Uh.... This is not like Ely, Minn was in July!
Uh.... This is not like Ely, Minn was in July!
Incredible!!!!
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.
You're not going to live forever
Find this to be true
Use your past as a guide
While you're alive
Live
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
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.