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Sorry, dude, the Dome is overrated and overrun with tourists.

Way better view from Clouds Rest. Or Mt Dana - tho that's not on the JMT...

All the best views are OF the dome. I know everyone...

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Has she hit puberty yet? If not, that might ... remote chance... happen out there. If she has, gotta have supplies and figure out how to handle it, have some wet wipes...

Go ahead and get the permit stamped on your wilderness permit - if the weather's bad, don't go, lightening strikes happen all year.

BTW, that's called the Visor. The Diving Board is near but not...

Fixed it for you.

Seriously, with your attitude I'm surprised you get anywhere at all online. You are making errors (omega 3 is not amino acids, calorie deficits are more serious than you are...

So the OP is worried about things crawling under his tarp on the PCT - a very specific trail - and we've been to Denali, NC, and everywhere else?

Yay, internet.

FYI - I can only speak to the...

yes, I'm answering myself... to finish the paragraph.

A person with sufficient experience in pitching a tarp can stay dry through a heckuva storm, where another person with no real clue can throw...

Do you get to take part of the tent and leave the rest home when you don't need it?

Tents aren't comfortable for me because they are too closed in. Are you going to tell me I'm having trouble with...

Again... we're talking about the PCT. Not Denali, not the southeast, and not anywhere you need a Hilleberg tent.

You hike high and camp low. That's safe. In the afternoons you can get...

He's talking about the PCT - we don't have noseeums.

You should never let a shelter dictate where you camp? You can't just camp anywhere on the PCT, or in the Sierra in general. Site selection is...

Have you looked at Granite Gear? Very adjustable and often found on sale.

If you don't go with the tarptent, would you consider a tarp/groundcloth?

Have you tried sleeping on the z-lite yet?...

Have you been measured properly? You might do better with a pack that adjusts incrementally than with a fixed length frame - I know I do. Granite Gear has not-ultralight packs, just light, that...

Let's see... 14 oz tarp, 2 oz ground sheet, 4 oz bugnet, 10 oz homemade goretex bivy. Show me a tent that weighs 30 oz and gives you all kinds of flexibility in pitching in various configurations to...

Hammock, tent, whatever you use - it's always a good idea to set the stuff up at home and turn a sprinkler on, lay around in it, check for leaks and practice setting up.

Last time someone hauled...

Oh, also, I don't do sleeping bags - have quilts that I use instead. The only issue I've had was with ticks, which I check for before turning in, quite religiously.

When not hammocking I usually tarp, all over California. A mouse ran across me once.

I use a huge trash bag or mylar blanket as a ground sheet.

Don't set up near obvious critter holes or dead...

Yep, a Steri Pen plus a prefilter plus all those extra batteries and you are... at about the weight of a gravity filter. Hmm. And no guarantee the thing won't just stop working. Don't mind me, I just...

that would depend entirely on where you are going. Below 10,000 feet, mostly forested areas - you're pretty much a shoo-in to find a couple trees 15-20 feet apart you can hang from.

Death Valley,...

Generally any animal should be respected as a wild thing - just give them space and don't approach. For critters that camouflage being aware they are there, and where they tend to hang out, is most...

This is not taking into account the venom of the snake, which will destroy living tissue.

You don't want to use a tourniquet with a rattlesnake bite. You want to stay calm, and walk out of the...

I've had wilderness first aid courses. Generally, don't hike alone is at the top of the list of priorities. There's just not a lot you can do out there beyond getting help. The ideal group size is...

This is common to a lot of backpackers - somewhere along the way it goes away.

an mp3 player can help. If you're not opposed to meds, some tylenol pm or benadryl... Or just hiking til you're...

Well, I've set up tents in the rain, and set up the hammock in the rain. I am drier setting up the hammock because the tarp goes up first and then everything goes up under.

The pack hangs from...

That's your opinion. Not my experience, however. You can use the same gear - sleeping bag, pad - in a hammock, and it's not rocket science.

I would see if one of the gentle souls at hammock forums is local to you, and ask if you can come check out their stuff. Some of those guys have every hammock known to man and then some, and all the...

The reason I ask is I have never run into anyone who uses one and complains about the noise. Only place I see complaints like that are forums. Anyone I've met with one, they look at me like I'm...