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Hi all,
I spent last Sunday hiking about Gatineau Park with my girlfriend. We're trying to get out fairly regularly, in order to prepare for a longer outing in Algonquin Park later this summer. Weekend wanderings up and down the hills in Gatineau makes for good preparation!
This hike ran the course of the entire day (with stops for food and coffee prep), and we enjoyed some warm weather and dramatic skies. The black flies - and cluster flies - were out in droves, but we were slathered in DEET, so it wasn't too bad. That being said, the flies were so thick in some low-lying areas that it was difficult to get a good view of the map!
A few gear and activity shots:
Prepping a fire to make some trail coffee. I use a stainless steel Filzer bottle for this, and it doesn't take very long at all. Just place on a flat surface, surround with dry tinder and small kindling, and ignite with a spark and PJCB. Since it was so dry in the vicinity, we were careful to practice good fire management, and we made certain that our ash was cool and damp before heading on. Lesson from this outing: Good fire prep starts before your fire (location selection and materials gathering) and finishes after your fire (ensuring that everything is out).
For the spark, I use my JK fire kit
A view from the outcropping where we made our coffee:
My JK ACEK: dismantler of sticks, maker of kindling:
Some views from Gatineau Park:
Fellow hikers:
And a nice Trillium shot, for my fellow Ontarians.
Thanks for looking, and all the best,
- Mike
I spent last Sunday hiking about Gatineau Park with my girlfriend. We're trying to get out fairly regularly, in order to prepare for a longer outing in Algonquin Park later this summer. Weekend wanderings up and down the hills in Gatineau makes for good preparation!
This hike ran the course of the entire day (with stops for food and coffee prep), and we enjoyed some warm weather and dramatic skies. The black flies - and cluster flies - were out in droves, but we were slathered in DEET, so it wasn't too bad. That being said, the flies were so thick in some low-lying areas that it was difficult to get a good view of the map!
A few gear and activity shots:
Prepping a fire to make some trail coffee. I use a stainless steel Filzer bottle for this, and it doesn't take very long at all. Just place on a flat surface, surround with dry tinder and small kindling, and ignite with a spark and PJCB. Since it was so dry in the vicinity, we were careful to practice good fire management, and we made certain that our ash was cool and damp before heading on. Lesson from this outing: Good fire prep starts before your fire (location selection and materials gathering) and finishes after your fire (ensuring that everything is out).
For the spark, I use my JK fire kit
A view from the outcropping where we made our coffee:
My JK ACEK: dismantler of sticks, maker of kindling:
Some views from Gatineau Park:
Fellow hikers:
And a nice Trillium shot, for my fellow Ontarians.
Thanks for looking, and all the best,
- Mike
At least, our Warbonnet BlackBirds hammock give each of us a source of bug-free environnment to sleep in and there is a good deal of natural water source that don't even need to be boiled to drink in Mauricie.