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Been awhile since i've been on, works been crazy, to that end I got a few to escape. I had recently gotten my youngest a hammock and grabbed a deal on some opened for storage but new mss bags because he's expressed an interest in coming backpacking. So I got him a Byer of Maine Moskito Kakoon, I like this thing almost as much as my hennesy and its a 1/3 the price, granted I wouldn't be rough and tumble with it but it should hold up. Given my lack of planning I had to get creative I took one of my daypacks and fed the compression straps from the bag and the mss through each other for my kid and I've wondered if my edc bag could work with the mss with the molle on the bottom so...
Here they are packed and ready to go with some test walks around the house ;-)
Since I got the 7 I've been wondering if it would fit on the shoulder straps, it does!
Here we are ready to go
He's got this thing with climbing rocks that are split
The spot we were going to is a short steep climb gaining 700 ft in a 1/2 mile
Just beating out the sunset almost to the ridgeline
If I kept the straps tight and get the bag from sagging down my back the 7 was a real nice carry but the straps are real tight so I don't think I'd deal with it long term, my edc bag and the mss worked great little clunky and heavier than most would want for a backpacking trip for but you could do 3 days out of that bag easy, if I figure out a way to strap the hammock outside I could get more clothes in / food in and extend the trip
The Moskito Kakoon comes with a rope suspension and that damages a tree so I got eno slap straps and during his test hangs I was tying knots and I decided to try something new and I switched to carabiners and repel rings, this made setting up in the dark a breeze and when it came to tensioning the hammock, it no worse than cinching the strap on my motorcycle helmet, I'll be doing the same for the hennesy before the next trip
Some tea before bed, the stove is a $5 knockoff from ebay, its kicks ass its like a piezo but with an ignitor this was its first time out, the gsi cup and tea are normally in my edc bag
It was the strawberry moon
Sunrise when you want to sleep
Love the internal ridgeline
My normal hiking companion
Camp
My hennesy explorer deluxe if you get one customize it for the bigger rainfly you'll thank me, its free and while the one I have works to keep you dry it lacks rooms for adequate gear protection or room to work. I didn't realize how nice it would be until I had my sons setup to compare against
The Moskito Kakoon with a reflective heavy duty utility tarp and gear hangs from tarp ridgeline
My kid testing out the bear grylls canteen cup boiling water for oatmeal, the canteen keeps water cold and nesting cup boiled about the same as my gsi cup and the was no discoloration to the nesting cup $10 cheaper than my nalgene gsi setup and most likely more useful due to its shape and size, you could do meals in it better
Not a bad view for breakfast
Breakfast time with the BK2 and BK14
Leave no trace
I tried the MSS by itself on the ridge, I started out warm but with out a groundpad within 3 hours I was colder than I wanted to be. I got up and got in the hammock, I had both bags with the bivy and just moved it into the hammock. Convection didn't seem to bother it like the ground and and I was warmer than I wanted to be within 20 minutes I ended up leaving the bags unzipped and covering me and that worked well for the next 4 hours to where I didn't want to get up. I'll need a closed cell pad if I try the ground again with the MSS at least below 50F given it was 48F
Time to go and thanks for checking out the pics
I let the straps out a bit and the 7 rides higher oddly enough its perfect to reach up and grab but I think it would find its way to getting tangled into things
Here they are packed and ready to go with some test walks around the house ;-)
Since I got the 7 I've been wondering if it would fit on the shoulder straps, it does!
Here we are ready to go
He's got this thing with climbing rocks that are split
The spot we were going to is a short steep climb gaining 700 ft in a 1/2 mile
Just beating out the sunset almost to the ridgeline
If I kept the straps tight and get the bag from sagging down my back the 7 was a real nice carry but the straps are real tight so I don't think I'd deal with it long term, my edc bag and the mss worked great little clunky and heavier than most would want for a backpacking trip for but you could do 3 days out of that bag easy, if I figure out a way to strap the hammock outside I could get more clothes in / food in and extend the trip
The Moskito Kakoon comes with a rope suspension and that damages a tree so I got eno slap straps and during his test hangs I was tying knots and I decided to try something new and I switched to carabiners and repel rings, this made setting up in the dark a breeze and when it came to tensioning the hammock, it no worse than cinching the strap on my motorcycle helmet, I'll be doing the same for the hennesy before the next trip
Some tea before bed, the stove is a $5 knockoff from ebay, its kicks ass its like a piezo but with an ignitor this was its first time out, the gsi cup and tea are normally in my edc bag
It was the strawberry moon
Sunrise when you want to sleep
Love the internal ridgeline
My normal hiking companion
Camp
My hennesy explorer deluxe if you get one customize it for the bigger rainfly you'll thank me, its free and while the one I have works to keep you dry it lacks rooms for adequate gear protection or room to work. I didn't realize how nice it would be until I had my sons setup to compare against
The Moskito Kakoon with a reflective heavy duty utility tarp and gear hangs from tarp ridgeline
My kid testing out the bear grylls canteen cup boiling water for oatmeal, the canteen keeps water cold and nesting cup boiled about the same as my gsi cup and the was no discoloration to the nesting cup $10 cheaper than my nalgene gsi setup and most likely more useful due to its shape and size, you could do meals in it better
Not a bad view for breakfast
Breakfast time with the BK2 and BK14
Leave no trace
I tried the MSS by itself on the ridge, I started out warm but with out a groundpad within 3 hours I was colder than I wanted to be. I got up and got in the hammock, I had both bags with the bivy and just moved it into the hammock. Convection didn't seem to bother it like the ground and and I was warmer than I wanted to be within 20 minutes I ended up leaving the bags unzipped and covering me and that worked well for the next 4 hours to where I didn't want to get up. I'll need a closed cell pad if I try the ground again with the MSS at least below 50F given it was 48F
Time to go and thanks for checking out the pics
I let the straps out a bit and the 7 rides higher oddly enough its perfect to reach up and grab but I think it would find its way to getting tangled into things
