backpacking on a uni?

Fire ants are very mean..im from enterprise,alabama so ive gotten my
fair share of fire ant bites..but i moved up here to colorado and we
have ants that pinch that dont inject poision into to you..and they
still hurt alot!! So dont sleep near big piles of dirt either when u
camp in the south...especially big red piles of sand/dirt or for
colorado its more like goofy piles of small rocks and dirt...
the south is a very humid area though so the heat during night is a
factor...we used to bring fans when we went camping for our tents, so
if ur sleeping outside in the south during the middle of summer then be
careful if ur trying to leave ur tent open or sleep in the open because
like feel the light said there are alot of bugs...
and yes waterproof is good for down there too because it rains alot in
certain areas...
so in this case of southern cokering it would be a good idea to have
bug spray....

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Brian, for the C&O I doubt you need to carry 3 liters of water. Whew!
Occasionally I carried less than that in the Mohave Desert. Sheesh
you're riding beside a stream!

A filter and a liter bottle would be all I'd bring, plus tablets in
case the filter was damaged. No need to treat your dinner water, just
let it boil a little longer.

Hang out at the water stop and drink an extra liter before you move on,
and don't carry more than half a bottle or so. We call this "cameling
up". Your stomach is the best place to carry water.

Five pounds off your back/butt is a huge savings and you'll be glad you
did.

Hehe, or have you already done the trip? :o

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feel the light said:

This is a great thread. I have done a lot of motorcycle outback camping.
In the USA south, in summer, or Florida anytime but the coldest of
winter, only the insane drunks can sleep on the ground. I had a tent,
and would read at night for a while. The biggest spiders I have ever
seen would crawl over the outside. I don't want to talk about fire
ants. Rattle snakes move about like they own the place. I can skip the
sleeping bag, but the tent must be large enough not to be insufferably
hot, and of course, bug proof.:eek:

Thankfully europe is almost entirely devoid of such creatures.

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kington99 said:

Thankfully europe is almost entirely devoid of such creatures.

Almost hard to imagine.. a place without these creatures. Florida is a
beautiful place and a wonderful place for outdoor recreation even with
the heat/ humidity.

But the bugs, ah! The BUGS! (and gators, and snakes, and bears, and
panthers, and people) :eek:

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You should see this fella ride up kerbs. He makes it look annoyingly
easy.
Ants make me UPD.

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'this' (http://tinyurl.com/2ybodv)looks like it would be nice for
backpacking. I think that if i go on a trip this is what i would buy.

'this' (http://tinyurl.com/ywjclt)one is cheaper but doesn;t fold up
ans tight

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I´ve been looking at Hennessy Hammocks for this exact purpose also. They
seem awsome!

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I've used a hammock, although only a webbing one.

They are nice if it's a perfectly still day, and lovely and warm.

I found with the one I had that if it got at all cold, the fact that
you have moving air underneath the hammock makes you super cold
compared to lying on the ground.

Joe

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Thats why Hennessy has the supershelter!
http://hennessyhammock.com/reflector.html

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In 2009 i want to go do the high counrty pathway here in michigan. It is
a 80 mile long loop thats only 30 minutes from my cottage. It takes
the hard core mountainbikers around 11 hours to do this trail and
hikers up to a week so i think it will take a munier 2,3 or 4 days to
do it. I hope by then one of my friends will have started unicycling.

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