Any iPhone or non crappy Android, with the right app can measure elevation gains/losses/etc. The newest GoPro hero can do it.
Do the Fiery Furnace hike at Arches if you get the opportunity. I was at Bryce one April and it got 6 inches of snow the day I was there. Arches can be cold and blustery in April.
Anyone have any camping rec's for the southern Atlantic? Places fairly close to Charleston? Savannah? Making a road trip with my girlfriend in April down the Atlantic seaboard and we like to camp on road trips. Turning around/inland once we make it to Savannah for the ride home. Any must hit spots in the Carolinas? Virginia? BBQ?
You can record your route on the alltrails app, and that registers your elevation. Not sure how accurate it is.
Just a little further south of Savannah is Cumberland Island. I'm on mobile or I'd type more. It's gorgeous and wild.
I have a Garmin Fenix 3. Has HRM, barometer and altimeter. Pretty pricey tho. The Fenix 5 comes out in May I think. GPS watches will register changes based on maps once you sync it to the interwebs.
There are campsites close to where the ferry drops you off that have showers and bathrooms and stuff. Then there are the wilderness campsites a couple miles north on the island. Depending on what kind of trip you're going for you have choices. I've stayed at Yankee Paradise and near Hickory Hill.
Hiking the Narrows and canyons at Zion is one of my favorite experiences as a child, enjoy. I couldn't do the hike in the picture, I couldn't make it down the metal stairs at Yellowstone Falls this summer, completely freaked out halfway down and went straight back up.
Hitting the Narrows on Memorial day weekend, then headed down to Buckskin Gulch. After these and Paria Canyon last year, I should be good to go on slot canyons for a while.
As far as drive up camping spots along the SC coast - check out Huntington Beach State Park south of Myrtle Beach and Hunting Island State Park near Beaufort. There are a ton of Wildlife Refuges, National Forests, etc. along that stretch of 17 where you can go and get in a quick hike and bird. I know you said you'd be turning inland at Savannah, but I will piggyback on what Larry Sura suggested. Cumberland Island is about as good as it gets on the SE Atlantic coast. If you waited to turn inland at Cumberland - you could easily hit the Okefenokee as well.
That past two December's we've done Cumberland. This year we have our sights on the Okefenokee. You done any of it?
nothing more than a day trip. I have been wanting to do the overnight canoe trips for a while now but the timing never works our for me.
Yeah, looked at a couple of pictures and decided that Cumberland Island is a must. Okefenokee is probably going to happen now as well. I have never been to a true southern swamp. Very cool.
Woke up to a hog rootin through our campsite in Cumberland last year. Not all water stations have potable water, make sure you have tablets or something to boil it in.
Finally woke up in time to do the whole damn thing this before work this morning https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/track-mar-08-07-53-am It ain't much but I'm pretty stoked
I'll be in the market for a new tent soon. I love the 1 person I have right now, but the window on the rain cover finally came off. I've had it for maybe 10 years so it was bound to happen eventually. When you think you'll test this one out?
Im taking it car camping at the end of the month. Ill take it backpacking in May. I set it up in the living room and its perfect for 1 adult and I think like 6 oz heavier than the UL 1. You can also set it up as a fast fly also.
Any of you guys just use an Eno or something similar for sleeping. Considering getting the bug screen and fly and giving it a go. Only thing I'm not sure of is if it would help or compound soreness from a tough day on the trail.
From my experience, they do not really help with soreness on the trail because you're going to be sleeping with your back hunched.
Yeah I took a chance, seems like a cool idea. Runs on 3 Triple A's and has a dim setting. They make a solar charger for it, but it seem too expensive.
I considered getting one a.tramp , thinking it would help cut ounces. I'd imagine it would be way more comfortable than a tent & the main issue/complaint I found in my research was heat loss due to exposure to elements. It would be purely a warm weather option & ended up weighing more than my UL tent.
Yeah, worded that wrong I did. I didn't mean help, knew it wouldn't do that for the reason you mentioned. Am wondering if it makes it worse or if you just stay the same level of sore. I guess it all depends on the person really.
Gotcha. Being in Texas we get warm to hot weather 7-8 months of the year so I would be fine. Don't want to have to carry both a tent and hammock and love taking the hammock for a nice spot to relax and read a book and watch the clouds and stars and shit.
My sons and I are strictly Eno campers. Does not help with soreness but certainly doesn't cause more. I roll around a lot in my sleep and as long as your bag slides well, side sleeping and back sleeping is not bad. Knees are a bigger worry than the back, but the sleep I get is far better than I have ever gotten on the ground with any pack pad. I can attest that with the lightest of tents, you will definitely be adding weight to your pack.
Thanks for giving me the go ahead to do what I had already decided I was going to go ahead and do. That is how I do things. I make decisions about what I am going to do and then act when someone confirms what I want to do can be done.
Team hammock camper, I'd much rather hang than tent. My heaviest setup (20 degree) is ~5lb (hammock w/ built in bugnet, tarp, topquilt, underquilt)
I'm looking at underquilts which one do you have? After a few years, my homemade quilt with down fill that I found in various items in thrift shops is about shot. Twas a fun/cheap project, would probably make another if I lived in a city and could hunt out what I needed, highly recommended for hammock campers- the prices on underquilts are silly.
blotter I really like warbonnet (edc blackbird xlc) but I lack impulse control so both my quilts are Jacks-r-Better since they're always in stock (Greylock 3 & Hudson River). They've held up well, good stitching, 800FP activ-dri