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  1. Hanging at The Birches at Baxter State Park, Maine

    Does anyone know if it is allowable to hammock camp in The Birches at Katahdin Stream Campground in Baxter State Park? If it is allowed, is it practical? I am hiking the Hundred Mile Wilderness and...
  2. Planning a hike in the Smokies - mixed feelings

    I've been section hiking the AT for 14 years now (Springer to Tyringham, MA) and a few years ago started back over with a second sequential hike northward (for those times when I cannot afford a long...
  3. +1 on the interest in how folks work the...

    +1 on the interest in how folks work the ridgeline. Not surprising, the instructions included are really not a help here, and the intended use of the cord locks is unclear. The instructions describe...
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    I have the Nest which I bought specifically for a...

    I have the Nest which I bought specifically for a bottom entry Hennessy. For me, it mated up well and worked great. I have since migrated to a different hammock (Blackbird) but still use the Nest. ...
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    +1 for JRB quilts. I own two of them and have...

    +1 for JRB quilts. I own two of them and have been very pleased with quality, performance, and customer service. Admittedly, I have no experience with the other manufacturers, but it is hard to...
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    http://www.foxfire.org/thefoxfirebooks.aspx ...

    http://www.foxfire.org/thefoxfirebooks.aspx

    The Foxfire Museum is very near to the AT in Georgia. It is in Mountain City, between Clayton and Dillard . . . maybe 10 miles south of Franklin, NC.
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    One issue that I had with a pair of boots while...

    One issue that I had with a pair of boots while hiking the AT in North Carolina was that when I woke in the morning, I found that rodents (mice?) had chewed my laces. Presumably they were attracted...
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    Poll: The Speer hammock and Peapod with Speer Top Quilt...

    The Speer hammock and Peapod with Speer Top Quilt has remained my go-to system on AT hikes, and used as recently as last month on a 59 mile section hike in Pennsylvania. I also have a HH UL...
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    Wow! That is a game-changer!! Thanks for...

    Wow! That is a game-changer!! Thanks for letting me know. I'll check that out.
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    Thanks all for the info. I'll call the ranger...

    Thanks all for the info. I'll call the ranger station on Monday, but it sounds like the place will work out well.
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    Sherando Lake Recreation Area, Va

    Are any of you familiar with the campground at SHERANDO LAKE RECREATION AREA near Staunton, VA? I will have 5 - 7 hikers, including likely 5 of us that are hammock campers, returning back to South...
  12. I am about 3/4 of the way through a non-fiction...

    I am about 3/4 of the way through a non-fiction book, "The Wild Trees" by Richard Preston ("The Hot Zone" and "The Cobra Event")

    http://tinyurl.com/yghjnd9

    It is a bit of a departure from...
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    The changing clothes issue was what came to mind...

    The changing clothes issue was what came to mind for me also. I have never been that concerned with bugs related to this, and when backpacking it is not an issue either. It sometimes is an issue...
  14. Thread: Dry sacks

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    I have been using these for about three years and...

    I have been using these for about three years and have been quite pleased with them:

    http://www.seatosummit.com/products/display/7
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    True. In case I gave the wrong impression...

    True. In case I gave the wrong impression though, we are just going out for 4 nights.
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    Sort of. He came by the house and we set up my...

    Sort of. He came by the house and we set up my Hennessy Backpacker UL ASYM, my Speer Hammock, and a loaner/demo JRB Bear Mountain Bridge Hammock. He got a chance to check them all out, along with...
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    Any more "ideal" hammock set-ups?

    Any more "ideal" hammock set-ups?
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    Certainly. Yep, good stuff so far. Some of the...

    Certainly. Yep, good stuff so far. Some of the new/innovative things that I expected are showing up . . . like JRB's bridge hammock and the HH Hyperlite. Some things that I have been intrigued by...
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    What would your ideal system include?

    Like many of you I have way too much of this stuff already . . . certainly more than my wife can understand . . . 3 camping hammocks; underquilts, peapods, and top quilts from JRB and Speer, tarps...
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    My role in Scouting for the past 10 years has...

    My role in Scouting for the past 10 years has been as lodge adviser for the local Order of the Arrow (O.A.) lodge for our council. For the education of the non-Scouters reading this thread, the O.A....
  21. Tom, You are right, it is tough to tell the...

    Tom,

    You are right, it is tough to tell the difference, but I am pretty sure this is sil. It has the frayed edges as Jeff describes earlier, holds water overnight, and I cannot blow thru it. I...
  22. I found and bought 15 yards of the gray sil-nylon...

    I found and bought 15 yards of the gray sil-nylon at my local Walmart (Camden, SC) this past weekend at $1 per yard. It passed the water glass test referenced earlier in the thread. I am not sure...
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