Eastern Great Lakes (EGL) Late Fall Hang - Nov 24, 2012

[keg]

Number of attendees: One
Number of nights : Saturday for sure, possible for Friday.
Number of vehicles: One
Preferred venue: Either
Bringing: Whatever fits in the car.

Have room to carpool from downtown T.O.

[Jayson]

Number of attendees: one (maybe)
Number of nights: Saturday
Number of vehicles: one
Prefer Valens.
Bringing: my stuff plus firewood.

Not 100% will all depend on how long we take getting home from Windsor. We are traveling with another couple so...
check out is 11am so should in theory be to London and my car by 2pm and then carry on to Valens.

[dant8ro]

Number of attendees: One
Number of nights : Two
Number of vehicles: One (may be able to Carpool with Brantwing)
Preferrred venue: Valens
Bringing: My gear, stove capable of boiling water at low temps, is there any group gear needed? Blue tarps etc?

Dan.

[Chard]

Based on the early exit polls and 34% of eligible voters reporting in, we are able to project that the venue for the EGL Late Fall Hang will be at Valens. I repeat, we are able to project that the venue for the 2012 EGL Late Fall Hang be at the Valens Conservation Area.

But seriously, we'll likely need to book 3 sites. If it's ok, maybe Dant8ro, [o]TTer and myself can take care of that end.

Just a reminder, notwithstanding alternate personal arrangements, everyone's responsible for their own food, cooking, hammocking gear and well being. No chainsaw juggling this time please!!! Unless there's a hurricane, we'll have a fire going all evening so hot water shouldn't be a problem and BBQn's definitely an option. In fact, you'll likely have a vast array of amazing foods grilling over the coals.

Not to be daunted, if the weather looks "moist", let's plan to bring a couple of extra tarps and ropes and we'll put up a pavillion. I'll even fire up my old two burner, white-gas coleman!!

Finally, for those of you new to cool weather hammocking; if you feel the need to bring a tent as an emergency cold weather backup, don't be shy. I freely admit to bringing both my Hennessy and my solo tent on my first few hammocking canoe trips. We might tease you a little, but we'll be happy you came out.

Only two weeks away... Looking forward to meeting a lot of new faces and seeing some old ones!!

P.S. I know a couple of us are into DIY'ing and bushcraft skills. Maybe an impromptu whoopee splicing and/or charcloth, flint & steel fire-lighting session could be fun. Anything but Twister! If anyone has any ideas, please chime up.

Years ago I saw a great lumberjack kettle boil contest down at Harbourfront in Toronto. Serveral teams of two guys were given a small log, an axe, a knife and some matches. It was a race to get a small can of soapy water boiling enough to have the suds spill over the top. A definite good time! We should make it an EGL tradition!




Chard.

[Bubba]

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Not to be daunted, if the weather looks "moist", let's plan to bring a couple of extra tarps and ropes and we'll put up a pavillion.

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We'll make sure to do it right the first time unlike our last hang

[va3rbz]

My new 0 degree Burrow just arrived an hour ago so I can't wait to test it out!

I can bring a coleman 2 burner propane stove if needed btw.

[Chard]

We'll make sure to do it right the first time unlike our last hang

To be fair, the first pitch was up to the task, it's just that I had been stupidly sitting in the splash zone. Ultimately, we had half a dozen guys with too much idle time and too much rope for their own good. It's a hammocker thing.

[[o]TTeR]

We'll likely need to book 3 sites. If it's ok, maybe Dant8ro, [o]TTer and myself can take care of that end.

I'm going to be onsite early Friday morning, I will book #134 for Friday and Saturday night

[Chard]

I'm going to be onsite early Friday morning, I will book #134 for Friday and Saturday night

I was likely going to show up Friday after work.

[Markusforreal]

I may be able to make this, I have a question for Bubba. What night ru thinking of attending, and would you want to carpool?, as I live about 10 minutes from you (hammock forums map)

Assuming of course, you all will have me? (AKA... Can I come???)