All things back-country camping! Gear discussions, destination talks and everything else within that realm
We decided to check out a different camp site over the weekend and got swarmed with wasps when the sun was at its warmest.
Luckily the next day and during packup it was over cast and cool so they couldn't fly, but we spent like an hour shaking wasps out from all the poles of the canopy. We easily stomped to death over a hundred wasps that fell out, I've never seen anything like it
They have the badminton rackets for knocking apples out of a wild apple tree across the field. We made a surprisingly tasty apple crisp with instant oatmeal and some vutter on the fire that night.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/46601463
Swing your legs out one side, stand on stones. The other side? Stand in water 😅
Usually you wouldn't camp so close to water, but this was such a cool spot I couldn't help it. Plus it was on a fairly busy trail, in good weather, so.. 🤷♂️
https://no.lastname.nz/post/1447253
Not backcountry, but might be interesting to some here
The whole 6 week trip in a campervan around New Zealand will be posted to !OurCamper@no.lastname.nz
Me & My Mom Outfitters proudly presents 😁 This thing has been in the making for a whole year with a lot of difficulties encountered, but it's finally done. The one thing I miss when hammocking is the protected lounging quarters of a tent. But here it is now!
We have a waterproof floor that pegs to the ground, ultralight mosquito net for walls and the roof bit out of monofil fabric. The roof has slots for spreader poles, which I'm still to make out of aluminium. Branches work too. Zipper entry is reinforced with monofil. The tent is supported by the hammock ridgeline and suspension alone, so setup is quick and effortless. The vibe upstairs is rather psychedelic without a tarp on top :D
The hammock is also self made, with a monofil inner layer to carry the load and a slightly longer silnylon outer layer to stop wind and form a little air gap that holds body heat.
Summer vacation has just begun – adventures await...
Skrzyczne is a mountain in southern Poland and it’s the highest one in Silesian Beskids. Fifth most topographically prominent peak in Poland
This past weekend I was able to get out on the water and overnight at a marine state park!
Did I forget to take pictures at the campsite? YES! Regardless, y'all get a trip report!
We launched from Boston Harbor in Olympia, WA and paddled to Hope Island State Park.
The sun was shining, the weather was great, and we had our choice of campsites. We did arrive at low tide, which made hauling kayaks up the beach a bit of an effort.
I tested a new stove which worked well, and used my 15 year old REI Chrysalis solo tent for the first time in a while. It continues to hold up!
We launched the next day a bit after high tide, paddled around the Sound a bit, then headed back to our launch point. We did have to fight the current a bit, but the mountain was out, we were visited by seals, and a good time was had by all.
Another well slept hammock night. Slept like a baby after sauna and hot tub and ~ 02.00 BBQ supper: in the morning I woke up without having shifted or moved one bit – still holding the tin I keep my earplugs in :D
The weather's been terrible over the midsummer festivities – bad enough that my family decided to skip any attempts to enjoy the main festive day of juhannus and instead chose to drive the eldest's house moving load to her new place :o)
Yesterday looked like a surprisingly decent piece of summer, so I ran to the woods for a moment of peace and, as it turned out, solitude – the place is a campsite for a group of friends, but I had it all for myself. Cooked food, enjoyed my own spruce tip beer, played the djembe to get it to battle tune after a head replacement, got the tent sauna going and swam in the lake. Good times.
When I was about to break down my tent, six white Sardinian shepherd dogs showed up. Beautiful medium sized dogs. They were barking a bit, kept a bit of distance, eventually figured I was alright, then left. Guess they had work to do.
I left camp and cycled along this dirt track, which seemed to be a real promising panoramic path to go, when I ran into the group again. The sheep were right at the track and the dogs blocked my way. I stood there for a bit, tried what happened if I pushed my bike a bit more towards them, but they did not seem to like that whatsoever. Bummer. Well at least they left me alone through the night, i heard the sheep's bells and dog's barks all around me when i got here yesterday and was a bit worried they'd bark me out of the spot in the night.
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Anyway, i did not want to test how far they would go and decided to turn around and take a different route along some asphalt road, which was also real nice, nobodz around but some cows, sheep and cork trees.
Crosposted from !pigeon@mander.xyz
One of my favorite things about staying at official camp sites is that the birds in the area know that humans leave crumbs.
Lured some collared doves to my tent. I hope they'll have breakfast with me tomorrow.
Now i looked up what the difference between doves and pigeons is again. I thought there was no difference other than something etymological, dove obviously has Germanic roots, pigeon is French. In German and I believe Dutch they are all called doves (taube, Dutch: duif). But then I read an article which claimed this:
All species and breeds of pigeons have 80 chromosomes while all species and breeds of dove have 76 or 78 chromosomes.
But the feral's ancestors are called rock doves? Are they just named wrong, are they not doves?
French also has the colombe word for what I guess the English call doves, and the rock doves are also called colombe des rochers but i think mostly pigeon biset..
There was a bloody big croc cruising up the river.
He lives there all the time, You don't go into the water here
This is an old photo from June last year. It rained the whole time we where there. Had to let the heat of the fire dry out our wood.
I'm not a winter camper , although I'd like to try it. But i'm itching to get back out there when it warms up a little
Sharing just to give this community a little bit of content. This December has been temperamental with snow – we've gone from tons to nothing and back several times. I do prefer it like this, last winter was just tons and that sucked XD
Three of us took to the sticks to make some good food, enjoy some homebrew beer, sleep soundly in the fresh -5 °C conditions and perhaps get up before sunrise to take the shotgun for a walk. Did all that save for the early walk, everyone chose sleep instead :)
Tried cooking with a 'jätkänkynttilä' / log torch for the first time. It was a revelation. A single log that would make four pieces of firewood lasts long enough to cook a whole meal if not two. This was cut from fresh pine that had been felled by wind two weeks earlier. The log torch is going to see a lot more use in our future adventures, for the winter it's perfect!
My sleeping arrangements consist of a self-made monofil / silnylon double layer hammock, an Enlightened Equipment short down underquilt rated for 20 °F ( -6 °C ) and a Carinthia Defence 4 synthetic sleeping bag, I think that promises comforts down to -10 °C. Forgot to pack a tarp, so I had to use my ground cloth in it's place :o) I did also put a string up across some trees and put some pine branches on it to make a windbreak towards the lake.
Went on an overnight trip to the Buffalo River in Arkansas. The weather was nice enough to just sleep outside
It was supposed to rain, but we pressed on, and it ended up being beautiful. Chilly but pleasant. Just cold enough to make you appreciate the warm fire. Plus the sound of the river to lull you to sleep.
Hard to beat!
