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Everything Went Wrong on My First Solo Hammock Camping Trip

Everything Went Wrong on My First Solo Hammock Camping Trip *Thank you to Lectric for sponsoring this video! Check out the XP4 (I love mine!) here: https://ift.tt/HdMcoD2 Everything went wrong on my first solo hammock camping trip! Well, almost everything. I have tried hammock camping a few times over the years, but never got quite comfortable with it. This time I decided to try it solo, and so on the first day of summer I headed out into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness with my ultralight hammock to see if I could get it right this time. The adventure was magical at first, and then whooaaa buddy, just about EVERYTHING went wrong... 😅 Mistakes, insects, rain storms (and more) but did all this deter me from trying hammock camping again? Watch the video to see! Intro: 00:00 Biking an abandoned road to the trailhead: 0:45 About my awesome new e-bike (sponsor): 3:28 Hiking to camp: 4:27 Hammock camping - Day 1 (bug infestation!): 14:03 Hammock camping - Day 2 (the storm arrives): 27:04 My thoughts on hammock camping: 30:41 Hiking back to the trailhead: 34:07 Outro: 36:31 My gear in this video - ENO SubLink UL Hammock System: https://alnk.to/e79aUOv ENO Guardian Bug Net: https://alnk.to/5jnhS20 ENO Vulcan Underquilt (replaced the Blaze): https://alnk.to/eDTrRhP ENO Vesta Top Quilt: https://alnk.to/gVNiBUD LiteAF Ultra 40L Curve Pack: https://alnk.to/dAoEJng Nemo Fillo Elite Pillow: https://alnk.to/8iVB00k Sawyer filter and Cnoc 2L bladder: https://alnk.to/2uIADcP M!GO Water Bottle: https://ift.tt/HOTPV25 Soto Windmaster Stove: https://alnk.to/5Q7jzuz Toaks Pot (750ml): https://alnk.to/74wCrcW Nitecore Power Bank: https://alnk.to/cwTMxN0 Kula Cloth: https://ift.tt/ZAekNFC EE Torrid Booties: https://alnk.to/dAokuo4 Black Diamond Distance Z Trekking Poles: https://alnk.to/7fr37wB Garmin InReach Mini: https://alnk.to/2jNPEHx Gossamer Gear Shoulder Strap Pocket: https://alnk.to/aAPM3wW My food - Pinnacle Food's Creamy Tuscan Chicken: https://ift.tt/024YPKz Mountain House Biscuits and Gravy: https://alnk.to/5ui2QXC What I'm wearing - Jolly Gear Sun Hoodie (Women's): https://alnk.to/9TaZnjw Jolly Gear Sun Hoodie (Men's): https://alnk.to/3J8t2LV EE Torrid Jacket (Women's): https://alnk.to/5FcyALB EE Torrid Jacket (Men's): https://alnk.to/7frnq73 REI Trailmade Pants - Women's: https://alnk.to/5Q7oEKR REI Trailmade Pants - Men's: https://alnk.to/hDsanoI SamBob Coastal Sun Hoodie: https://ift.tt/CqwIT0b SamBob Fleece: https://sambob.biz/ REI Baselayers: https://alnk.to/8iVSLTR Topo Pursuit Shoes: https://alnk.to/biuLrMW BERT Water Shoes: https://ift.tt/OR85gdN Some of the above links are affiliate links. If you choose to purchase something from the affiliate links I may earn a small commission. This money goes straight back into making content, and allows me to keep making videos for all of you! Miranda Goes Outside merch is now for sale! Get yours here: https://ift.tt/xfTHuqG Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me on Patreon! 💚 If you'd like to become a Patron and support my channel, click here: https://ift.tt/vrbkfZe The Miranda Goes Outside crew: Director, Producer, and Videographer: Rainer Golden Sr. Editor and Videographer: Abby Hagan Editor: Katie Van Fleet Editor: Doug Linstedt Dog: Tucker Cat: Oscar Miranda: Miranda This video was edited by Doug Linstedt with additional editing by Rainer Golden! Follow me on IG @MirandaGoesOutside: https://ift.tt/a0UKnYb Find past Miranda in the Wild videos on REI Co-op's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@rei Like, Subscribe, Comment, and tune in (almost) weekly for more Miranda Goes Outside! Solo Hammock Camping in the Rain! #backpacking #hammocking #hammock #summer #hiking #camping #alpinelakeswilderness #2025 #adventure #mirandagoesoutside SyncID: MB01MJAWO51YRTY via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK5gzwSGBlw July 6, 2025 at 06:01PM

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kaanima · 11 years ago

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The wolf King chapter 3 daft 2 Best Friends

Chapter 3

Best Friends.

