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zelph
01-02-2014, 21:08
Shug breaks a record:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTuGJgka1qc

bigcranky
01-02-2014, 23:21
Wow. Just wow.

T.S.Kobzol
01-03-2014, 00:20
Yeah. Wowed indeed

Sent from my vivid imagination and delusions of grandeur

Odd Man Out
01-03-2014, 00:39
I want to be Shug when I grow up

fiddlehead
01-03-2014, 11:07
Yeah, that was fun to watch.
I used to do a bunch of winter camping.
Always had a nice fire and we'd build a lean-to out of pine boughs back in the 60's (then switched to plastic when it got un-cool)
Spent most of the time cutting firewood and drinking.
Never colder than -8 though.
Great Video.
Cool Trip.
Love those Go-Pros.

forrest!
01-03-2014, 11:55
Shug is quite a character - love his videos.

Forrest

Coffee
01-03-2014, 12:19
Amazing ... makes me feel like a real wimp opting for the treadmill this morning rather than the balmy 18 degrees above outside...

Hot Flash
01-03-2014, 13:02
I love Ely. Chocolate Moose ftw!

zelph
01-03-2014, 13:43
Shug breaks a record:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTuGJgka1qc

Amazing!!!! I watched it again just to see how they endured those temps for 2 days. All I can doo is shake my head ans say WoW!!!

Fast forward the video to the 17.25 mark and look at the seams in his quilted hat. Body moisture making it's way up through the hat has started to crystallize. Made me think of how we need to be aware of moisture build up in our sleeping bags.

I sure do hope his finger heals well.

RedBeerd
01-04-2014, 08:33
That's a serious sleep system!

capehiker
01-04-2014, 14:02
Shug is awesome. And he got his fancy feast stove fired up, too.

Kerosene
01-04-2014, 14:36
In the Twin Cities, it's supposed to get down to -25F on Sunday night (-37F in Ely up north), with a high of -15F on Monday, with 10-20 mph winds for a -45F wind chill. I'm pretty sure my gear can't get me that low, let alone a hammock setup! I love the crystal blue winter skies of Minnesota; so much better than the months of clouds to the east of the Great Lakes.

zelph
01-04-2014, 14:54
In the Twin Cities, it's supposed to get down to -25F on Sunday night (-37F in Ely up north), with a high of -15F on Monday, with 10-20 mph winds for a -45F wind chill. I'm pretty sure my gear can't get me that low, let alone a hammock setup! I love the crystal blue winter skies of Minnesota; so much better than the months of clouds to the east of the Great Lakes.

I have a video somewhere that was made in the twin city area showing tthe StarLyte stove being used to thaw the door latch mechanism on my car. My daughter and I were on our way to a doctor appointment and had to get the latch thawed.

I think shug will lay low till his finger heals.:)

He has so many tales to tell:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wszT8Sr4hI

RED-DOG
01-04-2014, 15:40
WOW my kind of camping wheather, I need to go to Minnesota.

Son Driven
01-04-2014, 15:51
The Minnesota wilderness is awesome! I will help you with a stay and a ride when you get here.

Son Driven - Hostel and Shuttle services

SonDriven.com - coming soon

rocketsocks
01-04-2014, 22:48
Shug is awesome. And he got his fancy feast stove fired up, too.
Shuts got a fan in me. I liked his MSR rant.

"don't make me go Coleman on ya"

...too damn funny

HikerMom58
01-05-2014, 14:37
The Minnesota wilderness is awesome! I will help you with a stay and a ride when you get here.

Son Driven - Hostel and Shuttle services

SonDriven.com - coming soon


Awesome SonDriven!!


Shuts got a fan in me. I liked his MSR rant.

"don't make me go Coleman on ya"

...too damn funny

I laughed so hard!! :D

Dogwood
01-05-2014, 15:53
LOL. hiking Vid, only the way he can do it. What an upbeat character. Love it. What's he gonna do now since his middle picking finger now resembles ET's? Wonder if it glows? :)

Son Driven
01-05-2014, 15:53
Yet another Minnesota adventure awaits.

http://gearjunkie.com/lake-superior-surfing-minnesota

LIhikers
01-05-2014, 22:44
I've been to Ely, twice, for winter camping, but the coldest it got was -25 F below zero.

shelb
01-05-2014, 22:49
Uh.... This is not like Ely, Minn was in July!

MommaDuck
01-05-2014, 22:57
Incredible!!!!

Spirit Bear
01-05-2014, 22:58
I quizzed Shug on his sleep system, he said he has a zero degree top and bottom quilt, then wraps that with a 20 degree bag. that is it and according to him he stayed warm down to MINUS 30 and at MINUS 40 he was warm until 5am.

Shug is awesome in every way, he is a big DYI guy and loves to help anyone he can in regards to hammock camping.

SoulSista
01-09-2014, 20:16
I give a lot of credit for his guts to hit this trail when it was so cold. I grew up in Minnesota, and there is no way I would backpack in their 40 below weather. I'm a wimp LOL

zelph
01-10-2014, 15:44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTuGJgka1qc

I'd like to meet up with Shug someday. Seems to be one of the nicest people you'd ever want to meet.

Fast forward the video to 3:11, that is probably around 5:00 in the morning when he is feeling the coldest.

Dogwood
01-10-2014, 16:01
The first time I met him was on the AT at a lean-to. I had such a pissy attitude but no matter how much I stubbornly tried to hold onto it Shug wouldn't let me continue with it or let himself be taken in by it. I was much younger than and a bit of an a hole to him. From that point on in my hiking career I never had that same pissy attitude. He really helped change my attitude forever. His attitude rubbed off on me. THX Shug. That shot of him with the frozen brows is a riot. He's a real clown. REALLY.