Hey HH'erz
GREAT fun meeting one of the most creative bunch of guys I can imagine. WOW ... did I bring home some homework to tweek my gear more. THANK "YOU" ForumFriends !
Below is an email I tried to send to GrizzAdams and one needs something special to access his email which seemed like a lot of "work", so when you read the below ... you'll probably surmize I'm not up for a lot of "work" yet.
HEY, lets do it again ANYWHERE not toooooooo fer a way?
My first "group" hang has many GREAT memories ...
dp
GrizzDave,
It was super seeing you at the HH. I can't believe you "hung-around" on your way home from Italy. You must have used the Indy airport?
AND, I was one jealous guy when I saw your "real" kilt ! Way to go. Plus, you looked most natural in it. got Scotch/Irish in your pipes? You could fool me if you don't ...
I want to share with you, remembering your Cuben Mock engineering in progress. My "coat lining" single layer WallyWorld polyester "FAILED" Saturday nite.
One of the head/top spreader bar junctions, the fabric just past the seam gave way and BOOM, I was on the ground about 1am. So, be careful with your Cuben especially if it is a Bridge?
FYI: I got REALLY frustrated as I didn't have a ground pad. (33*/frosty windshield that morning) I packed up and started to hike out to my car about 1:15am. Couldn't see the trail very well with a lamp even, soooooooo I abandoned and hit the leaves. As my luck goes, a curious deer circled me for about an hour about 3am. MERCY that un-nerves me. I played "dead", rather than try to intimidate "it". The last deer I had circle me was a HUGE buck, which I saw the next morning. I was about 20 yards from it's bed ... as he spooked out at daybreak. That snorting and ground stamping really frightens "me".
I couldn't wait for daybreak. I was HIKING at 6:15 and in the car at 7:15. Pretty cold nite with just my top quilt over me and my feet out. Left my boots on in case I needed to move around being that I was a "couch-crasher" in the wildlifes bedroom.
AnnieWHO ... wanted you to know about my Bridge fabric failure. There must be HUGE amount of stresses on those spanner bar junctions.
TTYL
Good to see you again ...
"dplant" KokomoDave
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