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The Stig
11-01-2016, 10:36 AM
Looking forward to it. Have some new gear I need to test out and it should provide all sorts of good thread material for the website.

Weather looks great.

Hammock master-race about to be all up in this.
Sniper-T
11-01-2016, 11:50 AM
Have fun! Looking forward to reading some gear reviews!
realist
11-01-2016, 12:51 PM
We were supposed to go last week but it was going to rain buckets so we postponed it. Have fun.
RedJohn
11-02-2016, 03:04 PM
Wit was going to rain buckets
This is when the fun starts.
Sniper-T
11-02-2016, 05:15 PM
^
You've obviously never been hit in the head by a falling bucket...

;)
RedJohn
11-04-2016, 01:15 PM
You've obviously never been hit in the head by a falling bucket...
Private Joker,is this you ??
realist
11-04-2016, 11:08 PM
Heavy rains, wet equipment, no fire, cold and uncomfortable. So what part of fun was that. No i find misery is optional, thank you.
ElevenBravo
11-06-2016, 01:43 AM
Cold and raining is THE time to test your gear AND skills.
bacpacker
11-06-2016, 11:25 PM
Weather is just weather. Rain, wind, and snow is just something else to deal with. I would rather deal with any of them as opposed to high temps and high humidity.
ElevenBravo
11-07-2016, 02:02 AM
Our drill sgts told us "Its not rain, its liquid sunshine"

The other was always "If its not raining, its not training"

Sigh... It still sucked no matter how much you tried to psyc yourself.

EB
realist
11-07-2016, 04:52 AM
Test equipment in the cold, check, in the rain, check, in the snow, check...... I buy the best I can afford and test it. It doesn't mean I have to like it. Liquid sunshine that is like pissing on my back and telling me it is raining. No thanks, I have found misery is optional thank you. By the way remember your skills will rust in the rain.......
bacpacker
11-07-2016, 09:25 PM
Now since when did you become sugar? Otherwise you don't melt. :)
realist
11-08-2016, 03:49 AM
My mama used to call me sugar so I must melt............

So since I missed out before I'm going back out again this weekend.........it may rain and then again it may not...
Twitchy
11-10-2016, 05:30 PM
Just finished up a recent camping trip in the mountains of NC in September... Have another couple of trips planned between now and april of '17... Cold is the best time for camping!
ElevenBravo
11-10-2016, 10:46 PM
Im looking for a TALL mummy bag that will go to 20deg, I want to mod it for peapod/cacoon cover on a hammock. Then I can early winter (like nov and dec).

EB
Sniper-T
11-18-2016, 06:40 PM
Is it just me, or has he not been around since he left for camping 2+ weeks ago? I thought it was supposed to be a weekend trip???

Maybe he sprained his typing finger...
ElevenBravo
11-19-2016, 12:02 AM
Maybe hes on a cat safari... With the pith helmet and other jingle jangle gadgets...

EB
Sniper-T
11-19-2016, 12:18 AM
mmmmmm cat....
realist
11-21-2016, 03:59 AM
Wife and I just got back from Hyatt camping up on the coast. It was tough but someone had to do it, either me or the pool boy.....
Kesephist
11-21-2016, 07:19 AM
Im looking for a TALL mummy bag that will go to 20deg, I want to mod it for peapod/cacoon cover on a hammock. Then I can early winter (like nov and dec).

EB

6'6" tall enough?

WM's inhouse brand of field gear goes under the name Ozark Trail. The "Everest" variant IIRC goes down to 20 degrees, and is 78" top to bottom, and a mummy cut. $35, again IIRC.