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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby mjdalessa » Wed 17 Oct, 2012 6:51 pm

iGBH wrote:Taken from the weekend just gone. Camped out the back of Mt Loch getting the last turns for the season.

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What tent is that?
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby Strider » Wed 17 Oct, 2012 7:20 pm

mjdalessa wrote:What tent is that?

Looks like a Hilleberg Jannu?

http://hilleberg.se/product/jannu
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby iGBH » Wed 17 Oct, 2012 8:01 pm

Strider wrote:Looks like a Hilleberg Jannu?

http://hilleberg.se/product/jannu


Yep, that's the one. On it's maiden trip.
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby nq111 » Wed 31 Oct, 2012 5:57 pm

Hmmm - nice photos - but this is more like it :lol:
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby Wolfix » Thu 01 Nov, 2012 2:42 pm

Recently tried out the MSR Gear Shed with my Hubba. Just a bogan grassy campground this time.

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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby WarrenH » Sat 03 Nov, 2012 8:57 am

kanangra wrote:Warren,

I like the shot of the fly set up beside the river. Where is that? I didn't recognise it at all?

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Kanangra G'day. Thank you for waiting for my reply.

On the Wolgan River. On the last bit of beach before the sign that informs us that we are entering the Colo Wilderness.

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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby phan_TOM » Sat 03 Nov, 2012 9:59 am

nq111 wrote:Hmmm - nice photos - but this is more like it :lol:


Nice spot, is that a mirage 580? I love kayak camping it's like having a bench, wardrobe, pantry etc wherever you go :)

This one's from the morning after one of the biggest storms I've experienced while camping. Being in the hammock was like being in a giant pinata... needless to say it was a fairly sleepless night spent wondering about the combination of hammocks, lightning & step potential etc

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A couple from my last walk at Girraween. Walking till almost dark each day and then trying to find a spot when I should have stopped earlier at much better locations.
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And from a few days ago in the Border Ranges. I joined all the cool kids and got a One Planet Goondie, its cool.
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby nq111 » Sat 03 Nov, 2012 11:17 am

phan_TOM wrote:Nice spot, is that a mirage 580? I love kayak camping it's like having a bench, wardrobe, pantry etc wherever you go :)


Yeah - it's a 580. Too true on the kayak camping - 'load her up!' is the motto :)

You are showing the versatility of a hammock in those shots - whilst it takes a little hunting to find the right pair of trees, it is almost always far easier than finding a flat, clear spot for a tent.
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby wildernesswanderer » Tue 06 Nov, 2012 8:23 am

My first overnight walk, in the Bogong High Plains, what started as a nice 15 degree just about no wind hike overnight turned into very strong winds and a hard hike back out. I videoed my wife trying to walk though the wind and may post it later. But this is the first shot of our tent, that I bought off Phillip here. Love the tent has heaps of room for both of us and never even moved a inch though all the high wind. Oh it's a Hilleberg Nammatj 2 GT if anyone was wondering
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby kanangra » Thu 08 Nov, 2012 9:43 am

Thanks Warren. Love the shot. Know exactly where you mean. I'v been meaning to get back down there for a while.

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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby tsangpo » Thu 08 Nov, 2012 12:42 pm

Here's a nest that I set up over the last weekend at Lake Barracoota to protect myself in my bivybag from blowing sand.
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby ULWalkingPhil » Thu 08 Nov, 2012 4:01 pm

wildernesswanderer wrote:My first overnight walk, in the Bogong High Plains, what started as a nice 15 degree just about no wind hike overnight turned into very strong winds and a hard hike back out. I videoed my wife trying to walk though the wind and may post it later. But this is the first shot of our tent, that I bought off Phillip here. Love the tent has heaps of room for both of us and never even moved a inch though all the high wind. Oh it's a Hilleberg Nammatj 2 GT if anyone was wondering


Thats an impressive photo, happy to see the Hilleberg put to good use.
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby cams » Fri 09 Nov, 2012 7:22 am

phan_TOM wrote:...
This one's from the morning after one of the biggest storms I've experienced while camping. Being in the hammock was like being in a giant pinata... needless to say it was a fairly sleepless night spent wondering about the combination of hammocks, lightning & step potential etc

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How long ago was this? I also experienced the worst storm I've camped through at Bundjalung. Was a few years ago though at Christmas time.
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby phan_TOM » Fri 09 Nov, 2012 8:59 am

It was mid October 2010 and the humidity was oppressive pretty much the whole three days. I'd have a swim to cool off and 5 minutes later I'd be hot & sticky again...

