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    Panthertown Hang Advice anyone?

    I'd like to hike Panthertown this summer. Any Hang site suggestions or hiking advice?
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    http://www.shelter-systems.com/grip-clips.html ...

    http://www.shelter-systems.com/grip-clips.html

    Look here for an alternative to buttons. I use these to connect a thin light silny "underquilt protector" that weighs nothing. Then I put stuff...
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    upstate SC Feb. hanging trips?

    I was gonna wait for warmer weather to sleep out in my hammock but the weathers' been just right lately so I'll risk a Feb. hang. Anyone want to camp or have some suggestions for somewhere in...
  4. Thread: Foothills Trail

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    a local who loves the FHT

    I live between greenville and spartanburg SC and I use the FHT alot.... I've hiked portions with sons scout troop and have done solo trips around the lake jocassee segment and along the chatooga.......
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    pads vs uq's

    I've mostly used pads. They work ok... I carry one anyway and use it as my chair before bed. The problems with pads are: They slip out from under me as I toss and turn during the night and I...
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    Are there enuf trees at Graveyard Fields WNC?

    I'm thinking of hiking and maybe base camping at Graveyard Fields later (when it's warmer) and wonder if there are enough trees to hang a hammock. I've hiked around Cold Mt. and Shining Rock but...
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    mancat.... the (retail) means well...... ...

    mancat.... the (retail) means well...... ahhhh..... I'm just too **** lazy to make my own like the garlington web link says to do. I ordered one from that link in my first post in the...
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    Rochester?! How 'bout Caldonia?

    Wife is from Caldonia / Mumford. If you ever need to have info for hiking the area around western South Carolina or WNC (Western North Carolina) let me know and I'll help! Good idea on the...
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    New Idea?? Ultralite Underquilt?

    I've been using a garlington insulator (retail) with some grip clips (very light ones not the heavy black edge cliping kind) and then use whatever you have in your backpack for insulation. I use a...
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    Ok! I bought one. 2QZQ

    I'm getting a underquilt protector, the breathable ripstop material from 2QZQ. I carry a thermarest pad that I combine with a "chair adaptor" then I could use the same pad inside the U.Q.P. I also...
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    Does anybody sell this?

    I know I'm supposed to make my own but, ..... is there anyone out there who makes / sells these retail?
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    me too!

    I'll be hiking that area (Laurel Valley to Bad Creek) At the end of March begining of April. I'm really curious how the trail is and if many of the trees are leafing out yet? Would love to read you...
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    Uninsulated 3/4 Underquilt?? Anyone??

    Has anyone had any experience with an un-insulated 3/4 length underquilt? I have a Speer hammock and would like to use an underquilt but don't want to pack more down. I have extra clothes, etc....
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    SC Foothills Trail. JOCASSEE

    I'm doing the Jocassee segment from Laurel valley to Bad Creek over April 1st. Anyone been out there lately? Wondering if there's any blow downs or problems and also if there'll be much green...
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    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10000127287...

    http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001272874205#!/?ref=home


    Maybe this works? not sure how to do a link to my facebook homepage.

    Oh yeah. Finally blew out my best old pair of...
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    Shining Rock "escape the heat"

    Made it there and back in one piece! Awsome weather, tuff hiking (for a fat old guy). Definately THE most beautifull views and trails I ever remember hiking through.
    Gave my daughter her trail...
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    adjusted plan

    I guess my Daughter and her Guy-friend are comming along..... I think the "Bust your butt knob" uphill pitch might kill them. (It would certainly Kill Me!) So the Ivestor Gap road trail is our...
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    Woodruff

    I'm from Woodruff.... Pretty close.... Doing Cold Mt. with my hammocks
    over labor day!
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    been there .... loved it

    4X4. I've hiked that run from the scout camp too (but it was the Art Loeb) with my son several years and 20 lbs. ago. I'm jealous if you call it easy.... it kind of whooped my hiney but that...
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    4 days 3 nites!!!

    Thanks for the water reports. I'll be going for 4 days over labor day. Can't really decide between the steep quick "old butt knob" trail and the long ivestor gap trail. Anyone have a suggestion.
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    walmart compare to speer

    I have one of these.... wife and I have both taken turns sleeping in it. Here's the deal. For car camping etc. I'll take it. It isn't as ahhh deep? as a speer hammock, and somewhat heavier. If...
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    ps. where's the water?

