Long-distance hiker dedicated to relishing every moment on trail. Drops a comment in one of the videos and lets get chatting! Trails I've Hiked: Sierra High Route -2020 Pacific Crest Trail SOBO - 2018 Olympic National Park Traverse - 2018 Wonderland Trail - 2018 Tahoe Rim Trail - 2018 Ouachita Trail - 2017
I’ve been a ULA Circuit then Ohm user for the past decade (+7d loads). Just got me a GG Kumo for shorter trips. Not too many reviews out there as detailed as yours and Neemor’s despite how long this pack has been around. Happy trails! 😎
How would this be in hot weather? Thinking about the Camino de Santiago in the summer time and the Kumo doesn't seem to have a ventilation system for the part that rests against your back. I can just imagine pools of sweat forming there...would love your input.
I get the same shit from loads of people here in NZ when I'm only doing 40km a day about stopping to enjoy the scenery etc...I live here and I'm a Ranger, it's ok I've seen the scenery haha. I still stop for a minute to enjoy a sunrise and that as you say is key. If you're not enjoying the sunrise each day then you're not up early enough, and you've got 1 hour to wake up and prep, 10 hours at 5kmh to walk and eat and do whatever, 3 hours to wind down etc... and 10 hours to sleep. Sounds like a perfectly balanced lifestyle to me!! 😄
Thanks for these videos! YHR north loop in T-minus 2 weeks. The residual snow pack is melting fast, but it's going to be ...interesting... 😬 Keeping an eye on that Pika fire smoke.
Ah the orange days of Fall 2020. Had days exactly like that at home here near Santa Cruz. First due to half the county burning down, then what blew in on the jetstream. I'd like to carry some kind of mask, but hard to imagine what wouldn't get unusable sweating into it all day. 🤷♂️
Ger is my favorite tip everybody... 1. Don't be a soy boy pussy foot Lilly Pads figgin baby, and walk the damn 35 miles. 2. When the idea complaining comes to mind, refer to all chastising remarks from rule one, apply to self, shut up. Carry on.
Hey Relish, Marmalade here (Pct class of 2019), I am thinking about going to this tent from my Triplex. How did you deal with the bugs during bug season? I am thinking about getting the Serenity Bug tent to go under this and attach a zpacks loop to the ridgeline underneath to attach it too. Any other way to deal with the bugs in it? Much thx..
Hey man, I started so late that I didn’t need a bug net, just left in rain gear, and I had met when blood pressure was heavy. But I have used a sea to summit UL bug net with it on other trips and that works great.
@@zach.hoopes cool thanks man and yeah I was eye that. As all of use just trying to get lighter and smaller so of course I can go to a smaller pack. Overall have you enjoyed tarp tenting it? Did you cowboy camp most of the nights if it was going to be good weather? What did you use for your ground sheet and how big was it? Don’t see many videos on that part of the equation. What do you mean you met when blood pressure was heavy? Haha
this is a cool route. I spend my summers out in the Sierra Nevada doing long fishing routes that I plan for fishing every day. been doing some off trail routes in yosemite and sequoia/kings the past few years. sequoia/kings has so much offtrail stuff to explore that it's probably my favorite.
I do not know how people can cowboy camp in the Sierra Nevada but I see it every year. the mosquitoes are so brutal. plus those big black ants. they don't bite but they crawl on everything. I have a $15 Sawyer bug net that I have been using for the last five years. like you I only use my tarp if it's raining. I like to see the stars.
After seeing this video, I bought the Gosama Gear 36. I'm running the Korea trail 760km right now, but I'm thinking of changing it to Kosama Gear and starting it. thanks for the good video, Subscribe and come back often
Awesome video collection of the SHR. We are getting ready to do the KCHBR and your videos helped prepare me mentally. Gotta laugh when the absurdity is deep!
I love the pack and I'm using mine this summer to walk the welsh coast path in the UK .I just had to ask how you would hope to take off ur puffy coat and reach around and put it into the net pocket WITHOUT TAKING OFF THE PACK HA ID LOVE TO SEETHAT ONE ???
Yo Pete, thinking about this. Technically what I say is wrong. you do have to take the pack off partially. How to do it: Take one shoulder strap off, remove puffy sleeve from free arm. Put shoulder strap back, remove shoulder strap from other side, take puffy sleeve off that arm, now pull puffy completely free from your back and can stick it in the kumo. I did it commonly if I was in a hiking groove and didn't want to stop. Truthly, rather convoluted for the conventional hiker, not-uncommon for an ultralight backpacker. But for your satisfaction, you are correct, technically you take the pack off in part!
I recently made up an A-frame "skeleton" so I can set up in wind no problem. It does take two extra stakes (2 stakes and a pole on each end), but once up I can hang my bug bivy in it and/or toss the tarp over in seconds. I also made the ridgeline separable, so I can use the same guy lines to tie out other pitches like my new favorite the Tetra Wedge. Very flexible and fast for minimal weight penalty. So much easier to set up nice and square regardless of the weather without the tarp flapping around.
@@relishhikes3274 just got my Kumo today and mine did not come with side straps. Did you have to buy your own straps? Also...did not see anywhere to attach a bladder...do you use a bladder and just let it free in your pack or did you find a way to attach it? Thanks in advance!
@@afgpak11 Hi there. I think they took the bladder pocket out a few years ago. Most hikers using the Kumo are in the light/ultralight category, and most of those hikers don’t use a bladder because of its weight. Looking at the current model on their website shows the shock cord and loops for side compression. If you’re missing components I’d reach out to them.
Very complicated due to the many land management areas involved and the significant restrictions due to heavy use in both parks. Your best course is to give the Bridgeport Ranger District a call, they can help you coordinate. Eventually you’ll have to build an itinerary, approved by them that notes where you’ll camp each night.
It sucks having to carry a bear cannister in the high sierras. There aren’t even bears up there…they’re lower. Its a suite-spot zone for not seeing bears lol. Ugh
