Nancy sgt. sunrise
Pulling out of UJ's my first intent is to 5 miles to the first shelter. Big breakfast, late start you know get my trail legs back. I hike past Curly Maple Gap Shelter and press on to the 12 mile mark and set up tent in a nice little spot next to good water. I use up about half of my emergency matches trying to start a fire. Everything is soaked, I sent my emergency tinder home. Eh who needs a fire I have a hot supper and put as much of my gear inmytent as I can, find an adequate place to hang my food and go to bed. I can't decide if it's raining or just a "heavy marine overcast" as my fatherinlaw would say. Everything was wet. The tent worked great. How do they make such a thin material so waterproof? The trick is to pack everything up with a minimum of excess water weight. You can pack up all the stuff in your pack in waterproof bags, but if you let your pack soak up water it can get darn heavy even if your stuff inside is dry. My rainy works great. Unless the stuff is already wet….
63° Cloudy
Cherokee National Forest, Erwin, TN, United States
Pulling out of UJ's my first intent is to 5 miles to the first shelter. Big breakfast, late start you know get my trail legs back. I hike past Curly Maple Gap Shelter and press on to the 12 mile mark and set up tent in a nice little spot next to good water. I use up about half of my emergency matches trying to start a fire. Everything is soaked, I sent my emergency tinder home. Eh who needs a fire I have a hot supper and put as much of my gear inmytent as I can, find an adequate place to hang my food and go to bed. I can't decide if it's raining or just a "heavy marine overcast" as my fatherinlaw would say. Everything was wet. The tent worked great. How do they make such a thin material so waterproof? The trick is to pack everything up with a minimum of excess water weight. You can pack up all the stuff in your pack in waterproof bags, but if you let your pack soak up water it can get darn heavy even if your stuff inside is dry. My rainy works great. Unless the stuff is already wet….
63° Cloudy
Cherokee National Forest, Erwin, TN, United States
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