Cloudland Canyon State Park

Standard78 said:
Talk about perfect weather for a nice hike in Georgia!

Thanks for making me jealous!
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We couldn't ask for better weather! In a T-shirt, in February is great weather in my book!

Sonnydaze said:
I wish that I were a LOT younger and in better shape and good knees.
That was a WONDERFUL pictorial trip that you showed...what a lot of fun you had...
Maybe my wife and I can get up there one of these days...if our joints can stand the gaff.
Thanx...Northern Ga sounds really nice... pretty flat here in central Florida.
Don
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It's very accessible up top. If you want to see the two waterfalls, it will take going down and back up 700 something steps!

gusbuster said:
Thanks for sharing! I was working this weekend, but I’m enjoying the outdoors vicariously through your beautiful photos and video. :thumbsup::)
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Thanks! We do adventure trips like this all the time, but haven't done one in a while. It's to kick off the 2019 hiking/camping season!

DJC72 said:
These are great pics to start my morning off with a coffee. Thank you
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Glad you enjoyed them!

mb> said:
Nice shots! Looks like that Rex Millie has a nice patina started.

Hey, if you're that close to Lookout Mountain, lets see some hang gliding shots next time. ;)
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Never hang-glided before. I would try it, if it were available!

DavidZ said:
Great pics! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks David!
 
91bravo 91bravo I passed through Lookout Mountain one time. They have a high pucker factor launch pad right by the road. Don't have my old pics but here it is:

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Hard Knocks said:
That waterfall picture with the mist raining down is beautiful, as well as the shot of the night sky. Thank you both for sharing it with us :)
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Thanks! This place was just full of water and waterfalls! It's part of the Lookout Mountain chain of mountains and very similar to Little River Canyon area we frequent in Alabma.
 
Thanks for sharing J&J!

Awesome pics! (And inspiring). Considered testing the winter camping equipment in the middle of the polar vortex, but chickened out because
a) some of the equipment is untested
b) I've done winter camping, but not in -16f (which it got down to where I am. Even colder in other parts, and that was just temperature without accounting for windchill).

BTW, just out of curiosity, did you 2 carry more equipment because the hike from truck to camp was going to be shorter? Or do you normally carry 2 saws and 2 larger knives, along with the smaller knives and pocket knives?

I understand we're all knife nuts around here, and was wondering if that's a little more common for us, or if it was just me lol.

I typically pack a Silky Ultra Accel, large camp knife (used to be the CS Trailmaster, now replaced by the CPK MC), midsized folder with a 3.5" - 4" blade and my Swiss Army Knife, and sometimes, a smaller fixed blade like the CPK FK (not always, as I'm used to doing most things with a 9-10" blade), and anything really needing a smaller knife is done with the folder.

Non-knife nuts usually ask why I carry so many. If they have a knife, it's usually just 1.

The 2 things I tend to bring/carry more than 1 of, are knives and lights. I tend to bring an 18650 headlamp and an 18650 flashlight, plus a flexible flashlight that can run on 14500, AA, AAA (even a AAAA from cannibalizing a 9v), and I attach Pico or Nano lights on the zipper pulls on the backpack.
 
bluemax_1 said:
Thanks for sharing J&J!

Awesome pics! (And inspiring). Considered testing the winter camping equipment in the middle of the polar vortex, but chickened out because
a) some of the equipment is untested
b) I've done winter camping, but not in -16f (which it got down to where I am. Even colder in other parts, and that was just temperature without accounting for windchill).

BTW, just out of curiosity, did you 2 carry more equipment because the hike from truck to camp was going to be shorter? Or do you normally carry 2 saws and 2 larger knives, along with the smaller knives and pocket knives?

I understand we're all knife nuts around here, and was wondering if that's a little more common for us, or if it was just me lol.

I typically pack a Silky Ultra Accel, large camp knife (used to be the CS Trailmaster, now replaced by the CPK MC), midsized folder with a 3.5" - 4" blade and my Swiss Army Knife, and sometimes, a smaller fixed blade like the CPK FK (not always, as I'm used to doing most things with a 9-10" blade), and anything really needing a smaller knife is done with the folder.