I woke swore and with ringing in my ear. “Uhh… what a wired dream” I said holding my aching head up as I bang to sat up. I felt the ground under my right hand. It took some time to pieced together; That I wasn’t in my bed at all. This meant that last night really did happen.

“Jesus’ beard” I thought. “What the hell happen to me last night?” Just then form behind me I heard a “Floop”. I turn my head to it and saw jeans, a white T-shirt, and a long sleeves red plaid over shirt.

“Yes” a man voice said. “What happen to last night was real, and well happen aging on the next full moon.” He said somewhat sadly.

I look up at the man. He was only a few inches teller then me, white flat top hair, beer gut it look like, big hairy arms that look like he could rip a bears head off and wearing a Green R.E.M shirt. As I looked at him I thought to myself “Please god no! Let this be bad dreams…don’t let me be a monster!”

“Samuel Robert Patrick” he said (No!) “You are now and forever a monster…. You are a were wolf.” He said. I look in his eyes the where blue like the sea and they were filled pity. They look like a policeman telling you your parents had been killed and you little sibling had gone missing.

I stood up, picked up the clothes and ran as fast as I could past him. I know I should have stayed and ask more about like how he knew and how come he was waiting for me? I just didn’t want to know any more about because I didn’t want to deal with. I keep running till I saw the house. I put on the clothes and my glasses.

` The T-shirt and jeans where mine, but the over shirt wasn’t. It smelt nice like it came fresh out of the dryer. I when inside to see if anything had happen in there…to see if anyone of them where dead. I open the door, and heard Mom singing “Dust, dust, dust... Dust, dust. This is my dusting song” she dusting the living room table.

She saw me, walk to me, grabbed each side of my face and said “Good morning my Sammy Bobby!” while rubbing my face. She run off after to dust some more.

“Good morning mom” I said and ran to hug her. “I love you.”

“I love you too.” She kissed the top of head “You’re a good son!”

I head Nora getting out of bed, and coming down the steps. “You’re too are so loud!” she whined. Her hair was a mess. I ran up and hugged her too, kissed her on her chubby cheeks.

“I love you!” I said almost crying.

“I know.” She said “ever one does.”

“BARK, BARK, BARK!” I heard my excitable dog run down the steps. “Balto!” I thought. I thought she was dead that I would be founding her beautiful blond fur in my mouth. “Hey pretty girl” I said trying not to cry.

They ask way I was up so early. So I told them I was outside walking in the woods. “Did you guys hear anything last night?” I ask making sure there was no unanswered questions .

“Balto, and some other dog fighting and you letting her in and you going back to bed” mom said. “Why?”

“Oh..” I said. I had to think of something fast. “Because I found a die deer outside while walking”

“Mmmmmm dinner.” Nora said smiling like a cat getting it chin scratched. Nora love stake, fast food, and ice cream. She loved crabs, but not doing anything to help work them off. Nora love eating and doing little work as possible.

“Where is Dad?” I ask looking at my mother.

“At a work.” She said sadly. “He won’t be back for two weeks.” Her eyes filled with uncertainty and sadness. My Dad had to leave to build out of town sometimes. It was never out of stat just one or two towns over, but my dad never like to leave anything till he saw it finished, and to make sure that everything was in good shape. He called every day t let us know what was happening and when he be back, but mom still didn’t like.

“You smell bad” Nora said. My mothers lend over to smell me, and lend back really fast. “Jesus’ beard. You do smell bad” My loving mother said. “Yes like dead animals.” Nora added. With that said I want up stairs to go take a shower.

