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Thanks again for the comments. Here is the exact opposite type of trip I did this weekend. .
Easy living
Entry 2. "Easy living".
I went with a buddy from Thursday morning until Saturday afternoon. My friend's wife wanted him out of town as she planed his 40th. We only covered 14 miles so this wasn't an epic trip. The high temps were around 75 with lows going into the 30's. We took our Hennessy hammocks. I used my undercover, under pad plus an OD closed cell pad for back insulation. My friend used a Downmat 7. We hiked around 14 miles.
One of our classic hammock camps setup.
I used a summer weight synthetic bag plus liner.
Wild forage.
When you're on the hairy edge of survival any of nature's offerings are welcome, even those that lack enough fat and sugar.
I am now about to clean the pepperoni. This will be bloody so anyone with a weak constitution should look away.
We hiked to two primitive camping sites. I wasn’t exactly jumping for joy at this widow maker ex Hemlock near the camp but it looked a bit out of range.
Hard to tell from the photos but it was nearly ½ bucket of birch bark.
About 5 seconds later.
I like to feed longer branches/saplings into the fire a bit at a time. Often there isn’t a need to beat your self up making a neat pile of broken sticks for a campfire.
A classic nearly grown in hill top view. There maybe a patch of red in the distance from the Swamp maples but fall color isn’t here yet.
Looks like another wood frog. I guess there is always room for wood frog photos.
Some classic fall forage.
1. Black walnuts.
2. Hickory nuts.
3. White birch bark.
Black walnuts have a large amount of calories and like the hickory nuts don’t run away.
This one looks a bit green.
Some taller Black walnut trees.
These could use a bit more time but still edible. Black walnuts are notoriously hard to crack. The time honored rock…. smash…. method is still the best.
These look like Partridge berries. I don’t search them out as an wild edible so my field experience is low. If wrong on the ID don’t be shy but I think the two spots are a give away. I tend to find them growing near Eastern White pine and Hemlock in my AO.
The weather was nice but to my surprise the mosquitoes were out in forced until the overnight cooling set in.
Easy living
Entry 2. "Easy living".
I went with a buddy from Thursday morning until Saturday afternoon. My friend's wife wanted him out of town as she planed his 40th. We only covered 14 miles so this wasn't an epic trip. The high temps were around 75 with lows going into the 30's. We took our Hennessy hammocks. I used my undercover, under pad plus an OD closed cell pad for back insulation. My friend used a Downmat 7. We hiked around 14 miles.
One of our classic hammock camps setup.
I used a summer weight synthetic bag plus liner.
Wild forage.
When you're on the hairy edge of survival any of nature's offerings are welcome, even those that lack enough fat and sugar.
I am now about to clean the pepperoni. This will be bloody so anyone with a weak constitution should look away.
We hiked to two primitive camping sites. I wasn’t exactly jumping for joy at this widow maker ex Hemlock near the camp but it looked a bit out of range.
Hard to tell from the photos but it was nearly ½ bucket of birch bark.
About 5 seconds later.
I like to feed longer branches/saplings into the fire a bit at a time. Often there isn’t a need to beat your self up making a neat pile of broken sticks for a campfire.
A classic nearly grown in hill top view. There maybe a patch of red in the distance from the Swamp maples but fall color isn’t here yet.
Looks like another wood frog. I guess there is always room for wood frog photos.
Some classic fall forage.
1. Black walnuts.
2. Hickory nuts.
3. White birch bark.
Black walnuts have a large amount of calories and like the hickory nuts don’t run away.
This one looks a bit green.
Some taller Black walnut trees.
These could use a bit more time but still edible. Black walnuts are notoriously hard to crack. The time honored rock…. smash…. method is still the best.
These look like Partridge berries. I don’t search them out as an wild edible so my field experience is low. If wrong on the ID don’t be shy but I think the two spots are a give away. I tend to find them growing near Eastern White pine and Hemlock in my AO.
The weather was nice but to my surprise the mosquitoes were out in forced until the overnight cooling set in.
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