Non-knife nuts usually ask why I carry so many. If they have a knife, it's usually just 1.

The 2 things I tend to bring/carry more than 1 of, are knives and lights. I tend to bring an 18650 headlamp and an 18650 flashlight, plus a flexible flashlight that can run on 14500, AA, AAA (even a AAAA from cannibalizing a 9v), and I attach Pico or Nano lights on the zipper pulls on the backpack.
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We carry everything but the kitchen sink, whether it's 2 miles or 15 miles from the truck! Anyone who has known us for the many years on the forums, know we always carry two saws. One in her pack and one in mine. Knives, well, many are brought along just for the fun of it! Our packs can weight anywhere between 35-45lbs sometimes, depending on how long, where we are going and the weather conditions. It's good exercise to carry lots of weight on your back when backpacking through the country!
 
91bravo said:
We carry everything but the kitchen sink, whether it's 2 miles or 15 miles from the truck! Anyone who has known us for the many years on the forums, know we always carry two saws. One in her pack and one in mine. Knives, well, many are brought along just for the fun of it! Our packs can weight anywhere between 35-45lbs sometimes, depending on how long, where we are going and the weather conditions. It's good exercise to carry lots of weight on your back when backpacking through the country!
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you sound like just the right guy to bring out trail building!
 
91bravo said:
.... Knives, well, many are brought along just for the fun of it! Our packs can weight anywhere between 35-45lbs sometimes, depending on how long, where we are going and the weather conditions. It's good exercise to carry lots of weight on your back when backpacking through the country!
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My pack is always heavy too!
More than a couple times, people I’ve met on hikes or at camp, have offered to go through my pack with me and tell me what I don’t need. One guy was into the ultralight thing and was giving me a sermon. My wife got a little upset when I ended his ranting by saying, “Yeah, but I’m not a pussy. I don’t mind the extra weight.”
Typically, my wife’s pack gets lighter on each day of a multi day hike and mine gets heavier.
By the last day of a five day hike in Georgia, she was just packing both our sleeping bags, the tent, tent footprint and rainfly, and her sleeping pad.
 
Odog27 said:
My pack is always heavy too!
More than a couple times, people I’ve met on hikes or at camp, have offered to go through my pack with me and tell me what I don’t need. One guy was into the ultralight thing and was giving me a sermon. My wife got a little upset when I ended his ranting by saying, “Yeah, but I’m not a pussy. I don’t mind the extra weight.”
Typically, my wife’s pack gets lighter on each day of a multi day hike and mine gets heavier.
By the last day of a five day hike in Georgia, she was just packing both our sleeping bags, the tent, tent footprint and rainfly, and her sleeping pad.
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Yeah, I don't get the lightweight mentality. If you can carry it, why not? When I go set up camp in the middle of nowhere, I want all the creature comforts that I can carry and many knives to play with. I'm not going to skimp out on my outdoors experience by carrying minimalist style. I'm gonna have food, water, whisky, wood-burning stove, first aid kit, cookware, plenty of clothes to stay warm, blades and saws to harvest enough firewood to burn all night long to stay warm. If I were going to do a long through-hike, 20+ miles in a day, I might carry a pack big enough just to carry water, a meal and some essentials. I come from humping the "green tick" in the Army, which was usually 70+ lbs of gear, ammo and first aid bag. So carrying 40lbs when backpacking is not an issue for me.
 
Sonnydaze said:
I wish that I were a LOT younger and in better shape and good knees.
That was a WONDERFUL pictorial trip that you showed...what a lot of fun you had...
Maybe my wife and I can get up there one of these days...if our joints can stand the gaff.
Thanx...Northern Ga sounds really nice... pretty flat here in central Florida.
Don
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Heck fire Sunny, just get you some new knees like mine. Throw those worn out ones away.
 
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