I remember paddling in and just dripping with sweat and I got followed the whole way by this huge slow moving shelf cloud, felt like I was getting chased by a big grumbling monster (I have a vivid imagination :lol: ). It was so hot and all I wanted to do was go slow but the thunder and lightning kept coming and I kept going for it... I did manage to get the tarp up before it started raining though, by about 5 minutes which was lucky and then I held on tight while the front moved through, just smashed everything...

The next day I was down on the beach looking for photos as another front rolled up from the south. I was watching it carefully and counting the seconds between the lightning and thunder and thinking I was pretty safe when a strike hit so close that there was no gap, just flash/bang/*&%$#!! It sent my bolting down the beach with the tripod over my shoulder :shock: back to camp hahaha.

This shot was taken literally 2 seconds before that lightning strike
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby forest » Fri 09 Nov, 2012 10:16 am

Few various campsites.

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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby cams » Fri 09 Nov, 2012 10:27 am

phan_TOM wrote:It was mid October 2010 and the humidity was oppressive pretty much the whole three days. I'd have a swim to cool off and 5 minutes later I'd be hot & sticky again...

I remember paddling in and just dripping with sweat and I got followed the whole way by this huge slow moving shelf cloud, felt like I was getting chased by a big grumbling monster (I have a vivid imagination :lol: ). It was so hot and all I wanted to do was go slow but the thunder and lightning kept coming and I kept going for it... I did manage to get the tarp up before it started raining though, by about 5 minutes which was lucky and then I held on tight while the front moved through, just smashed everything...

The next day I was down on the beach looking for photos as another front rolled up from the south. I was watching it carefully and counting the seconds between the lightning and thunder and thinking I was pretty safe when a strike hit so close that there was no gap, just flash/bang/*&%$#!! It sent my bolting down the beach with the tripod over my shoulder :shock: back to camp hahaha.

This shot was taken literally 2 seconds before that lightning strike
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Hehe. wow. I don't think that was the year I was there but it sounds very similar to my experience there. We arrived late afternoon 2 days after christmas on a car camping trip. We had a big cheap dome tent. I think I must have used every single peg I had that night. Of course the place was packed with families too. Lots of people had stuff destroyed or rearranged as its all just sand. Then the next day it was just so insanely hot and humid. We carried the esky down to the creek and set up there for the day before calling it quits and heading to Washpool the next day. Best decision ever.

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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby norts » Fri 09 Nov, 2012 11:22 am

Near the summit of Pelion West. Not the best campsite I have ever had.
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby Tortoise » Fri 09 Nov, 2012 1:18 pm

Hey Norts, you got there! Yay!
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby norts » Fri 09 Nov, 2012 1:59 pm

Didnt get to the top Kath!
One of the more adventurous solo walks I have done.

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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby stepbystep » Fri 09 Nov, 2012 2:32 pm

norts wrote:Didnt get to the top Kath!
One of the more adventurous solo walks I have done.

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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby Tortoise » Sat 10 Nov, 2012 4:55 pm

So near and yet so far?! Better you got out in one piece than bagged the peak, then didn't. Sounds like there's a story or two to be told one day...
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby pazzar » Sat 10 Nov, 2012 7:53 pm

I know I've put this photo up already, but it was such a good spot! Some of the best 3 nights I have spent out here.

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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby north-north-west » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 9:14 pm

norts:

Three foot wide ledge with how much of a drop-off?
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby dplanet » Mon 12 Nov, 2012 10:33 pm

wildernesswanderer wrote:My first overnight walk, in the Bogong High Plains, what started as a nice 15 degree just about no wind hike overnight turned into very strong winds and a hard hike back out. I videoed my wife trying to walk though the wind and may post it later. But this is the first shot of our tent, that I bought off Phillip here. Love the tent has heaps of room for both of us and never even moved a inch though all the high wind. Oh it's a Hilleberg Nammatj 2 GT if anyone was wondering


East of Cleve Cole Hut or in Camp Valley?
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby norts » Tue 13 Nov, 2012 7:15 am

Not much of a drop off.
Pelion West has more big boulders and also the deepest holes of a mountain I have been on so far in Tassie.
A scary mountain in the mist when you dont know where you are going.
As I was hopping/climbing from one boulder to the next I was thinking my PLB wouldnt be much good if a I fell down one of those holes.
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby Onestepmore » Tue 13 Nov, 2012 7:53 am

wildernesswanderer wrote:My first overnight walk, in the Bogong High Plains, what started as a nice 15 degree just about no wind hike overnight turned into very strong winds and a hard hike back out. I videoed my wife trying to walk though the wind and may post it later. But this is the first shot of our tent, that I bought off Phillip here. Love the tent has heaps of room for both of us and never even moved a inch though all the high wind. Oh it's a Hilleberg Nammatj 2 GT if anyone was wondering


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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby Davekyn » Tue 13 Nov, 2012 5:31 pm

I need to go on more! Here are some of my set ups.
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby nq111 » Tue 13 Nov, 2012 6:39 pm

Davekyn wrote:I need to go on more! Here are some of my set ups.

