I enjoy the adventure and unknown of backpacking and being outdoors. I love editing video. My goal is to share with you my adventures on the trail through high quality video. I am a guy from the upper Midwest who enjoys backpacking all over. I hike solo and in groups. Even when I am solo, I have my camera, and you are with me on our adventures. Please consider subscribing and joining me on all my adventures.
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I highly recommend the Busy Bee Cafe in Buffalo for your after hike handmade victory bacon cheese burger, onion rings, and a shake. So good.
If you find yourself around 44.353573765243105, -107.26825887089882, try to find my bear mace. I lost it around there somewhere 2 weeks ago.
@@carlip I am back and didn’t see it. Sorry.
I have been wanting to do this loop for a couple years. I have been out in the area and it is amazing. I'm excited for your videos!
I'm excited to see your video. We plan to do the Big Horns in September if you want to come back out bud!
How do i find and buy those yellow shoes ?
@@danielrivera4216 old models. Not available any more. Other colors are available. Brooks Cascadia
Definitely love the shirt! Sounds like an awesome trip. My luck I would have to go within them 4 miles hahaha
How quick do your trail runners dry out why you get them soaked
@@jonathanhoover5607 depends on the terrain. Probably 400-500 miles. Taking them off takes too much time. They dry quickly.
So what you're saying is you are packing the Doritos in AND packing them out? The things we do to protect the outdoor places we love... 😅
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Talk about 5 lbs of $!@/ in a 3 lb bag! Am I right?
Going to the Big Horns in a month and having the same wag bag dillema. I never get the sudden "I need to poop and it needs to happen NOW" while hiking, so I'm also feeling fine about waiting to get out of the high-use areas.
You will love the Big Horns , they are really beautiful!! Enjoy your adventure!!
I got converted to full time wag bag......😊
Excitedly looking forward to your trip!
Enjoy your hike! I've done the Solitude loop twice--in both directions. It's very beautiful and full of solitude.
Love that T-shirt!🤣 Good luck on your hike!
Congrats on another great hike through the beautiful Black Hills!! Love following your hikes!!
I do agree with the title of this video and the first few minutes, and then it turned into a shoe commercial like all the others.Dont buy hiking shoes , because you already own them , you have since you were born, and they are best suited for all terrain, dry or wet. The only exception to that would sub zero temps
There seems to be a really big space in the shoe market for some level of custom fitted shoe. It wont cover all the pitfalls of buying shoes but it could remove many of them.
Cant get enough - of the CO trail
I have a question here in uk hard to get stuff I got some ready to use in a 5lt. It says it has premyth init but says not to use on cloths ? Should I water it down and apply ??
@@AdventureFrank4207 I don’t know. Sorry.
You know the bullseye don't always show up the professionals will tell you so
Andy's Metropolitan doctors Suburban types of don't seem to agree with your personal diagnosis and Johns Hopkins anyone will tell you that you know the Diagnostics are imperfect, many false negatives. Seriously these tick-borne diseases are no joke. I'm the lucky ones the taxi I have to argue with the physician but it knocks it straight out of me lucky me, that's doxycycline
To continue of I've had it four times, living here in Park Ridge Illinois and bird hunting in Wisconsin. I've had to find 3 year old setter dog brought to me by a friend too late couldn't save her where is I suggest people research Johns Hopkins Rheumatology dedicated team to tick-borne diseases mainly lime period also male has a team on top of the subject parrot it ain't no joke, that's Mayo Clinic call sorry about the voice to text this s*** will f*** you up
Here's the story I'll take it. Beyond bird hunting in Wisconsin and Out My Backdoor I've had the Lyme disease four times lucky me Doxie
Dude I don't know where you get y'all's hot tents and stoves from, but my 6 man tent weights 9 pounds and my stove weighs 5 pounds. I've backpacked it in many days with no problem. I agree there's a time and place but when I carry my whole family I wouldn't have it any other way
I mountain biked a portion of this from Nemo to Sheridan Lake. Not for everyone. But DAMN its gorgeous.
Well Done, I think we were out there at the same time !
I like buying that pretreated clothing from insect shield. Lasts a long time and it's easy
Switched to hammock camping about a year ago. Would not go back to tents unless absolutely necessary. At 72 years old i found that getting in and out of a tent to be painful . Although my Hennessy hammock setup weighs a bit more than the tent , it has given me the ability to continue backbacking, get a good nights sleep, and enjoy the remote campsites I love. Thank you for this informative video.
Frequent thorough tick checks are always in order. Using permethrin treated footwear reduces tick bites by 73.6%. web.uri.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1713/TERC_Permethrin_FactSheet.pdf
Geez... could this guy ride sMaRtWoOL's eggplant any harder??? It's a brand, pal. Settle down.
Great video series, I plan on hiking this the second week of September, this really describes the trail. Thanks brother.
