anyone use a laplander saw?

Thanks KevinB

Is hard to throw a stone with out hitting 10 trees where I live and hike(Alabama)...but I have seen this hammock pitched as a tent


Thanks bentirran
Trekking poles would be hard for me to over come the mental image of them ...never have used them

I have thermarest and tent and is what I use most of the time for latefall,early spring and Winter

They are like ski poles. Some people love them, some people just stick with a good old fashioned staff- me, I'd rather be a tripod than a quadraped.

Trekking Poles I suspect may conjure up a certain images of certain stereotypical 'hiker' types. I know what you mean, that was until I actually used them. Trekking poles may give people who use them a certain image, perhaps associating then with the older person or the more sedate as opposed to the military types e.g. they don't appear to be used in military use in the US (although I may be incorrect). Lets just say that some specialist UK military forces have been known to use trekking poles because of the advantage the poles give when used properly, especially in mountainous terrain when carrying heavy loads. They are allowed to use just what works to get the job done more efficiently. Trekking poles can allow more endurance and speed.
Most bits of kit found in the local camping store will outperform most of the kit issued to those in the military. It just that the kit is not OD or camo coloured. There is a lot of excellent kit out there.

Some info on trekking poles including techniques on how to use them properly can be found here at http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/gear.htm

Something that takes almost no space, and is practically weightless is a mosquito net that can go over your boonie hat or ballcap and keep the little creatures from buzzing you all day and night. I was up in Maine last weekend. It's black fly season up there, and they are operating in force, like locusts! We were camping Saturday night, and rafting the Kennebeck Sunday morning. When we were setting up the tents Saturday afternoon, I thought the black flies were going to just pick up some of our younger boys are carry them into the woods to finish sucking the lifeblood out of them!

We tried every version of repellant we had, (and we had quite a few varieties). The only thing that really worked was to have long sleeves, long pants, and a bug net over your boonie. Other than the bugs though, it was a great trip, we found a really cool waterfall, and rafted some Class V whitewater. I'll have to post a picture or two under the "happy camping" post that Aloha has going over at the Campfire.

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-Blast

You haven't said where you would be using it.