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[free-my-mindd]

Ultralight Beam

#ultralight #home interior #funiture #home design #cozy home

[organicmatter]

july 2023

#mine #original photography #backpacking #hiking #ultralight #pnw #oregon #forest

[spin4trout]

Chaffee Creek

Yesterday, the weather forecast was off again. I headed to Chaffee Creek in Central Wisconsin thinking it was going to be cloudy, but I was greeted by bright sun and blue skies. The trout don’t like their weather that nice!

The water was clear, so I was able to see a lot of trout, including some big ones. Whenever I hear someone talking about big trout in small streams, I always think of Chaffee.

Eventually, I caught and released three brown trout, but they weren’t the big ones.

When I got back to the car, the GPS told me that I had covered 2.4 miles on foot this trip. I can’t complain about getting a good walk in on such a nice day.

#trout #fishing #spinning #ultralight

[disastertrash]

"Can I use an emergency blanket in place of a sleeping bag?"

This question comes up from time to time in the Ultralight backpacking community. So, I did a not smart thing and gave it a go. (I used an SOL XL emergency blanket for the experiment.)

My first test was in Oregon, 3 nights with a low of 45-50F temperature. Then in Washington, two nights with a low of 35-40F-ish.

My takeaway? Don't replace a sleeping bag with an emergency blanket. Even with safeguards in place, this can be dangerous.

The details below.

For my Oregon trip, I didn't bring a tent. (I generally don't unless Im expecting rain. And chances were at 5% this trip. My friend brought one though, should I need it.)

The first night, my bedding was a 1/8" EVA foam pad folded in half, over an inch of pine needles and other forest debris.

Wearing every piece of clothing with me, I was too cold to sleep. The emergency blanket was slippery. Every small shift, some part of my body came uncovered.

To increase the insulation, and hopefully hold the bag better in place around me, I put my feet in my clothing stuff sack, and cinched it closed. Then I crawled as deep as I could into my pack liner (a plastic garbage bag). And finally, I stuffed my swadled feet and legs into my backpack. It helped. But, it still wasn't a pleasant evening.

The air was saturated. I didnt sleep well. Two minutes of rain reached me through the dense tree cover. The warmth ebbed with the hours. Condensation was gathering in both the trashbag and the emergency blanket, slowly soaking into my clothing. It was leaching my heat even under the emergency blanket.

Sorry folks, I don't remember the details of second night.

The third evening was less bad. The pine needles were at least 4 inches deep. I left more of the miniature pine cones in place under my foam pad to add airpockets to trap more heat. The temperature was up, and the air was not so saturated.

For my Washington trip earlier this year, It was supposed to be 10 degrees F warmer than my last trip. And with innovations to improve the experience: a velcro taped footbox for the emergency blanket, a tent, and a Sea to Summit Max Reactor sleeping bag liner. With google at the helm and us unaware that more than one campground shared the same name, we arrived to the wrong place, hours off course. It was late, we decided to stay.

The weather here was colder and wetter than planned. The first night, I was miserably, but still tolerably, cold.

The day next day was pleasantly warm. I even gained a slight sunburn. But by the second evening, the temperatures had dropped. It was even colder than the night before. I employed all of the insulation strategies from my Oregon trip. Ideas even brought my sit pad into the liner with me. The condensation gathered, it soaked into my clothing.

By 3am, I was shivering violently. I was well-hydrated, I'd eaten through my high calorie snacks, I'd done crunches to generate extra body heat. Signs pointed towards a growing risk of hypothermia. It was time to implement the next safety guard: my friend's extra sleeping bag liner. It was silk, but it was something. If that was insufficient, the plan was to get into my friend's tent with them and their dog, and share my friend's sleeping bag.

The extra sleeping bag liner tipped the scale. But only just. I layered the emergency blanket between the two liners, and fell into a fitful sleep. (Important to point out, by this point there were no weight savings over my sleeping bag.)

Waking before the sun was fully up, I left a note and walked along the lake to warm up.

#emergency blanket #sleeping bag #backpacking #ultralight #disaster preparedness #disaster preparation

[thestonecuttersguild]

Oshkosh 2023

#ultralight #airplane #eaa #aviation #airventure #oshkosh

[aviatrix-ash]

Lawnchair with wings & made up match sticks & bedsheets.

Absolutely would fly. Looks fun :]

#planeposting #ultralight #i love ultralights so much theyre such critters to me

[inatimacy]

#gorpcore #ultralight #backpack #allmansright

[theadhered]

#blackdiamond #fast packing #industrialdesign #carrycandy #backpack #ultralight #gear #packs #productdesign #fastpacking #textile #nasa #ultra

[bigdirtgirl]

June 2023 - a long walk with dear friends pt. 2

#arizona #backpacking #canyons #cowboy camp #bivy #ultralight

[alpinemeadowsus]

The Alpine Meadows "Attaché" Foodbag, weighing in at 0.6 oz. It's a Dyneema sack with a reinforced Xpac butt, built for durability where the bag falls taking down a PCT method bear hang. Translucent material makes it easy to navigate in the dark or with tired eyes.

#ultralight #backpacking

[kramlabs]

#tarp tent #ultralight #sul #Youtube

[futurebird]

I love love love this ultra light thermal pullover especially how it’s sort of translucent so you can see my “save the ant” tee through it. It has light blue contrasting plastic snaps and pairs perfectly with my purple burberry scarf! To me? this is peak fashion THE look for fall into winter casuals.

Follow me for more sensible fashion takes!

#fashion #ants #ultra light #ultralight

[spin4trout]

Pine River

The weather was all over the place for my trip up to the Pine River in Waushara County. It was foggy, then cloudy, then sunny, and then rainy.

The fish were biting through it all. I caught and released seven brown trout over a couple of hours of wading upstream. I even encountered another angler coming downstream toward the end of my session. That’s a pretty rare event in the Central Sands, but I guess the encounter might be because the region has only a limited number of streams open for the early season.

The beavers were busy on this stream, too, although I didn’t encounter and dams (yet).

It was raining pretty hard for my long back to the car. That, combined with a dunking I got when I took a tumble wading, meant I was a little soggy for the ride home.

#trout #fishing #spinning #ultralight

[hizokucycles]

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#darkside #darsidebicycles #fixie #singlespeed #fixedgear #fixiegram #fixielife #fixedlife #fixedgearbike #trackbike #track #brakeless #fixieporn #bikeporn #bikelife #fromwhereiride #savethetrackbike #lightweight #ultralight #baaw #サイクリング #トラックバイク #固定 #單速車 #死飞 #crankset #carbonwheels #carbonhandlebars #hizokucycles

[thestonecuttersguild]

Oshkosh 2023

#ultralight #airplane #eaa #aviation #airventure #oshkosh

[aviatrix-ash]

Once again thinking of bitty ultralights, the littlest of lil guys and I love them 🥺💕

#planeposting #planes #airshow #ultralight #would i fly one? oh yah.i have and would again :]