A project is easier with the right tools.
I carry a mix of homemade and commercial gear. Ideally, in minimal amounts.
I enjoy camping under my homemade tarp (click for photos) and also enjoy making hammocks as gifts, though I don’t use one for backpacking.
Summer 2024– planned solo 58 mile AT/Bartram loop
April 2024– 11th Standing Indian Loop
Winter 2023 re-embark-first trip back in a LONG time
April 2021– 10th Standing Indian Loop
Sept 2020- solo/bear-filming/creek fording 30 mile loop in GSMNP
August 2020– 9th Standing Indian Loop (coronavirus reprieve)
December 2019– Bartram Trail out and back
August 2019– 8th lap of the Standing Indian Loop
June 2019– 7th lap of the Standing Indian Loop
December 2018– 58 mile AT/Bartram Trail Loop
October 2018– another Standing Indian Loop to test my homemade backpack
August 2018- 50 mile loop up to Clingmans Dome in the Smokies
April 2018- a 20 mile loop over Gregory Bald in the Smokies
March 2018– another 27 mile Standing Indian Loop overnight
November 2017– another 30 mile loop in the Smoky Mountains
September 2017 Tarp test in the Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina USA
April 2017 Great Smoky Mountains 30 mile loop
February 2017 Foothills Trail 40 mile overnight hike (in prep for 77 mile Foothills Trail thru-hike)
November 2016 Great Smoky Mountain National Park 90 mile Benton MacKaye Trail section
September 2016 60 mile Georgia Loop on Appalachian/ Benton MacKaye/ Duncan Ridge Trails
June 2016 Standing Indian Loop
May 2016 Bartram/ Appalachian Trail 85 mile loop
Ryan M. Ignatius 