View Full Version : Urban guerilla/stealth hanging tips needed.
The Biss
04-11-2006, 22:09
Later this month, I am going to Florida to visit a friend. Im flying in and out of Orlando and renting a car to West Palm Beach. He's only off Sat and Sun and I'm taking Mon-Wed off as well... I thought I would schlep around the swamp for a day, drive to Orlando and see Universal Studios and have a nice dinner at Margaritaville.
By Universal, there is a place called Cane Lake (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=universal+studios,+orlando,+fl&ll=28.482121,-81.472249&spn=0.016409,0.028925)that is supposedly inhabited by some kind of a slug monster called Slimebo (http://www.luckyslakeswim.com/lake%20cane%20monster.htm). I thought it might be fun to find a patch of woods to set up in around there and look for Slimebo.
Other than late in/early out, don't be seen, & stay away from bum towns, does anyone have any tips for hanging in an urban stealth environment?
Just Jeff
04-11-2006, 22:32
Don't use your flashlight.
hang low!!! wow your brave!!!! enjoy!
We need a link to an urban camo tarp. Someone get neo on the Bat Phone!
Aim high. Impress us all. Infiltrate Disney World and stealth inside the grounds for a few days. You could write a book about it afterwards.
RockyTrail
04-12-2006, 11:22
A dirty white tarp, pitched in a tight A-frame configuration would look surprisingly like one of those portable concrete road construction barriers...spread some trash around and you should be invisible :-)
Just Jeff
04-12-2006, 12:17
Impress us all. Infiltrate Disney World and stealth inside the grounds for a few days.
Seconded. I'll even give you a dollar. :D
Seconded. I'll even give you a dollar. :D
I downloaded Google Earth. There is an island in the lake near Disney World. I'd be willing to bet that there is great stealth hammocking on the island. :banana
don't use reflective cord, hang tarp and hammock low, no bright colors, no white light at night, and not near any foot paths... however, busy roads are ok, as no one looks sideways while driving... and as long as there aren't any sidewalks, you won't have to worry about people walking by either. i'm thinking a wooded vacant lot, if there is such a thing left in orlando anymore...
The Biss
04-12-2006, 13:18
Seconded. I'll even give you a dollar. :DGet me a ticket to the Magic Kingdom, and I'll do it.
Get me a ticket to the Magic Kingdom, and I'll do it.
I'll kick in $5 if you take on the challenge. Anyone else?
Skidsteer
04-12-2006, 17:46
I'll kick in $5 if you take on the challenge. Anyone else?
I'm in!
As to advice: Wear a Tinkerbell costume in case you are caught and questioned.
Just Jeff
04-12-2006, 18:58
As to advice: Wear a Tinkerbell costume in case you are caught and questioned.
Wow - I've heard some bad advice on WB, but rarely anything that'll get you arrested for deviance... :D
Skidsteer
04-12-2006, 19:14
Wow - I've heard some bad advice on WB, but rarely anything that'll get you arrested for deviance... :D
It is a pretty appalling mental picture isn't it?
Hairy-legged Tinkerbell in a camouflage hammock:eek: . Disney World might not care in the least....If he had a ticket.:D
I'm in!
As to advice: Wear a Tinkerbell costume in case you are caught and questioned.
Haaahahaha! Now THAT was funni. If that doesn't work you could sprinkle them with a little fairy dust. I hear it is abundant in the area.
I think the pack could be disguised with a couple of little wings duct taped onto it? And a star taped to the end of the Leki pole!
I wonder if anyone has ever hiked the trail in a Tutu? :-?
hammock engineer
04-12-2006, 20:36
I'll pitch a couple in. I think I would almost go down there to see someone sleeping in a hammock in a fairy costume.
If not a fairy, try one of the chipmonks. They live in trees, right?
Skidsteer
04-12-2006, 21:08
I'll pitch a couple in. I think I would almost go down there to see someone sleeping in a hammock in a fairy costume.
If not a fairy, try one of the chipmonks. They live in trees, right?
http://www.lambdapsiphi.com/daft/daftsupp/grabs/chip22.jpg
The possibilities are disturbing.
hammock engineer
04-12-2006, 21:20
http://www.lambdapsiphi.com/daft/daftsupp/grabs/chip22.jpg
The possibilities are disturbing.
Thats great.
od green and cammo :cool: neo
Mountain Hippie
04-12-2006, 22:25
Forget the Hammock, find the nearest Walmart.:D http://news.bostonherald.com/offBeat/view.bg?articleid=132734&format=
http://www.lambdapsiphi.com/daft/daftsupp/grabs/chip22.jpg
The possibilities are disturbing.
Prediction: Somebody is going to use that graphic for an Avatar before 24 hours elapses.
Skidsteer
04-12-2006, 22:32
Prediction: Somebody is going to use that graphic for an Avatar before 24 hours elapses.
Sad, but possible.:-?
