton the 29th and will have company or else i'd be there.
I am into it. I liked the lower sites at Mohican, but I will let others chime in too.
Easter weekend, I can't be gone from home then. :)
I'll be out somewhere in Ohio the weekend before. Can't do the 29th.
How's about the 22nd - 24th?
I will only be able to do Friday the 22nd.
Hey...I could made the 22nd.
I'm looking to head down to Zaleski March 8th and then the next day hike the north loop with the COHB meet up group.
Probably won't make any later outings in March, planning the Grand Canyon for the first week in April.
David
where would it be in relation to Columbus how far and what weekend?
Can't wait for the trip report from the Grand Canyon Dave. Enjoy and stay safe.
This Ohio outing would be the weekend of March 24th and the location has yet to be determined.
The 3 locations we rotate are Mohican, Zaleski, and Wildcat Hollow. All are about equidistance from Columbus (1-1.5 hours)
Mohican is North of Columbus.
Zaleski and Wildcat Hollow are South East of Columbus.
I'm up for suggestions.
If the weather is warmer, I'm liking Brother Jeff's idea of some creek hiking at the lower spots of Mohican but I'm open to anywhere.
I'm good for March 22-24.
I vote for Wildcat Hollow, as it's been a couple of years since I've been there.
I'll continue to follow the thread.
I'm working on it , I don't know if I have that Weekend free as of yet or heading to the in-laws with the Family.
Hi all.
I'm from Central Ohio and have only recently been considering a hammock for my kayak camping sleep system. My current top choices are the Warbonnet BB or RR. I'd sure love to see one or both of these in action before I make my decision. Maybe your get together at the end of the month would be a good opportunity? Let me know if you think this would be appropriate. Thanks
Sure,
Folks are always welcome to come check out setups.
We still haven't settled on a location for this or who is even able to make it.
It will be March 22-24 though.
Keep an eye on the thread for news as it develops.
I wont be able to make that week. Have fun though!
I could do mar 15, 16, 17.
One of these days I'm gonna get out there with you guys! I need a bottom quilt first though!
Wow....I did not know there was a group on here for us in Ohio....I will be camping with the boy scouts 3/22 weekend, but let me know about other chances to go hanging.
George
I vote for the lower sights of mohican. It looks really nice down there and there will be plenty of water that we could treat/filter. It is also a good idea to consider checking those out during spring time as they may be more prone to being filled up during the summer.
Looks like most of the Ohio folks are going to be at RRG the weekend of the 22nd. Enjoy! Try to set aside time to hit Miguel's Pizza at some point if you don't already plan to.
I'm meeting Brother Jeffrey Friday evening, 3/22 at the "lower sites" (sites 2-7) at Mohican whoever is still up for this weekend.
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Not sure what site exactly depending on the level and temperature of the creek but they are all lined up in a row 1-3 so chances are we will be at one of those.
TT, fellow hanger buddy of mine and I were going to try to get out next weekend, there enough room in the tree's for 2 more on the 22nd?
Slo.
Of course.
Haven't seen you in the woods in a while.
We're going to try spots 1-3 a bit south of our normal spots.
Last time we went to scout them out.
There's a nice sized creek and some cool rock formations.
Count me in on this one. Really need to get out into the woods. See you guys there.
I am planning to come too, don't know if I will overnight or not. Really depends on whether or not I get my UQ done, and whether my mom picks that weekend to move or not. But I am looking forward to at least meeting some new friends and checking some equipment out.
Bro J- Thanks man, haven't hung in about a year, excited to get out again.
HamMike- Appreciate it buddy, we still have to get a stealth hang in. Been a long time since I've been out, have a lot of hangin' to make up for.
TT- Thanks man, how's your little one doing btw? Congratulations brother :); Those camps sound like they'd be great. Water and scenery. Gonna try to get some dayhiking in too I think.
Excited to see ya fella's, Mike we'll get out soon brother.
Would love to make this one, but I still have my hands quite full with my parents. Every week is getting better though, so we'll see. I miss everyone!
WARNING! Want to give everyone a fair WARNING: These lower sites all require a stream crossing. I plan on stripping to my skivvies and having some sort of water shoe to cross if the water seems to be a little high. It is springtime after all. May want to have your towel handy to dry off as well. From what I remember though, it was about knee deep with only a moderate discharge when I stayed at site 2 a few years ago during the springtime.
I'm in. Looking forward to it.
Yeah, Jeff and I were talking this morning and we realized we hadn't mentioned the stream crossing.
Thanks for that Jeff.
I'm planning to be there around 1-3 Friday the 22nd.
Don't forget to get a permit at the kiosk everybody.
My buddy's going to try to take a half day Friday. If he gets it we should be up around the same time.
