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Friends of the Ouachita Trail is the volunteer org. that maintains the trail in conjunction with the USFS. www.friendsot.org

I am an adopter with FoOT and will try to answer any questions if you...

Our friend may have a point about checking water, though. I realize you are talking about the OHT and not the OT, but conditions are very much the same all over the state right now.

The Buffalo...

I had almost forgotten that I posted this here...

Since this shelter burned, the Ouachita NF has received a "Centenary Grant" from the USFS. This grant was part of a grant program celebrating the...

But if you had previously used a tarp tent, could that tarp not also be used with the hammock?

I understand that some of those (or perhaps I'm misinformed and it is in fact all TarpTents) come...

No competition felt on this end.. just wanted to be precise. :)

On the space blanket front, I just layed it in there basically flat. It probably had some crinkles and I didn't try to change that...

I have not tried my Nest on my HH at temps quite as low as this report of Jeff's (My temps have mainly been in the mid-40's (F) and one night in the upper 20's.), but my experiences in trying to...

I would put the bag under you on the OUTSIDE of the hammock, attaching it with whatever works. I used safety pins and although I didn't like the idea of pinning things to the hammock, it did allow me...

I read and read this and other forums trying to get some ideas. None of this really mattered, however, until I actually TRIED a pad in my hammock. Experience is the best teacher, I guess. Just have...

Before this turns into a bash on Arkansas (although I'm SURE that wasn't your intent, BooBoo) or it's denizens, I will try to steer this thread toward the efforts to rebuild the shelter. As I stated...

Please understand that this work weekend is almost surely NOT going to have anything to do with the burned shelter. There is no way really for us to have the money and materials and transportation of...

Hi Medicine Man,

Glad to hear you'll be coming thru Arkansas. :welcome
The OT does pass fairly close to Hot Springs.

As this may start to drift off-topic, email me privately if you want and...

Thanks for the offer of help. I will try to relay info as I get it from FoOT.

You also might want to check out Yahoo! Group, ArkansasHiking. The buzz on this is pretty strong over there as that...

I almost hate to post this as it might make some think that Arkansas is full of backward idiots. As this is the ONLY incident of it's kind that I have heard of (ever), please take it as an isolated...

My other is a SPORK! Spork spork spork

I, for one, will be leaving the pad behind. I found the underquilt to be adequate for keeping me warm from underneath.

If I chose to take it when for some reason I knew I would need it for ground...

My experience is that the longer ASym (in my case the Explorer over the Backpacker) was better for my overall comfort. I'm 6'1 and I found that I could use the Backpacker fine, but found later the...

I also use skins of some sort. I have both Hennessey Snake Skins and JRB Python Skins. I cannot imagine being able to get hammock and underquilt into the Hennessey version, but they weren't designed...

Spent an overnight New Year's Eve out on the trail (Ouachita Trail Section 10). Took the HH Exp UL and the JRB Nest and No Sniveler.

Temps were in the mid 60's dropping down to lower 50's. This...

OK, so after much reading and a few experiments in the backyard, I ordered a 3-season set from Jacks R Better. Here are my impressions and a question or two after two nights of trials:

For...

I am curious about those using underquilts: are you using an underquilt in tandem with an overquilt / sleeping bag or do you use an underquilt alone?

I suppose that this is often temperature...

My suggestion, having now tried both the Backpacker and Explorer Ultralight ASyms (as discussed above) would DEFINITELY be to go with the Explorer (the larger or the two).

Why? Well, I felt that...

Well, got the Explorer UL ASym in over the past weekend. First Impressions:

The Explorer certainly 'feels' bigger. I perceived that I had more room laterally and quite a bit more length-wise.
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I'm not speaking FOR Sgt. Rock, of course.

If I understand the info on his site correctly, I think he runs the lines for the HH (normally tied with the 'Tree Huggers' to a tree) THROUGH the wrist...

I have ordered an Explorer UL ASym. I will post here with comparison information after it arrives.

Need some explanation (and pics would be helpful! :D ) on these two. I poked around a bit, but I'm still not really clear on this.

If I get it right:
* the "Nest" is the Peter Pan/Smee...