Ultimate Camping Thread

(would have done the dancing banana also but i think that would be a little gay having 2 dancing bananas from different guys.)

He put in at Leatherwood and looks like he took out at Blue Heron

 

Yup! this is us on top of rocks where I'm coming through in the other pic

Thanks

Bingo. I put in at leatherwood took out at Blue Heron. This pic is where we put in, right at the bridge in your pic.


Favorite pics from the float:

 

Is that a rabbit eating sushi?

 

lol that the "Mad River" (brand) bunny smoking a pipe.

 

Haha, caught me!!

Man I feel like an idiot, I read this part, but didn't realize it.

So let me get this right, sorry my Cognitive thinking is really off today!! You paddle from Tenn into Ky, so you're paddling north??

Here's a map from Leatherwood Ford to Blue Heron. I marked the route in bright red.

 

Yep. lol I didn't know there were all those rocks under there. lol when I crossed going in, the water was splashing through the cracks in between the wood on the bridge.

 

yeah. I remember hiking north of the bridge and was following the river down stream, came back (obviously) walking against the river. its really weird.

 

yeah, I though it felt weird to paddle north also.

 

anyone have a msr whisperlite? im havin some issues with it....

 

I almost burnt down camp one time with a whisperlite. How can I help?

 

hehehe i almost caught my self on fire! hahaha well it seems that when the fuel bottle is full it works fine but when it is only half empty it constantly goes out if i set it on its side like the directions state. Is this normal? or are you supposed to be able to run the bottles dry? should i make a longer fuel hose on the pump? im just frustrated cause my 11oz fuel bottle on works untill its half empty so its more like a 5 oz fuel bottle

 

Warned you about that fireball! hahaha!

Try to pump the bottle up a little more. If that does not work, I am wondering if the pump inside is resting above the fuel?

I have not had this issue.

 

i will post a vid of it...i pumped it 40 times!!!!!

 

hmm. what gas are you using?

 

I have a Whisperlite and dislike it because of the heat up time and the huge flame that it makes while doing it.

 

Thanks guys! Some buddies and I are already planning this trip! Can't wait!!

 

Study the route. depending on the water level you can get yourself in trouble quickly if your not paying attention. There is one portage about a 1/4 mile down river from leatherwood, this one is mandatory. the other portage is defiantly "water level" dependent. We ran the chute you see in the pics above, if the water was flowing much higher it would have been pretty hairy with loaded boats.

 

some coleman fuel i got at walmart. I boil 2 16oz pots of water just fine but after than it just sucked.

 

im coming from using soda can stoves so the whisperlite is nuthin