Uploaded May 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hiking is new to me, I am a canoe tripper and winter trekker sled hauler. This is my first back pack hike using a hammock (Warbonnet Blackbird) and a Perfect Trees Crows Nest 3/4, 3 season under quilt (company now renamed HammockGear.com and the Crowsnest model is now replaced with the Phoenix model). The set up worked well. Excellent gear, no complaints. I also show my external ridge tarp set up over the edge of the fire. I finish with some brief interpretation of the boreal forest spruce budworm cycle which affects mostly balsam fir, and what the blowdown looks like. Great firewood supply, lousy looking forest.
Hiking is new to me, I am a canoe tripper and winter trekker sled hauler. This is my first back pack hike using a hammock (Warbonnet Blackbird) and a Perfect Trees Crows Nest 3/4, 3 season under quilt (company now renamed HammockGear.com and the Crowsnest model is now replaced with the Phoenix model). The set up worked well. Excellent gear, no complaints. I also show my external ridge tarp set up over the edge of the fire. I finish with some brief interpretation of the boreal forest spruce budworm cycle which affects mostly balsam fir, and what the blowdown looks like. Great firewood supply, lousy looking forest.
