Ha ha,we have never had a problem with wildlife other than a flying squirrel attacking my head lamp while I was was wearing it.Do a little research of this type of beds,many a meal has been cooked under a pad of dirt while being slept on.Burying food is safer than you think,much safer than hanging it,but it may not be for everyone,I suggest you not cook in your pit if you feel uncomfortable with it,I myself have no qualms doing it.
Recently while on an outing,we had a Blackbear nose up to us,we got him on a trail cam climbing up to our cache,pretty interesting
To the folks using a nalgene. Use your socks to put over the bottle. It dries them out and you have that just out of the dryer feel to them in the am.
Nalgene bottle goes in a plastic bag and the whole setup goes inside a sock. Sometimes I'll use 2 bottles. Bottles then go into the boots before getting up. I'm ok with lounging in the hammock for an additional 20-30 mins when I wake up anyway
Zippo hand warmer works just fine but have never had much use for them when actually in the hammock. It's OK for taking the initial chill off, having it sit on my chest or in a pocket while first getting into a hammock. Their primary use is as a pocket warmer when not in the hammock. Your quilt solution should be ample for whatever your planned activity and environment might be.
I've spent an entire winter sleeping outdoors in a hammock and many nights winter camping. Stripping down to bare layers of your choosing and then getting in the hammock is invigorating to say the least. Those first couple minutes are the chilly ones. The nalgene/hot water bottle REALLY takes the edge off in those situations. After that it's all about the quilts and a sleeping cap for my bald head.
I also like to drop my boots into my UQP for the night and hit them with the nalgene bottles in the AM. It always amazes me how warm the water bottle is even after 8 hours in the hammock.
Now the late night call of nature, there is no getting around what a drag that is. Getting out of your warm cozy cocoon, striped down to your base layer, putting on cold boots, taking care of business and rushing back into the hammock. That activity is to be endured and nothing more to be done about it. Unless you go the Dutch route for a solution. Might have to try it eventually. Probably worth practicing in warm weather to avoid any great or process failures at crunch time.
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This is the main reason I refuse to give up my Nalgene.
I'm with this dude... I bring a stove... and I carry a hard bottle..
however I do not trust bottles made in 3rd world country by the lowest bidder with my life... and if they leak that is what you are risking.
Hand warmer packets don't weight too much and if I can't walk out easily in the dark I am not going to be taking risks with possibly leaky bottles...
They are usually good for 18 hours... so they are good for your hands most of the next day... and then when you get to camp the used up ones help start a fire because it's paper and coal.
not practical when doing like the AT trail for 3 mths... just like battery packs for your cell phone get replaced with solar chargers etc... if you bother with a phone at all... but for a 1-4 night trip hand warmers are just fine.
Test your bottle before trying this on the trail.
I cracked a Nalgene Oasis bottle (the military canteen looking bottles) when I put boiling water in it. Granted, the Oasis is not as thick as a regular Nalgene bottle, but it was a surprise nonetheless.
Great idea! Maybe even easier than the old hot rock method.
We use metal bottles with sock over it. I have had handwarmers fail several times - you open them as directed and they do not heat up. No idea why. Just donit trust them anymore.
If your toes are cold, sure you can send your bottle to the footbox but we find that laying it on your femoral arteries on your thighs works wonders. Warms up the blood, or so it seems.
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