MAAHA group hang
Just got back from a great weekend at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in PA. Got there Friday afternoon, got set up and hung out with a lot of new friends. Its always cool seeing other peoples gear and how they do things to get new ideas and learn new ways of doing things. After a bland mountain house dinner and a walk around to say hi and meet everyone, Kale Kale and I hung out and player a crazy card hame tfoundhat involved exploding kittens with Richard, the owner of Sierra Madre Research and a few others. I climbed into my HH about 930 and watched a little bit of a movie on the iPad before I was out like a light. Unfortunately, I woke up several times BC I was cold. The temp only around 58° or so but in my rush to set up I didn't get my UQ tight enough. I was trying out my new JRB winter nest so I wanted to make sure I vented a little bit BC it wasnt gonna be that cold. I apparently vented too much and got cbs. I didn't wanna keep getting in and out of my hammock to adjust it and wake up everyone around me with the loud RIIIIIIIIIPPPPPP of the Velcro on the bottom entry of my HH expedition. So I was up for good around 5. I watched a movie and headed over to a nice group breakfast at 8. After that, despite some pretty heavy rain Kale Kale and I hiked a few miles on the AT. Dinner and raffle was at 5 and after hanging out for a bit I headed back to get my UQ dialed in BC the temps were gonna drop over night. Climbed into bed around 930 and slept warm and comfortable till about 5 when heavy winds woke me up. I did feel a little cool on top, as I was just wearing shorts and a T-shirt under my Snugpak TQ with the temp down to about 45 plus a strong wind. I grabbed my Snugpak Poncho liner and added that on top of the TQ and a pair of wool Sox. That did the trick and I was plenty warm enough to get a little more sleep. I got up around 7, made some coffee and a mountain house biscuits and gravy with sausage then started to pack everything up. We headed out around 930 or so and headed home. This was my first group hang and I had a great time. Everyone was super friendly and nice and I met several people that I had only charted with on here before. I'm definitely going to the January hang in New Jersey and the spring MAHHA hang. Thanks everyone, I had a heat time, can't wait until spring!IMG_20161009_091245_hdr.jpgIMG_20161009_090839_hdr.jpgIMG_20161009_090857_hdr.jpgIMG_20161009_075641_hdr.jpgIMG_20161007_175301_hdr.jpgIMG_20161007_175320_hdr.jpgIMG_20161009_091225_hdr.jpgIMG_20161009_090650_hdr.jpg
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