2012 Trips
October 26 – October 28, 2012
October 18 – October 19, 2012
BWCA 2012
15 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 4 nights
Crab Lake to Cummings and the best Bass fishing I have ever had.
September 13 – September 17, 2012
Chequamegon National Forest
1 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 2 nights
After my 54 Mile trek in MN I spent the rest of the weekend out here on Bass Lake with some fellow hammock campers.
August 3 – August 5, 2012
Superior Hiking Trail Tettegouche to Bear Lake
54 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 2 nights
34 mile hike and 20 mile bike ride.
August 1 – August 3, 2012
Hangin' with the Girlfriend
1 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 4 nights
My girlfriend and I just moved across the state from the Kenosha and Milwaukee area to Sparta, WI and needed a break from unpacking. We spent a few days canoeing and hiking around family property in the great north woods of Wisconsin. We also brought our hammocks and field tested some some ziplock bag cooking in my new DIY reflectix pouch. Weather was HOT and mesquites were ravenous! For most of Wisconsin south of highway 64, we have had 4-5 inches below average rainfall and in many areas lawns and farmers crops are completely shot. However, north of that highway the upper half of the state has ubove average rain for the year so the corn is tall and bugs are busy.
July 16 – July 20, 2012
June 8 – June 10, 2012
Pre-NCT Over Nighter
4 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 1 night
Hanging out for a night at Snipens house after a 400 mile drive. Getting some shut eye from the hammock before starting the NCT section the next day. Weather was stormy and the whippoorwills noisy.
June 7 – June 8, 2012
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Hammock Camp Out
3 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 3 nights
Just a good Ol' 4 day campout. Weather was fantastic at upper 30s at night to mid 60s by day. No blood sucking bugs of any kind and the fishing in Lake Rolling Stone was great. This was also the first official overnight hammock camping trip for my friend Jalon Hawk.
May 29 – June 1, 2012
May 15 – May 18, 2012
April 27 – April 29, 2012
April 18 – April 22, 2012
Canoe Weekend
1 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 2 nights
Canoe trip with students. Good weather, warmer than usual. Last year there was still snow on the ground. Fishing was good and no one flipped any canoes over this time.
April 6 – April 8, 2012
March 29 – March 31, 2012
March 28 – March 30, 2012
March 22 – March 28, 2012
March 2 – March 4, 2012
Sleeping in the Park
1 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 4 nights
I spent the week sleeping in various parks around Milwaukee and Brown Deer in order to save on gas money. Instead of coming home from my ceramics studio at 6am I would just go set up the hammock in a park and sleep for several hours before going back to work.
February 13 – February 17, 2012
February 2 – February 5, 2012
Winter Camping
10 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 3 nights
Hung the hammock at a fellow hangers property for a few nights while eagerly waiting for Shugs "Gift of The Woods" Show
January 16 – January 19, 2012
First Annual Wisconsin Winter Hang (Hammock Forums)
15 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 4 nights
Report coming soon
January 12 – January 16, 2012
January Gear Test
22 miles of hiking • 0' elevation gain • 7 nights
I spent a week in northern Wisconsin testing out the new DIY pulk and getting my hammock and gear ready for another winter camping season. All went well except for the 40 degree weather and lack of deep snow. I had to use spikes instead of snow stakes due to the lack of snow.
January 2 – January 9, 2012
