Brought some of the crew and our hammocks to setup at Amherst Shore Provincial park as part of a workshop. We brought a bunch of props to show off different setups, tarps, Tensegrity Stand for 3 Hammocks, etc… We also saw a demo of a Yurt, which may find itself in the park system one day. We also did a bit of hiking along the trail system and logged a few of the geocaches that were within the park.
2 day weekend camping at fundy national park, before & during the 3rd geocaching event inside the park. Had a few hammocks setup at the group site #1-2 while we had a private site #293 in chignecto. Beautiful may long weekend. 166 people showed up for our event.
Brief rundown of the geocaching event in Fundy national Park in Alma, New Brunswick Canada. We were expecting 60 people, but had 165 log in, making this the largest geocaching event in NB ever! GC1NZ16 More about the event can be found here: atlanticgeocaching.com
Quick video compare against the ENO slap strap and how to use regular webbing, a steel ring and 2 knots (water knot & clove hitch) to get the same result when trying to hang your hammock.
My philosophy on hammock camping is that I can use the same off the shelf equipment that I use for tent camping with little or no modifications. If I have to glue or stitch I’m not interested. So I got this reusable emergency blanket and sandwiched a thermarest basecamp pad, some nite-ize figure 9’s and the rope that is included. What I did was make an improvised underquilt by using the therma rest to provide the insulation and the emergency blanket as the wind protection. I then tied each end of the blanket to a piece of 3mm rope (provided when you buy a figure 9), through the clip of the ENO single nest an crossed the lines over the hammock. Now I can get into the hammock and tighten the lines overhead to press the blanket underside of the hammock. The only issues I experienced was being a bit cold under my lower thighs to my knees as it was the only part that was not touching the “underquilt”. My torso up to my neck was warm. Testing during 9C with a moderate breeze coming directly behind me, so that I could definitely feel the cold air within minutes of getting settled. I imagine that by having my tarp setup, I would not feel that breeze.
Last setup of the season at graves island site #69. Hammock camping at graves island provincial park in nova scotia. Using a easglesnest single with a hennessey hax tarp.
Betwixt Snow and Blackflies Hang April 9-11 at Keji National Park. Typically April is cold & wet in Nova Scotia and this weekend was typical. Six of us, most 1st timers decided to setup camp at the group site and spend two nights. The first night went well, setup was under foggy conidtions but warm, around 14C. However once the sun went down, the rain started and so did the wind. From midnight the wind gusts went up to 70km/h as more rain came down. The next morning, the wind had diminished around 50 km/h but were sustained during the majority of the day. The group spent that time securing their tarps and making some adjustments as the second night will be much cooler. A short hike was planned in the afternoon along the Hemlocks and Hardwoods trail, a 5k loop. We checked out a number of walk-in sites and backcountry site #1. The final morning was perfect, almost sad to tear down the gear and go home. However, we had to log a quick geocache (earthcache) near Mill Falls.
Quick 3 day overview of the first annual geocaching weekend in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, starting at Cheticamp and finishing up at Ingonish Beach. Ended up hiking around 9km out of the 17km as part of the ecocache challenge. For more info about the geocaching event, just read the event report at atlanticgeocaching.com Also some quick clips on the hammock camping setup. First setup was at the Cheticamp camping inside the park @ site 33 and the second night was in Broad Cove site 213.
