Cohutta Wilderness Blog: 2011

The Cohutta Wilderness

We love this place and I want to take my childern and grandchildren there so please please pratice Leave No Trace Principals! (see links if you don't know what they are)

This land was intensivly logged until the 1920's (70% or so). The area has recovered remakably well. Now all that remains are, old road beds, cables, and the ocassional railroad ties.

It became a wilderness area in 1975 @ 36,977 acres it is the largest NFW in the southeast. (The Cohutta Wilderness ajoins the Big Frog Wilderness (8,055 acres) across the state line in TN.

The Cohutta Wilderness in GA is part of the larger 95,265 acre CWMA.

Highest Points: Big Frog Mountian 4,224(TN) East Cowpen (4,200 ish)
Major Rivers: The Conasauga River, and Jacks River. These 2 give you good reason to always carry sandals when in the Cohuttas.

The Benton MacKaye Trail is in and the Pinhoti Trail Borders the Wilderness

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

My Review of Snow Peak Titanium French Press - 3 Cup

Originally submitted at REI

Take your favorite French press brew further up the mountain with this ultra-light titanium press.

Preforms as Advertised

By Jkayaker from Atlanta, GA on 2/9/2011

Pros: Compact, Lightweight, Durable, Easy To Clean

Best Uses: Backpacking, Hiking, Car Camping

Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer

What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist

Was this a gift?: Yes

This is an excellent little press. It is typicial of Snow Peak. Light weight, and no frills. It just does the job and it does it very very well. It has the usual titanium fold out handles and mesh stuff sack. It is easy to clean. I do not suggest using it directly on top of your stove as it is narrow and not very stable on the stove top. Outside of that you can't beat it for a great cup of joe to get you going in the morning. FYI about 4 heaping TBS of coffee should get the job done, and let it steep for around 4 to 6 minutes.

(legalese)

Thursday, January 13, 2011

My Review of Soto Micro Regulator Stove

Originally submitted at REI

Tipping the scales at a mere 2.6 oz., the Soto Micro Regulator stove rivals the competition for top honors as the world's lightest single-burner stove with a built-in igniter!

Throw you other stove away.

By Jkayaker from atlanta, GA on 1/13/2011

Pros: Easy to Light, Great temperature control, Powerful, Lightweight, Compact

Cons: Unstable

Best Uses: Hiking, Backpacking

Describe Yourself: Avid Adventurer

What Is Your Gear Style: Minimalist

Was this a gift?: No

In bought this stove for my cold weather camping excursions. I also own an MSR pocket rocket and love it I just hate its cold weather preformance. So I did some reseach and ran across this little gem. I took it with me this last weekend camping in the North GA Mountians. With Temps ranging from 45 to lows around 15. I left the stove out all night just sitting on the ground with the pot on it. Got up filled my pot with water from the creek, and the water was freezing in the pot in the 100 foot walk to the stove it was around 1 Liter. Twist the nob click the ignitor..... presto fires right up, and still boiled the water in around 4 minutes. I was drinking hot coffee, with everyone else waiting for there sotves to warm up. My friend had his highly touted Jet Boil and it took him around 20 minutes to get it running. The only draw back is a slight stability issue. But if you use canister stoves this is nothing you shouldnt already know.... I would recomend this stove to anyone. I dont say this often but this stove exceded my expectations.

(legalese)