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Quote from jimmyjam: “Quote from Traffic Jam: “Spent a few days on the FHT. Rained a lot, had fun...but I’m over the rain. Need a little sunshine. ” Any pictures? ” A few. The rain made me reluctant to get the camera out

Spent a few days on the FHT. Rained a lot, had fun...but I’m over the rain. Need a little sunshine.

Quote from jimmyjam: “Rain here. Second wettest year on record. 60 some inches of it. ” I’m over it.

One more thought...>(only one). Not all down is equal. Be very careful if purchasing an inexpensive, untreated, down bag. It is likely to be inferior Down from China that does not perform the same as quality down. In fact, as TZ discovered, some very legitimate businesses are falsely advertising their sleeping bags (whether synthetic or down) then shipping bags that have very different measurements and ratings. Again, sorry for throwing you under the bus TZ.

There is a lot of debate about treated vs non-treated down. I can’t spout statistics and such. But after reading (a lot), there are several reasons I chose untreated down, I believe that a bag with treated down will not last as long as a down bag, nor does it retain its loft over a period of time. My Big Agnes bag is downtek with 650 FP, has been in use for 4(?) years and seems to have lost a good bit of loft. I’ll take some measurements when I get home. I read that treated down is stiffer and s…

Quote from max.patch: “ignored the "the woods are closed!" sign along with more people than i expected and hiked 5 miles at kennesaw mountain. nice weather today; sunny and 50 degrees. ” That’s great, sounds like you’re doing better?

There’s pros and cons of downtek vs down and I chose untreated down because the shell is Microlite XP...whatever that is. (It sounded good on paper.) (My bag is awesome! I’ve taken it out on the deck several times and can’t wait to try it out soon on the FHT. ) Anyway, I don’t trust ratings and would read a lot of reviews to make sure it’s indeed adequate to 10* before deciding.

Not rainy, hallelujah, for my daughter’s move to Nashville.

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I’m not a religious person but really enjoy Pentatonix. I’m sure yall have heard them. m.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ_MGWio-vc

I’ve not tried anything new in a while...maybe it’s time. Or maybe I should revisit some old ones? See if my opinion has changed?

Merry Christmas everyone! Not doing anything exciting here...at work.

Rain, rain rain. And 40’s. Yuck.

Quote from IMScotty: “Funny thing was is was a pretty nice day here in the flatlands. Some of the people in the Facebook group thought it must have been a hoax. ” My first thought also...that he is lucky people believed him. It sounds like they were able to corroborate the story fairly quickly.

Quote from LIhikers: “I thought for sure that Kathy and I would have at least a couple of weekends available to escape to the woods as we neared the end of the year. But alas, no such luck. Every weekend has something we either need or want to do here at home. I'm looking into 2019 at this point. I'm still planning to ask for 6 weeks off this coming summer so we can finish up the northern half of the A.T. If the company says no then I'll have to make a decision, hiking or working, which will it …

Sorry....got a little carried away with my monologue.

Has anyone done a food cache on the FHT? I have a few places in mind. It doesn’t seem possible that an ammo box would be 100% safe from bears. Do you really just stash it next to a tree or something?

And maybe I’m just being a baby. If I could start a fire when it’s damp outside, I might feel better. But that’s one skill that eludes me and probably always will.

I found a video journal of someone’s January hike and temp got down to 15*...which doesn’t worry me now that I have the warm bag...but it also rained and that does bother me. Getting everything damp and then having cold temps.