Hows it hangin in Olypmic NP, heading there is a week or so... Looking at Hoy River for 4-5 days and maybe a 2-3 day coastal...
Appreciate any input...
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Hows it hangin in Olypmic NP, heading there is a week or so... Looking at Hoy River for 4-5 days and maybe a 2-3 day coastal...
Appreciate any input...
bring big tree straps :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sr1355
Big Big tree straps!!!:lol: Your going to enjoy a Rain Forest..Huge clover, moss hanging off the trees,,Big ferns,,its all together another world compared to Michigan..awesome awesome beauty. crystal clear water,,the blueest streams you will ever see. Take plenty of pics.Quote:
Originally Posted by dedominick
And while in the Ho you will see one of these :)
How big should the tree straps be for this...30'...:lol: Think it will hold...:lol:
http://thehotpotato.files.wordpress....tree.jpg?w=375
boarderline :) no joke though thems what youll deal with, i think it would be cool to see how fat a pair one could find, that could be a new kind of record we keep round these parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by sr1355
Check out the blue glacier on Mt. Olympus. Bring a fly rod if you fish. I hear there's big dollyvarden in the Hoh.
You can camp as close as a mile north of Rialto beach. (West of the town of Forks)
I think the name of the creek at the delineation is Ellen Creek.
That area is awesome. Go north from there as far as you can, and return, or go to Shi Shi Beach and hike south.
Or do the Lake Ozette loop.
Going up the Hoh it is flat, basically, for 12 miles then climbs up.
This time of year ought to see a LOT of berries.
Ken in NC
(Been on the summit of West Olympus)
Thanks everyone.... Strap material arrived today for 6 sets of 14' straps... Fishing rod is packed, so is camera with 32G card for lots of pictures....
You're going to have to hang on trees less than 4.45 feet in diameter with 14' straps.
Take a bunch of Amsteel with ya,,for extensions and use wood pieces to protect the bark of the trees. The trees there are huge. Enjoy!
Did Hoh River a couple of years ago. Good ( small enough/normal sized) trees a few miles in here:Quote:
Originally Posted by sr1355
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and about 10 miles in right next to a back country ranger station below, right before it all starts going straight up to Blue Glacier on one side
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and High Divide on the other. That's where I was camped any way. Endless trees, but most are HUGE!
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Thanks everyone, we will each have a min of 22' of strap each side.... 14' + standard 8' straps... I hope that will work as that's all I have... LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
You'll be alright, there are plenty of trees of all sizes.
Ken
Billy Bob, I stayed in that shelter that year.
Ken