I need to start keeping an eye on the forums again. . . I've been away too long. Hope to make it out for a hang with the Ohio crowd sometime soon, but I can't make this one. I'm making a solo trip out to Hoosier National Forest later this week, then heading up to Indy to visit some friends. I'd like to get back into the habit of getting out for a hang at least once a month though so I'll be out and about in Ohio, hopefully sooner rather than later.
sorry I won't be able to join in the fun but wanted to check in. I met many of you last winter at a couple of hangs & you were kind enough to fill me in on the basics of hammocking as I prepared for an AT thru hike. began 1st day of spring last yr, naively thinking I just needed to have the gear & know how to use it & just hike north for 6 or 7 months. OMG was I wrong. I never got the food business figured out. I had to quit the trail after 10 weeks just shy of 700 miles & a full 20 lbs lighter. even on the toughest days I never stopped feeling thrilled to be there. starting again in 3 wks - where I left off in VA. More realistic this time - I'll just for hike a few mos & I'll see how far I can get
Rita,
Many times around a fire we talked about where you may be and how you were doing out there.
Please keep us updated on how things go this time around.
I can't make it next weekend, as I'm on-call for work, but I'd planned on going out to Mohican tomorrow afternoon just for a quick overnight.
I'm going to check out sites 1 - 3 again, but if the stream crossing looks too hairy, I may backtrack back to 4, 6, or 7. It'll be a little too chilly (40*, with a 50% chance of freezing rain) to risk hypothermia, since I'll be out by myself. Anything over knee deep, and I'm not attempting it. I just need a quick, informal, relaxing night in the woods.
I'll try to grab some pics along the way of the stream crossings, and the other sites if I end up at one of 'em.
Check in with Dos, here on the forums. She made her thru last year and knows how the food drops work and all of that stuff..along with being female on the trail. She used to go by TwoIsles here on the forum, until she was given her trail name while on her thru.
I won't be able to make this hang....although I love, love, love water, and will miss Brother Jefferys creek show. How disappointing :lol:
Not to thread hijack, but.........
I do plan on doing a midweek in or near Zeleski if anyone wants to join. Sometime between March 25 and the 29 for two nights. I'll have two teen boys with me (Dakota and his best friend) and we'll be spending one entire day at Old Mans Caves. I know midweek makes it next to impossible for many of you, but if anyone is interested, I'll nail down the dates better for you. We're still adjusting with our on and off again temporary family member's heavy band schedule and I don't know what that schedule will be during spring break. Due to the mid week timing of this trip, I didn't feel it was worth the start up of a totally new thread planning area. So, if someone else has the same spring break week, let me know :D
I'm unfortunately out, due to a lower back & left hip injury. If I make a miraculous recovery I'll try to make it.
My wife and i are going to be there around 3 or 4, but will not be at the lower sites. So we can hang out, or you can do the lower sites if you wanted.
Looks like I am good to go.
Can't wait to hang with some forum Members and talk gear.
I am just building my gear so I will be annoyingly asking you all about yours.
I will be there asap after work on Friday prob about 3 ish ; takes me about 2 hours to get down there from Fremont Ohio.
Is there pot luck action happening, should I bring stuff to share? I don't want to be rude on my first official Forums Hang.
How much hiking is this trip leading in to? Or is it a hike in/hike out deal?
I'd be interested in coming. I just did a 5 mile exercise hike today with 55lbs. My feet got blisters (I'll save the story for later), but if the miles are small this weekend I may be able to swing it. I need to get out camping again.
Was at camp 1 last night. Creek crossing was significant. Water had some junk in the trunk. Made it across walking on logs, little too deep to just take off shoes and roll up pants at the trail crossings but can find suitable ones near it off trail.
Took about 15/20 minutes to hike out, including creek crossing. Easy in, uphill out.
Heck, I was just downstream from you at site 3. I found that there is a back way into sites 1 - 3 from the south. If you look at the map, there's a parking area on county road 3286. No need to cross the creek at all. The parking has room for 3 cars or so without blocking the gate, so consider that for those of you who are going next week.
Site 3 is 0.9 miles from the parking area, all downhill on the way in (about 200 feet of elevation loss). It's a great site for 3 - 5 hammocks, with good water. You could easily fit 10 more if you clear out the multiflora roses. Go through the gate at the parking area for a hundred yards or so, turn right at point E, and left at point F to descend to 3.
The creek crossing at 3 was a rock hop, as it's fairly wide there where the creek makes a turn south. For those of you who are going next week, if you have to cross because of the parking situation, you could always cross at 3, loop back around to whichever site you're staying at, although it will make for a long hike.
I took some pictures and attached them. Let me know if they don't work, as I'm posting this from my phone. Attachment 48065
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Have fun guys! I'm liking site 3 so far, as I don't need to haul in a bunch of water, and it even has sandstone tables! It also looks less used than 9 or 10, as there was plenty of downed hardwood.
I was wondering if that was you on the registry, didn't see your car figured you'd bugged out. We parked at the bridal/hiking trail parking lot. Got to camp about 6:15pm, just enough time to set up and start a fire, but we'd planned on getting there earlier and were going to day hike the loop down there. There was definitely a bite in the air last night, my downmat in my WBRR failed to keep me cozy, have to look at my system again. Was a good place to test gear.
My wife, dog and I were out there last night too. We were on site 6. Really nice site, liked site 5 too, but was too windy. Probably nice in the warmer months., found my car had lots little tongue marks around where the salt hits it. Didn't get a picture. That twp rd is fun to drive up!