AT Thru hiker class of 2023. I can testify about hammocks being warmer than a tent. The first days on trail it got down to a wet windy 19 degrees. I had a thirty degree underquilt and quilt and with my clothes on I was toasty all night. As soon as I got out my hands and feet went numb. Everyone else complained about freezing their asses of in much more cold rated gear in their tents and the shelters

Awesome set up. I fully agree that a hammock is warmer than a tent - being up off the ground with full-loft insulation underneath rather than lying on/near the ground. I've found the air flow of hammock-and-tarp far superior to being in a tent. Something I heard of that I thought I'd try out, was hanging a poncho liner over my hammock's ridgeline to make a warm insulated cocoon and keep any cold wind off... that was a serious "tactical blunder"! The night didn't get as cold as I anticipated and I woke up in the middle of the night utterly sweltering.

I recently bought a ZOLEO and love it. Its system of features is fairly easy to learn. The app is so helpful in understanding the ZOLEO communicator. Phone contact with actual humans in the help department has been very impressive and useful for a person who at 77 is technologically challenged. It’s at the top of my loved gadgets.

Fantastic vid!! I always like a self effacing perspective vs a dogmatic stance. Learn from your mistakes, and learn from other's mistakes if you can. Yessir, this was a great vid. "Packing your fears" -- spot on... Exactly what I did... Tucking that one in the back of my head! Just saw a really dogmatic vid on Swedish fires just before this vid. What a difference! Glad I found yours! A big like & Sub. Keep up the good work!

Would you say yes or can it integrate all these under quilts and over quilts with a haven hammock set up for winter tent set up under a big tarp like that? Got lots of questions and going to subscribe thanks for any info dude

This is a fun idea for calm weather camping. Personally I prefer a a hot tent setup with an integrated folding tent stove and vestibule to handle all winter conditions including blizzards, -40 degree temps, whiteouts and heavy galeforce winds. Any other setup will quite frankly leave you struggling to survive when you're unable to food prep/cook. They also actively melt the snow so you don't get buried alive overnight. I'd still try this hammock setup, but it would require alot of planning based around the weather conditions.

Interesting point, to be eco-friendly, people will throw away non-recycled items to get partially recycled ones. That's crazy, backpacks even made of old materials lasted a very long time, maybe for the sake of preserving nature we should think about durability.

Why use one word when a thousand will do. I was interested but died of boredom waiting for the meaningless waffle to end, unfortunately it didn't.

Dear john is that hammock a enclosed hammock ?

JK! Glad to see you back! I was wondering what happened to you since I had not seen any videos in a while. Take care and be strong!

I wouldn't call $40 inexpensive. $10. I would call it relatively inexpensive

Question about the gallon jugs of water. Were they BACKPACKING or CAMPING ? .... Can you say for certain?

Best bags for not leaking & longevity are Ikea food sealing bags!

Ekopak seems to work great for backpacks and smaller bags. But it's so much more rigid than dyneema I don't know that it will ever be used for tents or tarps.

to add to the tin foil wind screen option if you have pieces of cardboard sitting around use that to strengthen your windscreen it only addes a couple grams to your total weight. also if you take a full size tin soda can, cut its half way from the top then cut off the cop of the upper part slide that into the bottom and then crimp the top you have a light weight very cheap camp cup for drinking

I ocationally use esbit cubes to cook on the trail. It works fine. AND, they're lighter and more contolable than your Spiguyver stove with alcohol. Esbit also stinks and costs more than alcohol, and is slightly slower than a Spiguyver Stove. The Pocket Rocket II is too darn loud. I can't carry on a normal level conversation near it.

Big advantage to the fancy feast cat stove is you are able to set your cup/pot on top of it without any type of stove. The stoves are cheap and made at home and really only require a strip of carbon felt for the wicking material. Another cheap stove is an Altoids tin stove with either Perlite or carbon fiber wick material to "absorb" the alcohol with a piece of stainless steel screen to keep the chosen wicking material contained and in the case of a tip over the alcohol will not run out like just an open alcohol stove. But as stated one of the biggest advantages of alcohol stoves is the different fuels you can use and where you can source it. Medical grade 91% alcohol at any pharmacy, paintstripper/cleaning denatured alcohol at any home improvement or hardware store. HEET gas line antifreeze at any automotive parts store or usually convenience stores in their auto oil aisle and also at any ABC store in everclear or other grain alcohol.. Just that versatility in itself should give the backpacker or outdoors person reason to choose alcohol just for the availability of fuel if nothing else. A Trangier burner with something like a simple triangle stove would be my main choice though as the Tangier can be put out with its simmering ring and the screw on top with it o-ring seal can store the left over fuel until the next use hence only needing to use the exact amount of fuel needed to boil your water or cook your food with none being wasted just letting it burn out.