Let me just take this opportunity to tell ever one who reading this: I love long hot shower and baths. They help me clear my head and think better. So as you could already guess I need time to think over what just happen last night and who was that man. “The man had to be that thing that punched me last night, and he had to be a…Werewolf.” I thought.

After telling myself this I saw that I was being stupid for run from him like that; He could have told me more about what was going on, what to do with myself, and most important of all why I’m this way. He could of had made me like this, in which cast from all the books and movies I’ve seen and read I would have to kill him. The point I’m try to make to you is that when you’re put in a similar situation you (or the same) you should stay and find out what happing to you, and how you can fix it. Don’t run off and hope it doesn’t happen aging. It mostly will, and if your unlucky it will happen no matter what you do till you stop it.

I had to find him and ask what I can do to make this… problem better, or how to just be done with it. “Okay” I thought “I don’t remember a werewolf betting me last month, but would I remember? I could of just black out when it happen.” It made my head hurt just thinking about.

If I did see last full moon, and he bit me; I had to kill him to become human, but if no he could teaches me. Show me right for wrong, how to not turn, and maybe show how get rid of it. I think he wanted to help me. He looked so sad when he talk to me.

As I got out of the shower a light bulb turns on in my head. “The Book and the vials they must help with this. The knife has to too. Grand Father was a Werewolf and he tried to found a cure for our family! The book must be his researches! Maybe he did and the vials the cure and I have to drink it?” It sound likely and it made me happy to think about.

I thought about harder and slower just the vials. “Able to take the pain that comes with I” I remember my grand mom saying. She to take on the day she died. I couldn’t finger out why she would tell me to do then. I had to ask her.

I got out most of the blood had already when I got up form nap in the woods. It was wired there was some under my finger nails. “Did that guy in woods give me a bath before I woke up?” I thought. Pray to god he didn’t. I brush my teeth. There some rabbit guts and deer fur cover in blood between them. It might have been the wolf talking at the time, but I like the way it taste.

I got dress, ask mom and dad if I can go to grandmother house, and head off. I thought about what to say, how bring it up, how come this happen, and how in the hottest places in hell did she know about it. I got to the door of her small house and saw a note that reads: “Sammer I’ll be back by tomorrow around 7:30 am at most with a friend, but when we get back we’ll tell you ever thing you need and want to know. Love Grandmother Patrick. XXXOOXX”

“DAM YOU OLD WOMAN TELL ME WHAT GOING ON!” I yell. I felt like something was going to jump out of my chest. I found out quickly that I must turn faster when I’m upset, but I can’t seem to camel myself down at first, but then I get a texted for Nick that read: “Hey Egg boss It the day after your birth day and as you best friend I want wish a great one. And you should come hang out with me.”

That seemed to take my maid off the thought of monsters for the time being and I began to be more in control. “Sure Thing Big Egg I’ll be over in 30 minutes or less” I texted then walk back to my house. When I get inside to tell mom grandma out of town for the day and ask to go Nick house: she said yes. My phone when off and Nick said: “You’re not my Pizza man just gets over here.”

I got on my bike and stared riding to Nick’s house. I love riding my bike I could ride pretty fast too. I could never teach myself any tricks and didn’t own a BMX bike like a lot of kids in town. At first I was scared of going down hills because the first time I rode into I crashed into my mom and four mailboxes’.

I rode everyday to school to, but that year I couldn’t; the high school was on a busy road and didn’t have a places to put yours bikes anyhow. I had to ride the bus this year. I wasn’t looking forward to at all. I’ve had problems on the bus in elementary school. It got so bad that one girl’s parents had to call about me acting up on the bus. So I rode my bike to school even day to seines than.

I was already half way to Nick’s house. That couldn’t be been right it had only been less than three mistunes. Nicks house was ten miles from my house. I kept riding thinking that I must have wolf speed now. Snap! I hear the bike flap forward and I fall off. My face almost hit the ground, but instead I did a hand spring and save myself. A little black boy with an afro saw me do this his eyes wide his jaw drops.

“Say something Sam, grab your bike, go to your best friend’s and talk about girls you’ll never ask out, but who you think have great bodies like a normal teenage boy.” I told myself. I look in the kid’s eyes and say “Always eat your greens and do lots for push up!” I yelled.

