Posted: 7/10/2014 4:18:13 PM EDT
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Starting to plan an annual fall hike/camp trip w/ some friends. We all live within an hr of ATL and want our destination to be within 3 hrs of ATL. We usually go to panther creek or Jack's river falls. We are thinking about mixing it up and trying a new expedition. Any suggestions? On a side note I usually camp in my Warbonnet Blackbird hammock and am really comfortable. Recently I got a Mountain Hardware Hunker tent and i'm itching to pop it's cherry. 1st world problem, use the new overpriced tent or overpriced hammock?Hunker tent
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| Hammock. I have an ENO with guardian net and all the fixins and a one link for the lady. I feel your pain on the overpriced but damn is it comfortable, especially when the skeeters and noseeums can't get you. Best part is the +\-10 minutes it takes to set both up so the relaxing can begin. |
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You could check out Creighton Island. Pretty cool adventure there.
http://creightonisland.com/ |
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We have a ton of scouts in my son's troop who like the hammock camping. I've wanted to try it. My almost 50yo back doesn't really like sleeping on the hard ground any more. I have been using the nylon web hammock since I started hiking the AT at age 13. One nylon hammock, one 10 by 15 sheet of heavy duty clear plastic, one 20 foot piece of 3/8 polypropylene rope, and four ClinchTite Corner clamps. Can't get much lighter then that or do it any cheaper. I haven't slept on the ground since I was 12 and I'm getting to old to ever sleep on the ground again. And when I get to old to climb into a web hammock then pull a mummy bag over my feet up to my head, I'll stop camping! When it comes to that point, its time to move to Miami or buy an RV, or use an air mattress in the back of the SUV. |
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Benton MacKaye Trail is a great suggestion. And if you would like a challenge do the AT, BMT, Duncan Ridge Trail Loop. The Duncan Ridge Trail is considered by many the hardest section of trail in Georgia (it reminds me of the YoYo in North Carolina but a baby one). The loop (MAP) is fairly easy to get to by either coming in from the west via the BMT or by the AT from the north, south, or any trailhead on the AT between where the DRT comes into the AT on the north or above where the BMT comes in on the south depending on how long one wants the loop to be. The loop itself is 55 miles. One way to make it longer is to be dropped off at the Ocoee Whitewater Center (site of the 1996 Olympics) then over to the BMT and go east, turn north when hitting the DRT, turn south when hitting the AT then have somebody pick you up at Amicalola Falls (adding a little one can turn right to the west back onto the BMT where it hits the AT taking this back to where the BMT crosses GA-515 getting picked up there or even longer hiking back over to OWC). These three trails make for some nice hiking loops. |
