Hammockforums.net is a must-visit. Hours of reading to do.
The only way to know if hammocking is for you is to try it out. Backyard. Short trips out of which you can bail if necessary. As for me,...
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Hammockforums.net is a must-visit. Hours of reading to do.
The only way to know if hammocking is for you is to try it out. Backyard. Short trips out of which you can bail if necessary. As for me,...
Near the Tom Floyd Shelter is a 4H at which one can park. See AWOL's guide.
Check the time. Set up your shelter like you're camping overnight. Pack up your shelter. Check the time again. Repeat as necessary to make it quick and easy. Be impressed with yourself when you drop...
Verizon has worked well for me from northern VA through NJ; never a day without some connectivity, nearly always good signal on the tops of things (ridges, hills, mountains).
Much depends here on the details: time of hike? what's your rain fly like--does it have doors, can you pitch it so the bottom edge is at or near the ground? Is your insulation more than what you'd...
I think there are tenting opportunities in the SNP. I did just hammock most of the AT in the park NOBO. At the first shelter coming up from the south end there were plenty of tents set up, although...
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March 2016, near Mosby Camp (just N of Front Royal, VA)
See Dutchware.com for a way to lighten your WB XLC--kevlar tree straps.
Try whatever setup (one assumes you will and / or are). A lot. That's the only way to gauge whether you can use the Yeti...
I used no-perfume laundry detergent in a five-gallon bucket, churning by hand then rinsing multiple times. Amazing how fast my Mariposa picks up The Stink.
Are some packs more susceptible to The...
I had lighting issues with the "light the fuel in the center of the stove" type of alcohol stove, then I made the kind with two parts and a wick. Put fuel in, wait 20 seconds, light wick from outside...
Carried an 8oz umbrella in the SNP recently. Used it hands-free (shoulder strap, shock cord, use your imagination) with great success. No, not a way to stay perfectly dry, but a thousand times better...
Saw the boots at Byrd's Nest 3 in SNP a week+ ago. Great story!
sorry, below read "Blackrock" in place of "Pinefield"
I was off trail last week and while the 8 miles from Waynesboro to Calf Mtn were dry as predicted, the 13 miles to the first SNP hut were a little wetter than Guthook shows--and after that water was...
The Big Meadows trail store has significantly more selection. Does Lewis do mail drops? :: shrug ::
If anyone in your group dehydrates their own, consider "stretching" these meals with add-ons;...
The Lewis Mtn. Camp Store has limited food items, but one can make do. I was just there. Here is a list of things I remember seeing on the several shelves of food and in the one cooler of food items:...
FWIW, there is water at every Guthook-marked unreliable water source in SNP--at least for the moment. Lots of rain. And water at some entirely unmarked places, too. :)
I treat my stuff at home. I don't do any fabric into which I will sweat copiously; personal preference. I know others treat everything they wear. FWIW,
Yes, I have all possible guide information--but curious if someone who has been/is currently on the AT in SNP can comment upon the water situation. Are all the usual listed water sources ok?
I used to carry one of these units on the back of my motorcycle--just stick it into the ground after pitching tent, and voila', a wee little light....
I took some of the chocolate pb powdered stuff on a four-day AT run in March. Mixed it in a baggy. Worked ok. My guess is if you're on a thru it won't be worth the hassle unless you're organized...
Wow! Thanks!
Photos? What's it look like? Any significant impact on the AT?
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My phone thinks this one is (was?) n of Rt. 7. . .
I'd call flat ground availability near the new shelter "limited." There is an old road or wide path that parallels the stream near the shelters, that's pretty flat, and when I was there in mid-March...