“Yeah and take whatever drugs your doing freak. Who do you think are telling me what to do you idiot” he said in deep voice (what the hell?). “I bet I can kick your whit little ass any time!” I walk over to him I felt like I needed to hurt him. I felt the need to make him cry out “Mommy!” and nothing else because I would rip his tongue out. He fall back I saw that he wet his pants the smell of urine filled my nose was enough snap me back to normal. I grab a stop sign pole and bend it gasping for breath. “Huff… huff… huffff….” I gasp trying to catch my breath. The Kid saw he could run and he did, but not before yell “Stay the hell away from me you yellow eyed freak!”

I grab my bike and walk to Nick. Felt too bad to stop and fix the chin. I’ve made people cry before and felt bad about it before but never through that kind of fear. I started to cry than stop.

I got to Nick’s house. His grandparents let me in they like me for the most part, but like ever thought I was little wired. (If only they know ha-ha) I walked up to Nick room and knocked. “It’s open come in.” he said. I go inside to see my best friend. Nick was a bit taller than I was back then with brown hair that when down to his eyes the eyes if you saw where blue like the sky on clear summer’s day and his skin was as whit as a ghost.

“Sam!” He got up and hung me. He was wearing a Beatles T-shirt. Nick love old 60’sand 70’s music his favorite Pink Floyd and The Beatles. I love the song another brink in the wall, and some song by the Beatles. We both loved listen to Wired Al Yankovic.

“Hi Nick.” I said forget about all the stuff that happened early. It was time to be Kid with his best friend. Eat lot of food and play video games about werewolves instead of being one.

“Take a seat man. You had to of rode your ass to get her this soon.” He said. So I pick a chair and said “Mine!’I said. He laugh “okay crazy.”

We sat and played Portal 2. We got past two levels and then stop and put in a movie. Blood munches 2 return of the killer babies. The story line was horrible, but blood and the monsters where good. Half way through the movie Darren came in. Darren was my other best friend he was one of Nick friend before I meet him.

“What up you two little useless ugly stupid…. Angle form heaven!” he yells! Darren was tall with long blond hair he looked like a singer for Nirvana.

Nick and I laughed. Then look at each other and had the same thought. “Daren” we asked nerves at same time are “Are you drunk?”

“Your two are funny monkeys…..SAM!!!!” he yelled

“That me!”

“You need to drink! And get drunk as my mom dose.” he laughed. Nick smiled and looked at me. They had been talking about this even since school got out, getting me drunk and all drug up then making me spent the night I wasn’t going to do it. I would spend the night but no drug or alcohol. But Daren said he’ll do it anyways.

“Come on!” He said taking a wobbly step towers us. “It be fun and I’m dying to see what you’ll do and what….hiccup… w..what kind of drunk yo..hiccup..you are”

“I bet he be one that try to hook up whit girls or one that pick fight with even guy that look at him.” Nick add.

“Or one hiccup… that hooked up with guys”

“I’m not doing it.” I said firmly.

“Pleasss” Darren said

“No”

“Pretty pleas”

“Hell no.”

“Pretty pleas with monkeys and ninja on top” He said on his and hands together like he was praying. That always got me.

“Okay, but only if you go to school more than one week” I said.

“So like two Hiccup..hiccup” He said eye wide knowing I say more than that . Darren only came to school one or three weeks of school, hardly did any of his work and only to me and Nick at school. It felt like sometimes Nick and I where babysitting.

“33 weeks of school or at least tried” I said smiling like one of those villain’s that told the hero some to make them cry. Darren hated school and doing work, but he really want to get me drunk. Darren and Nick where good friends to me, and we always keep our promises to each other so I would trust him if he said yes.

“You’ll do whatever we want to do?” He asked.

“Sure why not.” I said rolling my eyes.

Darren bit his lower lip. Thinking hard on it Than said “Ah what the hiccup…hell I’ll do just to give you a hangover and see throw the next morning” He laugh trying to stand but almost fell. Nick helped him up than Darren gave me a beer and drink it.

When I finished it he said at 6:30 where going to a party. It sound for and mostly harmless, but with thing going the way they had been I had one thought going throng my head… “What happen if I turn?”

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