5th year for our official Manmping trip.
Hone up on your survival and hiking out skills.


Dates: Manmping is August 13-15
Departure time: 2pm Friday
Destination: West Clear Creek (entering upstream and exiting at last year's PoE)
Return: Sunday before sundown

Camping will consist of two nights away from the vehicles camping- You will have to pack it all in.

Pack light, add-water lunches/dinners recommended. We will have a small fire.
Also know that this year, we will be going down stream with everything and returning a different way - camping below our descent on the first night and somewhere else on 2nd.
This means you will need to make provisions to keep your belongings dry.

A few ways to do this:
Float your pack. Use your tube or second flotation device) for your pack to travel on. You could even make use of your camping mattress if it is airfilled.
Drysack your unwettables. You could pack light enough to utilize a larger drysack or separate your items and accept your main pack items could get wet.
Make your pack floatable and quick drying. Many drysacks can fit inside larger hiking packs. With your unwettables secure in the drysack placed inside your pack, it should float on it's own. Many people will add grommets to the bottoms of their pack's pockets to keep from having to deal with saggy heavy pockets at every pickup transitioning from floating to hiking (similar to many boardshort's pockets).

Bring a couple water bottles but we will be directly on the creek so we'll refill with purifiers.
Tents are not allowed. Weather conditions will be posted in advance. Tarps are an option.
All of these factors should lighten your load considerably.

Other things to bring:
A cheap $4 Wal-Mart tube (or blow up device of your choice)
Shoes that will get wet
Bug spray
Sunscreen

And as always:
Weapons
Non-altered measuring tapes
Knowledge of the movie Fight Club and Boondock Saints
Saturday night is cook what you kill night

High Clearance carpooling, preferably 4wd will be discussed
We can organize a little better when we meet Friday. That way every guy won't be packing a lantern, stove, etc. You may be asked to strap an extra item to your backpack.

2010 Participants

• Skatchkins (4 year veteran)
• Silversides (4 year veteran)
• Spshl J (4 year veteran)
• AZsteve-o
• Offroadaz
• AZCA jeeper
• Avis

Predicted Temperatures: 79° High / 45° Low

Chat it up


Last Year's Adventure: http://www.higherground4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?2544-Manmping-2009

I heard this spot is one of the few on earth where bacon is know to grow in the wild. From what I recall one must climb high onto a cliff to retrieve the greasy goodness before falling into a pool of frigid water

Skatchkins wrote:Just an update on times this year:
Manmping is slated for August 13-15
Hone up on your survival and hiking out skills.

Ya hear that Alan??? Time to drop a few pounds :)

Would love to make this trip! I'll reserve the dates.. going on the Calender now

Sc00by wrote:Ya hear that Alan??? Time to drop a few pounds :)

A few pounds? Thanks for being kind. I need to drop a whole person!

alanzona wrote:A few pounds? Thanks for being kind. I need to drop a whole person!

nah just a circus midget

LOL!!!

I hear ya Alan.. I too need to drop a couple midgets

Actually, I just looked at my Calendar and I'm in Chicago that weekend. whew!

Zach leaves for Basic on the 17th... so theres a good chance Ill be out as well probably be trying to get most of the family together for that weekend.

Sc00by wrote:Zach leaves for Basic on the 17th... so theres a good chance Ill be out as well probably be trying to get most of the family together for that weekend.

Bring him along.
Where's all the skinny people's excuses?

Skatchkins wrote:Bring him along.
Where's all the skinny people's excuses?

No excuses here! (at least not right now). If I'm not off fighting a distant wildfire count me in!

AZCA jeeper wrote:No excuses here! (at least not right now). If I'm not off fighting a distant wildfire count me in!

Didn't get a wildland job so I'm still in! Only 9 weeks left!

BTW, totally doing that backflip this time.

My mother-in-law is pushing to have a party for Zach that weekend his "ship out" date was moved up a week from the 24th to the 17th. So it'll look like I have to back out of this. :(

Trust me Id rather be there than here!!

Just saw photo evidence from July fourth that the rope swing is still there :)


SPSHL J last year

how many miles is the hike to camp spot?

Which one? :)

Caleb's added

I’ve got my stache and I’m ready to go! I think this year we need to toughen up and be like the barefoot guy from the tv show “Dual Survival.”







Anyone have a gun I can borrow?