The Biss
04-12-2006, 22:49
I had considered WalMart. You may know that they allow RV boondocking in their parking lots as a corporate policy. It seems that they view the RV crowd as good for business, especially at their 24 hour centers. I wonder how they would feel about a hammock strung up between a lightpole and shopping cart return corral.
hammock engineer
04-12-2006, 22:54
Prediction: Somebody is going to use that graphic for an Avatar before 24 hours elapses.
I tried it, until I realized that it changed it on every past post. Funny for one post, but kind of strange for all of them.
BTW the picture is labeled as chip, but if all the years I spent watching cartoons growing up serves me right. That was definetly Dale.
Mountain Hippie
04-12-2006, 22:59
Find a spot near the garden center and hang your hammock. Then find one of those "falling prices" signs and place it beside the hammock with a price of 150 or so dollars. Everyone will think it is a display and you'll be set.
The Biss
04-12-2006, 23:10
HEADS UP! I just found this website: http://blackpacker.gnn.tv/
SuperTroll
04-18-2006, 09:02
CAMO TARP
http://www.actiongear.com/cgi-bin/tame.exe/agcatalog/level4c.tam?xax=28583&pagenumber%2Eptx=1&M5COPY%2Ectx=8206&M5%2Ectx=8206&M2%5FDESC%2Ectx=Bivouac%20%2D%20Sleeping%20Bags%2C %20Shelters%2C%20Modular%20Sleep%20Systems%2C%20Bi vy%20Bags&level3%2Ectx=level3c%2Etam&BC3%2Ectx=Military%20Field%20Gear%2C%20Backpacking %2C%20Travel%20Bags&BC4%2Ectx=Bivouac%20%2D%20Sleeping%20Bags%2C%20She lters%2C%20Modular%20Sleep%20Systems%2C%20Bivy%20B ags&backto=%2Fagcatalog%2Flevel3c%2Etam
Tha Wookie
04-18-2006, 09:19
Don't use a conventional shelter. make one out of local materials. Get a limb and stick in up in the crotch of a bush, deep under the bush, so you are on your hands and knees. then take other sticks and make an a frame on this center ridge. then cover with debris. Stay there in the day, and use the cover of night to travel.
The Biss
05-07-2006, 23:16
Update: Tuesday night after a round at Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville, I hoofed it up to Cane Lake. There, by the side of the lake, was a man hooking up a trailer to a work truck. I explained to him who I was and what a planned to do, and would he mind if I strung my hammock between those two palmetto trees by the lakeside.
He responded that over the years, he had run people (typicaly drunks) off the property but that he had never had anyone actually ASK to camp on his land. He said that if I didn't mind him getting an early start around 5AM, that I was welcome to string up between his trees.
The next morning at 6:45 I awoke to the sight of a pair of swimmers skimming over the surface of Cane Lake as mist arose from the lake and the sun started its glow across the surface. What a way to arise. The man and his truck were gone. I hadn't heard a thing when he left.
Also, when I explained Slimebo to him, he told me that in 20 years he had never heard nor seen anything in Cane Lake other than the occasional alligator. Oh well.
Here is a cool travelogue about stealth camping. Bicycle tourists stealth camp all the time in urban and rural settings. The article is about stealth camping via bicycle touring but many of the same rules apply to hiking:
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/journal/?o=lt&doc_id=1385&v=ji&term=stealth%20camping&context=all
Here's where the article realy starts:
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/journal/page/?o=lt&page_id=30206&v=b9
I also urban stealth, but I've recently had a scare at a bike forum I subscribe to:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=113603
It seems there may be those among you who think stealth camping is like stealing. I'd be very careful down there if I were you.
I also urban stealth, but I've recently had a scare at a bike forum I subscribe to:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=113603
It seems there may be those among you who think stealth camping is like stealing. I'd be very careful down there if I were you.
pffst, screwm I'm stealth camping nomatter what others think. I'm not breaking the law to I'm gonna do it. Especially that down here in Alabama there aren't many campgrounds.
Just Jeff
06-04-2006, 14:31
And b/c campgrounds have sorry sites, usually don't have the greatest views, and come with noisy neighbors and rodent problems. And you're not tied to a schedule/destination when stealth camping.
If you're set on sneaking around and don't mind risking arrest for trespassing, you might be able to camp in the department store, stringing your hammock between those steel supports above the white panels of the suspended roof. Most of the store's cameras are intended to catch shoplifters and hence they are below the roof level. I don't know whether they also have cameras in this attic space.
If you're set on sneaking around and don't mind risking arrest for trespassing, you might be able to camp in the department store, stringing your hammock between those steel supports above the white panels of the suspended roof. Most of the store's cameras are intended to catch shoplifters and hence they are below the roof level. I don't know whether they also have cameras in this attic space.
lol, yeah Sam's Club would be great. Those big steel racks should be able to hold up to the stress. Be sure to coat your hammoock with JD 130 Stealth Camper Jell.
But just tobe sure inject yourself with a cloaking syrum. That way if they somehow find your hammock they won't find you, lol.