We hiked the Red River Gorge this weekend with the Boy Scouts. Used my Blackbird XLC and new mamba jamba. Don't own a good backpacking sleeping bag so I took my USGI green patrol bag. Also don't have an under quilt so I took an old USGI sleeping pad. It rained both nights and the tarp worked great. I was a little concerned because it isn't ALL that much longer than the hammock. But it worked well. The low last night was around 46. That's about as cold as I would recomend with that pad. I didn't freeze, but if it was lower than 40 I'd have been waking up cold. I know that pad sucks but my thermorest is to big to pack. It was a good trip. Got some good exercise and a chance to use my new gear. Now I need to start hunting for an under quilt, cause it's only getting colder...
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