I had a horrible experience with outdoor vitals. Their gear is great but if you need to return something they are the worst. They will inspect your return and if it’s not in new unused condition they will deduct 20% from your refund. Now this seems fair but my return has a pulled thread in the hood that there is no way I could have caused and they wouldn’t give me the benefit of the doubt and took 20% of the top. I tried reasoning with them to no avail. They give cottage industry proprietors a bad name. Beware. Not a hater just telling the truth.

i have been looking at them outdoor vitals jackets and they look ok myself i use one of two goose dwn jackets i own which are the high loft dwn hoodie and a goose dwn hoodie from patagonia and yes a little expensive for just to wear when you get to camp because each one cost me £289 😬.

I’m married with the Targhee EXP. Those are the only shoes I use. Been thinking about giving these babies a try… or even the new Versacore.

This is an amazing video. You two taught me a lot, but also made me laugh as well.

Can you throw those inserts into the washer machine ? ( minus the plastic arch piece)

Herd mentality.... everyone rush out and get a blue lighter🤣 Baaaaa. Baaaa! 🐑🐑! Horray sheep people!

Man, I have no idea what you were saying, but KZbin's automated caption generator can't make heads or tails of your accent.

The wussy wipes look like compressed cheese cloth.

I use both as well and I’ve used an esbit cube to cook with too. FYI, the esbit cubes are lighter than alcohol. Canister stove are the way to go if you’re doing anything besides boiling water, but alcohol stoves are the best for quiet, peaceful backpacking.

Want to buy more trees for the Netherlands.... So we can actually use a hammock

That was one of the best hiking videos I've watched in ages thank you so very much for that information. I'm off to buy my Gold Bond

Its not completely waterproof, so why would i want this? Still gotta go dyneema

Most people are going with gas, but there's something I like about alcohol. Part of it is those cannisters seem so wasteful. There is obviously a disconnect with those things and reality. How could this metal have to be taken out of the ground and molded for 1 use compared to dumping some alcohol into a reusable stove. They are basically a hazard because they are explosive. There only has to be a tiny amount of pressure left in them and they will explode in a fire. Like people are so busy they can't wait a few extra minutes for a boil. It's a camping trip.

I thought this was about the armor side of things not backpacking

What's that thing on your face?

Looked like a great time John! Love that trail. 👍👍

Noah Anna and

How come gloves aren't called finger socks? Mittens and gloves aren't weird on your hands but mittens on your feet is normal but gloves on your feet is weird, that's weird.

That dude's an idiot, I need to try everything he says!!

Why even bring a sleeping bag and not just sleep open to everything? Here in California, if it's a heatwave and it doesn't dip below 70F at night, I just don't use blankets in bed. I even sleep downstairs where it is cooler.

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CO2 isn’t so bad. Campers love green and the planet is greener now since CO2 went up, and well, as the hype might say it’s a problem and slap the wrist of each individual - don’t let that abuse happen folk - CO2 shows more evidence of following spikes of the heat bell curve, meaning it doesn’t cause warming, but warming causes CO2. The natural environment is the largest emitter, and therefore warming likely has to due more about ejection of the sun on natural environments. There is theory of the greenhouse then there are evidential data that must be weighed against it. Fear is a bitch, and the market of politics will not hesitate to use it. Funding sways consensus, and the possible prophets of today that spout facts from authentic moral manners, are left unheard and reticuled.

Cost of materials? Can an DIY’r order up yards at a reasonable price?

I get hiker hunger 5 minutes into a backpacking trip 😂

Can't forget the o2 sensor. Gotta make sure your coffe is oiled😅😅lol

The chinese Temu site n amazon got em cheap

Hi. I'm using so far for many years paper filters and metal ''spring'' style filter holder. Thinking about change for java drip from GSI but I'm worry how to safe storage in my backpack and not to smash those plastic clips. Tom

Get your campsite off the trail.

This pack is a piece of junk. Life lesson. When you are asked to buy a car without test driving there is a reason. Zpack does just that with their packs. We spent $1,000 for two packs that would not carry any weight. To add to the problem every time we called Zpack they came back with a different lie of the weight it will carry. The response was always in ratio to what weight we said we were carrying. When we said we had 25 lbs we were told it would carry 30. When we said 30 in a different call they said 35. This pack would be nothing more than a very expensive day pack. We hiked the whole AT and saw one other Zpack. When we saw that young land again, she had traded hers in for another pack. PLEASE DO NOT BE SUCKED IN BY THE FAKE VIDEOS THAT ZPACK PUTS ON KZbin. These not unbiased reviews. If you see a video that just praises this bag and sounds like an infomercial, I will guarantee that is exactly what it this.

Toe socks are a complete game changer!

All u need to bring is a jumbo pack of peanut m & m’s.

I was fishing in Lyon County at lake Barkley and one came up right next to me and was just chilling 🇺🇸 rock on hopefully the gators in Tennessee start coming up and taking care of the carp

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