    I was also wondering if anyone has been up around shining rock gap and along the narrows to deep gap and knows if the water sources are running lately? Trying to make campsite plans. Let me know if...
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    Shining rock "escape the heat"

    I'm thinking of hiking from "the big east fork" trailhead on 276 up to shining rock gap then over stairstep mt. down the narrows to deep gap at the foot of cold mt. Then back out the next day. The...
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    oconnee state park

    I got an email saying it is ok to hammock hang. I'm planning to go this weekend and i'll let u know how it goes.
  25. French Broad River Fest Apr 30 - May 2 Hot Springs, NC

    Last year was my first time there and first time hanging overnight. Loved it and was wondering if any other hangers are planning on attending this year. It's a 3 day weekend after Speers hang at...
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    in charleston, sc the james island county park...

    in charleston, sc the james island county park says nothing attached to trees...
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    Glad your here! Definately try to make it to...

    Glad your here!
    Definately try to make it to Ed's Hot Springs hangout. Another great time to be in Hot Springs is for the Annual Broad River Fest .... if you like music and big group camp / hang...
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    muskrat, thanks for being so generous. the speer...

    muskrat, thanks for being so generous. the speer underquilt is a first rate piece of gear. did a dry test in the garage but never ventured out in that ugly weekend weather. let me know about a way...
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    how 2 hang 2 hammocks side by side w\o bumping

    does anyone have any ideas of how to hang 2 hammocks off the same 2 trees without smashing up against eachother. i,ve seen a type of d.i.y. wooden spreader yoke b-4 but don,t really know how it...
  30. try thr jacks r better sleeves. can be used on...

    try thr jacks r better sleeves. can be used on feet & lower legs ... hear southeastern backpackers podcast with jolly all about gear.
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    Sanity wins over Optimisim

    I'm looking at the national weather forcast.... rain ending noonish today (Fri). Lows around 30 tonite. Overcast with freezing rain Saturday .... Freezing rain likely Sat. night. Rain and Freezing...
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    Muskrat, I plan to hit the trail fri morning. ...

    Muskrat,
    I plan to hit the trail fri morning. When you hike as slow as me u gotta get an early start to keep from seeing the parking lot from your hammock the first nite lol. I,m taking my dog...
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    I've played with it some as a ground dweller.... ...

    I've played with it some as a ground dweller.... I recommend the tyvek brand tape for seams or strengthening tie points .... much better than duct tape it's lighter and made to work with the tyvek. ...
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    OK... Tentatively Fri, Sat, Sun the 22nd, 23rd,...

    OK... Tentatively Fri, Sat, Sun the 22nd, 23rd, 24th for the Foothills trail hike from Bad Creek Station to ... as far as my fat old butt can get and back again. Don't know for sure if I can get off...
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    Still packing and weighing ounces

    I have hiked a small part of the foothills trail from bad creek access to the lower whitewater spur campground with my daughter a few years ago when the 2 metal bridges were out. We had to cross by...
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    SC Foothills Trail Jocassee / Bad Creek Sta.

    I'm thinking of hiking an out and back from the Badcreek pumping station towards Hilliard Falls / Horsepasture River crossing. Yes, I know it's cold.... No, I don't know exactly when I would go.......
  37. Another Maybe

    I might show up and take whichever pair of trees are left. I was planning a hike up the AT from the South starting Fri AM with my Daughter, but she's having 2nd thoughts and so am I.... Sounds...
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    Sticky: How I started hanging

    I had hiked for years. When I was younger and more fit those 60Lb. packs were no problem. I'm in my mid 40's and somewhat overweight with asthma but I still want to hike. I need an edge.
    I had...
  39. Thread: Solo trips

    by diesel
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    Poll: i said with a buddy or 2 in the poll but I like...

    i said with a buddy or 2 in the poll but I like solo also .... after a couple days it gets lonely though. I get the willies too sometimes.... I like to take my collie, sometimes it's kind of...
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    The ranger at the Scout camp left one of the...

    The ranger at the Scout camp left one of the shower / bath's open for us to use when I did cold mt from the scout camp a few years ago. Ahhh. Hot water.
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    Hot Springs / FBRF hanging

    Rain? HA! I thumb my nose in your general direction! ..... We set up in the rain ..... we broke camp in the rain. My hammock is dry, my sleeping bag is dry. The back up tent we pitched is...
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