First hang in the Sipsey

[Arok]

sounds like we need to plan a Sipsey HANG soon.

[SlowBro]

200/207 is a great combo, but there are very few good camping spots on the 207.

I ended up doing about 17 miles total. I didn't get many more good pictures. I will take a look at them when I get home tonight and post anything that looks good.

If you've never been to Sipsey before, I would recommend starting at the Thompson trailhead and heading out to the big tree. There is plenty of great camping along those trails.

The great thing about a hammock is that you don't actually need a "good camping spot" at least a good tent spot. I mean it is nice to have a flat open site, but after you use a hammock for a while you realize you can set up over rocks or logs or on hillsides and be just fine. I sometimes try and find the most unlikely spot to camp just for fun.

Congrat's on your trip.

-Mark

[Minotaurus]

Mark, it's very true that you don't need a good flat spot. However, I consider a good camping spot somewhere that has few dead branches hanging overhead and where someone else has already made a fire pit so that the impact of my sleeping there is minimal. That is what I mean by "good camping spot" and once you're on the 207 there are 2 spots like that. However, there are some really nice spots just slightly off trail that are great as long as you don't have anyone with a tent in your group.

[Minotaurus]

sounds like we need to plan a Sipsey HANG soon.

Pretty much any weekend works for me. The camp site in the attached pic is from my first time out there and it would be awesome for a bunch of people to hang. We will just have to get there kind of early because it's one of the more popular spots.