Here is a significant problem to be solved in this space: A hammock, suspension, tarp, and UQ are all new items a camper would need to buy to try hammock camping (top quilt is a transferrable item). The cost of investing in all of that is too high for most people to spend until they know they like hammock camping. It would be AMAZING if there were a company that lent all the gear to you so you could check it out. Not cheap Amazon crap, but legitimate cottage gear industry gear. Thank you for calling out the Hammock Forums; the setup of that site is ANCIENT and unusable IMHO. Tons of great information, but that's the problem. It's too difficult to search through and learn what you need to. Also would recommend the book "The Ultimate Hang" as another resource for folks.
Nice overview on what can be a difficult topic to articulate. We appreciate the shout out to Superior Gear as well!!!
Use a Haven tent/hammock!
Having used hammocks and tents, I've been interested in trying a bridge hammock with a pad. The idea being that you could go to the ground if you don't have good trees but it could work for both scenarios. You can't do that with an underquilt.
I like the way you presented this. Very easy to follow. I'm fortunate to be able to sleep on the ground. A lot of people can only have a good night's rest in a hammock and refuse to go to the ground. Hammocks are by far the most comfortable for me but it's not as easy to pull off here in the West.
Great video, I think you’ve convinced me. But can you do a video that shows how to set up the tarp in detail, including how to lower the sides?
Forgot porch mode and not dealing with a muddy tent bottom or ground cloth for hammock pros. For negatives, stomach sleepers.
I have found that Sawyer’s Permethrin doesn’t do a dang thing to preventing ticks on my clothing. I treated three sets of clothing 100% according to Sawyer’s instructions. I ended up with at least two dozen ticks on me in less than eight hours while hanging out at my property in northern Michigan. Sawyer just doesn’t work.
I will say that one negative to a hammock versus a tent is durability. I’ve had two Whoopie slings break under stress in the middle of the night and the webbing suspension on my Warbonnet Blackbird is frayed. I’ve also seen Beatle Buckles slip and tear holes in webbing. I’ve had the seam holding the mosquito netting to the hammock fabric open up. Finally, the Velcro closure of a Hennessy Hammock is well know to wear over a season of use. I have had zero wear issues on tents with way more field use time than my hammocks. Oddly enough, I haven’t had wear to tree huggers, which I would have thought would see wear first due to contact with rough tree bark and exposure to sap.
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He’s a shill for big hammock! Don’t listen!
Yep. I work for the secret service too. 😜
Anyone have the link to his alpaca hoodie!?!
appalachiangearcompany.com
Do you have any suggestions for how to store or keep things out of your way when in the hammock. I am relatively new to hammock camping and I am finding it difficult to keep the top quilt from ending up underneath me when I first get in the hammock. Other than shoving it in the far end of the hammock, do you have any suggestions? One other question. It seems like dealing with packing up, the tarp guy lines take as much time as anything else. Any suggestion there?
@@kensmith7567 I shove my top quilt as far to the foot end as possible. My tarp guy lines stay on my tarp and it all gets wrapped in a snake skin.
For storage, a peak loft is handy. I'll usually shove extra clothes there. I hang my ditty bag on the hammock ridge line with prussik knots but a gear shelf is easier to set up. A 'hangtime hook' looks handy for a phone but I use a gorillapod and phone mount and hang that from the ridgeline.
Great vid and provides me with great points to share with friends that I am trying to get into hammocking. Another reason not to get into hammock camping would depend on where you usually camp. Many national parks I have been to don't allow hammocks. On another note, what tarp is that you're flying, the Thunderfly?
@@joeldahlin2215 where do they not allow hammocks? Yes, Thunderfly. Perfect size for me.
@@MidwestBackpacker I know Bryce Canyon and New River Gorge national parks don't allow you to hang. Also state parks in CT prohibit them. Then again I believe these don't allow you to hang from trees, not to say you can't bring a stand if you wanted to.
One of the worst experiences with a tent is packing it up in the rain, particularly if the floor is muddy or leaf covered, not having a chance to dry in during the day, and then setting it up again in the rain that same evening. With the hammock, only the fly gets wet so while there may be some added moisture weight, there’s no dirty mess involved. Those of us lucky enough to have DCF flys have even fewer issues.
I generally like all your videos. I had to turn this one off due to the music - too loud and obnoxious. Sorry.
Great overview! I would add that the weight difference between hammock and tent set up increases the colder it is. I'm far more likely to take my tent in cold weather because it means only one low temp quilt. In the summer the weight difference is negligible for me (primarily because I need a comfortable but heavy pad in order for ground dwelling to be at all bearable).
After my misadventures on the Centennial Trail, I’m leaning heavily toward getting a hammock. I was scoping sites north of whispering pines for another KZreadr before I had to bail. There were so many excellent hammock sites. Most of the trails I’ve done or that are on my list would be suitable for hammocks. I’m interested in trying a Majestic Hammock since I’m from the Ames area and they are local.