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Nice shots.

And people always ask me 'how do you go finding somewhere to hang the hammock' :roll: . Now I can just refer them to that set of images.
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby Davekyn » Tue 13 Nov, 2012 8:12 pm

LOL, Hi nq111 ... They might be more concerned if they check out the set at Flickr. Although the fallen trees we attribute to the Floods of 2011. The location of the hammocks is Toowoomba Jubilee Park.
I mostly go out off track with my friend Ben. It has taken us a little over two years or more to accumulate our hiking gear. We often spend a lot of time tweaking the camp sites talking of what gear is light yet makes us "comfortable" We have both come to agree, that whilst appreciating the goals and challenges of avid ultralight hiking, that for some mad reason we love walking like mules and seeing how much we can take up to 20kg. I have increased in wisdom and been able to shave about 3 to 4kg off that. We go out regular enough that it's so as bed as most think. We tackle some fair steep inclines with the above picture of the hammocks over the creek bed being one of them.

The Chairs have been reduced from the above 2.5 kg loungers, into 500gram Alite loungers ... I am actually keen to do a review on all our gear some time in the near future.
Here is a list of our most prized gear.

1. Hennessy Hammocks... Deluxe models 135kg capacity.
A statement that Ben never understood, as I got mine first; but he clearly understood when his arrived. "I'm never ever going back to a tent again!!!" :D There is just so much to say about hammock camping having spent many nights tossing and turning in our Vango tents. I am not the fittest of guys and getting a bit of age on me, however the extra "air circulation", "BLOOD! circulation", "non pressure points", Stretching Room (5"7 in a hammock meant for a 7 foot is absolute luxury!!!) just makes for a first time ever sleep on a cloud feeling that even beats my $800.00 mattress at home. Getting up to go for a leak is no problem at all. just slide the zips open and swivel you bum like a granny on a disability scooter to land your feet on the ground and simply stand up; and you good to go. WELL ... you might want to take a few steps I guess ... LOL :lol: Seriously all you have to know, is the finer points on what to look for, when looking of possible locations. Once you know that amount of strain to place on the screen ridge line (often many will stress a hammock too much when setting up), the effect of different heights on either side as well as placement of knot on tree and height of hammock itself ... you'll never want to go home! As I say ... there is so much more benefit to hammock camping, that I need a separate thread for that. Many people say the deluxe model is too heavy as a Massive 1.6kg including standard fly. Note only does the hammock make my more expensive tent obsolete, its a full 2.2pounds less! AND I get a fly I can sit under as well!!!

Back to the list ........
This is between two of us with our mules packs averaging 20kg each ... give or take a few killos :roll:

LCD projector
Home made projector screen
2 sets of Trekking Poles
2 spare Oz trail Hiker Flys
2 Alite Ultralight hiking Chairs
2 mini Gas Lapms
3kgs of Gas
2 Spider Burners
Extra Burner
3 pots
summit cutlery
All food is home dried ENOUGH ... about 2 - 2.5 kg each ... enough for a week!!! always more than we need. (Excalibur 9 tray food Drier ... Best on the market and I pride myself in Dried Recopies as does Ben)
2 Cups
6 & 4 liter collapsible water storage (Ben spent a fourtune on the 6 litre, then found the same thing in a 4 litre wine flask without the cooler carry bag. I use a biodegradable shopping bag instead to carry the other.
hmmm......then there is the SHOWER
The 10litre collapsible bucket
My Israeli Water purification tablets
El-cheapo Chinese Ebay water filter yet to arrive. ( I shall prove that such things can work with a little care!)
Ben's ultra $250.00 Brand Name Ultra Special whatever water filter (I want it!!!)
Some large Glow Stick and some little ones for fun.
15mters of good quality rope
30 meters of budget stuff
tones of hoochy cord
A tomahawk
12 inch knife
head lights
Hand torches
a small light weight aluminum chair that double as a kitchen table and stand for projector
pocket knife tool kit with sizable pliers a must!
2 snake bit kits
2 sets of Crocks ... light weight semi fully enclosed foam sandals for walking about freely but protected.
My SW radio with 7metre extension antena
Iphones
7 inch Asus Nexus Tablet (340grams without leather case)
16AMP power pack
Bens Ipad
Bens 200Watt Goal Zero sollar system to arive next week with inverter ...... :lol: This we have been waiting for some time........LCD projectors suck at 10-15 lumens
My home made LED halogen lights ........ one pictured above in the night shots over my Osprey 70lt back pack.
Bens Base camp Cree lights
My sony playstation controller for the 7inch tab with a host of tv out cable for projector and charging of devices
Ben carry's about 2 to 3 foldable drink flasks while I use the one he gave me
I will have a 600ml steel bottle with a plastic army one and 1 foldable bottle.
electrical tape
flints
Various Dry Bags
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I'm sure I have left stuff out of that...just trying to think about stuff I have lying about camp site now.......Oh yea.....My 1.2 meter light weight towel, ultralight shamys and my home made ground sheet below my hammock entrance.

