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Thanks for this thread, ladies- I have just read through this thread for the first time. I love all the tips and the solo hiking discussion- great stuff! lilp: I have a 20* Phoenix with an extra oz. of down and I love it- I sleep cold and it dials in great. I'm a tall gal at 5'10" but the coverage on the Phoenix is great and I think you could almost use it like a full length! I throw my sit pad in my foot box of my TQ and am toasty.Originally Posted by lilprincess
My best friend in from Oregon and now is stuck in New England. There's a lot that cracks her up about us.
I would love to talk about insulation. I had to have my TQ custom made from HG because I'm only 5'2" and the extra long normal wasn't going to work. I got the longer foot box too. It's perfect for me now. I'm thinking about getting a smaller UQ though. Right now I have the 0* incubator and it's loner than I am. When it's cold I can't keep all that down warm so I get cold spots. (I don't generate much heat on my own) I'm considering getting a Phincubator, half way between a 3/4 and full.
As far as periods, I agree with the baking soda bag. Works great for me too.
Good idea...I'll look into that.
I also discovered an iPhone app recently that notifies your chosen contacts if you don't "check in" by a specified timed after an adventure (or internet date or road trip, or...) It works...I forgot to check in the first time I used it for a solo hike, and whoops, alarmed the family needlessly. But it's cool to know it works, and that people will know where to look for me if I don't come home as planned. The app is called "Bugle"
I did not, but thank you for the heads up and please accept my apologies.
Just to let you ladies know: I just got back from a five day four night hike on the Long Trail and saw more women than men by two to one!! We're taking over the trails!
Chase your dreams without fear or hesitation!
Love it! I'd say that's true on the Washington trails for sure. Next step: take over the Hammock Forum!
Actually, that makes me wonder what the numbers actually are on this forum. It FEELS heavily dude-centric. And judging from the near-impossibility of finding gear in colors that are not camo/brown/olive, it seems like the hammock camping hobby is pretty dude-centric. It doesn't help that everyone here uses usernames instead of their real names, many of which don't clearly suggest the gender of the author, so I find that I usually assume the poster is male. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm definitely curious. My lifetime's experiences with outdoor activities have always had more women involved than it seems are present here. What do you think? How many of us women hangers are there?
I don't see what's dude-centric about earth tones. I mean we're not talking wedding decorations here, we're talking camping. Anyway, Eno, Ticket to the Moon and many other brands have brighter colors. If you personally wouldn't want to hang in a hot pink hammock, though, I don't know why you'd expect the cottage manufactures invest in nylon of that color.
I'd say it's about 70/30. I think the numbers will get closer to 60/40 or whatever the general camping split is as hammock camping becomes more mainstream.
I just got back from a few days on the AT in southern PA and was very happy to see both hammocks and women all over the place.
Bump......
GHigh.jpg I went with 4 female friends to the Grayson Highlands on a 4 day backpacking trip and women outnumbered men at the shelters. Tents still won the number wars at the shelters. But, we did what we could to spread the word
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