May 4-7 my two adult sons and I went on a hammock backpacking excursion in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was our first real life use of hammocks though the one son and I have done several tent backpacking trips over the past few years. The good news is that it was a resounding success! We slept in our hammocks the first and third night and stayed in one of the wonderful little wilderness cabins on Lake Superior the second night. My setup was essentially the ENO One Link system with a doublenest hammock and profly tarp. They each had a Snugpack Jungle Hammock with integrated mosquito net. One had a Bear Butt tarp and the other a Yukon Outfitters tarp.
For underquilts I had a Yukon Outfitters Kindle and they each had the Snugpack Under Blanket. We each supplemented our under quilt/blanket with a costco down throw. One son and I had 30 degree down sleeping bags and my other son had some other brand 15 degree sleeping bag. The third night got down to 27 degrees according to the ranger when we checked out about noon. I'm guessing the other two nights were in the 30s.
Our packs weighed between 35 an 40 lbs including water. We hiked 24-1/2 miles on the trip. Trails were definitely wilderness trails made even more interesting by recent ice storm which brought down many trees and very wet and sloppy conditions. But that all added to the fun and kept it from being just a "walk in the park.
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If you want to see some of the details as well as YouTube videos of our trip click http://www.huyettm.net/may-2017-pork...king-trip.html
We all loved the hammocks and likely will not be using tents much in the future! Thanks to everyone on Hammock Forums for many ideas and general background as we ventured into hammocks.
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