Last saturday, after work, I got the urge to spend a night outside in the woods.
On the web I stumbled somehow over the idea of using a Hammock for sleeping. Which meant no more carrying heavy loads to sleep comfortable, as the only thing useable for me would have been a 1500gr Thermarest.
So I got myself one, a DD, and also borrowed a recently-given-away-as-a-present Moscito Traveller from Byer. (Working in the outdoor reatilbusiness for more than 19 years has set my mind on testing as much as possible on every occassion, I cant help it)
In the evening at 7:30pm I left the house and walked into the woods, over a variety of trails and roads
because just one hour on foot from me is this:
A very large hut, I guess built sometime after the war. Its only about 2km as the crow flies from a major road and a village, but not many people are there to be found. And since I dont own a Tarp yet, it was a good spot for the rainy night to come!
That night, I had to switch hammocks
one didnt make me lay down comfortable and secure to be able to fall asleep (the DD) and the other one stretched to the point that I woke up with pain in the knees (the Byer). (So the next things on the list will be one of Magikelly´s hammocks plus Net)
BUT THAT WASNT THE IMPORTANT THING IN THIS NIGHT!!!
It was that I fell asleep, and woke up, and whas totally relaxed and felt very close to myself.
Havent had that feeling for a long time.
Got up and made some coffee (there are some things I wont do without!), turkish mocca style from coffee and sugar carried in a Nalgene bottle, with bread toasted on the stove, too. Then walked home slowly.
It wasnt that much of man event, if you look at it from a distance, but I thorougly enjoyed it and know that I can do it again next weekend and in the course of the coming month may be able to hike a bit farther to other locastions I know of and sleep there.
Folks, do as much as you can while you can, and enjoy it for what it is, valuable time outside.
On the web I stumbled somehow over the idea of using a Hammock for sleeping. Which meant no more carrying heavy loads to sleep comfortable, as the only thing useable for me would have been a 1500gr Thermarest.
So I got myself one, a DD, and also borrowed a recently-given-away-as-a-present Moscito Traveller from Byer. (Working in the outdoor reatilbusiness for more than 19 years has set my mind on testing as much as possible on every occassion, I cant help it)
In the evening at 7:30pm I left the house and walked into the woods, over a variety of trails and roads
because just one hour on foot from me is this:
A very large hut, I guess built sometime after the war. Its only about 2km as the crow flies from a major road and a village, but not many people are there to be found. And since I dont own a Tarp yet, it was a good spot for the rainy night to come!
That night, I had to switch hammocks
one didnt make me lay down comfortable and secure to be able to fall asleep (the DD) and the other one stretched to the point that I woke up with pain in the knees (the Byer). (So the next things on the list will be one of Magikelly´s hammocks plus Net)
BUT THAT WASNT THE IMPORTANT THING IN THIS NIGHT!!!
It was that I fell asleep, and woke up, and whas totally relaxed and felt very close to myself.
Havent had that feeling for a long time.
Got up and made some coffee (there are some things I wont do without!), turkish mocca style from coffee and sugar carried in a Nalgene bottle, with bread toasted on the stove, too. Then walked home slowly.
It wasnt that much of man event, if you look at it from a distance, but I thorougly enjoyed it and know that I can do it again next weekend and in the course of the coming month may be able to hike a bit farther to other locastions I know of and sleep there.
Folks, do as much as you can while you can, and enjoy it for what it is, valuable time outside.