The Hammocks/flys
Bens VERY Noisy Thermrest NEO AIR matterss ... not nearly as bad in the hammock, but man ... every time he move in his tent I would shudder....lol
My very old but %100 reliable 3/4 60cm wide thermarest mattress (I would love to tell of my sleep system in the hammock)
Summer sleeping bags
radiant bubble mats plus I use and extra car windshield reflector from super cheap
Blow up pillows ... absolutely!!!
I bought a 70litre large osprey pack locally for a small fortune.
Ben uses an 80 ltr Black Wolf Pack
We each use a smaller hydration pack hanging of our chests as well. This is a great way to spread the weight.
Clothes are minimal but always prepared with extra
we have rain flys for the packs and ponchos for us.

Once again ... to do a full comprehensive review might be fun, and this is all off the top of my head. The trekking poles are a must when hiking with this load ... well most definatley help up the hills and down at that. Once again, its not quite as bad as it my sound ... 16 to 20kg each...we are all about going it slow, pulling the chairs of the pack and sitting back on route, take a few snaps.....oh yea...DSLR camera when feeling fit>>>>>>>>>>but yea .... once a few clicks into the hills OFF TRACK where ever we want...............Man.....what freedom with hammocks!!!!!!!!! ............ Our base camp setups have not really ben depicted above, but now I know of this thread ... I will take be sure to take a shot of the outdoor lounger room and travel location next trip with the solar power set up. The movie is one of our highlights of the evening, and dinner seem to go down as good as getting out of the hammock. Water never seems to be an issue with proper planning. I guess much of the success can be attributed to our slow pace, Leg resting seats with back rests that allow us to lounge back, the recovery process that take place in the hammock of the tent can not be over estimated. It take us about 40 minutes to pack up, but we rarely find ourselves, stuck on our knees or bent of for more than a second.

I am have just finished turning a light weight aluminum chair into two shelving units, that can be hung from trees with hoochy cord in order to do less bending. I did a test with a low burn on my gas spider stove and making final tweaks to ensure no over heating on the tree takes place. I think ergonomics are very important when pack mule-ing like we do. When we rest, we REST.

NOTE ... setting up camp in the hills over a creek bed makes for the best relaxation files you could ever listen to, although I did have to take a few more leaks.
Thanks for the rant ... I look forward to do that full review with some more coherent hints and tips. :wink:
Edit ... sometimes the steel bottle may be filled with some whisky ... we chew beef jerky and love our chocolate treats and lo lies. I have a thing for yogurt bars as well...so does BEN...get your own man....narr just kidding. We do take a small wash kit for the kitchen and also like to have a little olive oil that helps with the dried mince and sauces......

We are thinking of adding compound bows to the mix ... we see bush turkeys all the time and love the law of the jungle more than we do, that of the land......The trick is not to leave a footprint!!! It is the irresponsible ones that have turned this land into a prison ... but in the interest of remaining positive ... It's worth asking the rangers if unsure of the rules or want to advice of your plans!

Note* (5th picture from below) Even on my day hikes, I cant help taking heavy loads ... see the motorcycle battery and car scanner I took with me. I draw the line at that; when heading off track ... :roll: (will get a hand held for those fringe spots next to town or built up areas ... I could use external but here too much feedback becomes an issue?)
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Re: Camping/hiking setup pictures

Postby justacouch » Tue 13 Nov, 2012 8:58 pm

So,

Hammocks are the recumbent bicycles of bushwalking?


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