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I really wish this forum had a like button to like posts like yours. Really awesome pictures, and I can only imagine what the camping experience must be like. Thank you for sharing.

I used to duck hunt up at Ted Shanks. Deer are all over the place. Used to like to watch them dance around and play in the flooded fields when the duck hunting was slow.

I like the idea of the "Super Shelter" and enjoying the radiant heat from the fire. But I'm in the camp that keeps the fire far away from my tarp. I really DON'T want any burn holes in my nice SLD...

My bike or my car are parked at the campsite, fire in the fire pit, cooking gear, water and stuff on the picnic table, then my hammock is set up in the trees and rocks just off the creek. The only...

I might be interested in Hazel Creek some time. It's been on my radar. I need a weekend when I don't have to ferry my daughter back and forth to work. I believe I can ride into Hazel Creek, so...

A couple pics of Marble Creek...
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I've hung in those trees all along the creek there.


https://photos.app.goo.gl/gS4hRgWVYcvaVj4m9

My favorite place in Missouri so far.

For a little bit of a different idea, I've been hammock camping at Marble Creek Campground. It's not a hike in. They have nice little campsites that you can park at, car or motorcycle. I like...

I was reading your thread and came across this:
https://shop.materialconcepts.com/prodcat/soft-tyvek.asp

I also nticed they have perforated tyvek on there as well as metalized. ...

I like this.

When packing stuff in my bag to take on the back of my motorcycle, I'd compress everything as much as I could to get as much as possible in my 1 bag.
Later on, I picked up a double ended stuff sack...

Kitsapcowboy,
I really like that Timbuktu pattern material you have there, and I'm a green or brown camo guy.

Last minute works for me! If I'm up to it, I'll make it.

---Charlie

It's not doing as well as I hoped. I got the cast off last wednesday, and they gave me a boot to wear. It's just painful. Some days are better than others. In all honesty, I'm more comfortable in...

You could take a 6" piece of shock cord, put the 2 ends thru a cord lock to form a loop, then larks head around the pole and your ridgeline and pull it tight to fasten the pole to the ridgeline. It...

That looks really great. Well done!

Cool!
This looks like a job that the Weller can actually do!

Jellyfish,
Thanks for posting your video. I have watched all of your videos so far. You do a very professional presentation. Your videos are of very good quality, and you are very well spoken and...

I got my cast off today, and now I'm in a boot. I was thinking about maybe coming down and doing the friday night hang in the parking area off Hwy A, maybe even using my tent, which I'd be able to...

I read a thread about a hammock and cover he tie dyed. It looked very good.

https://theosus1.wordpress.com/2016/12/12/taco-wrap-completion/

Actually, awesome is more like it.

---Charlie

They say that the first step is admitting that you have a problem... ?

I think that's a really cool idea.

---Charlie

I am really impressed with what you all are doing with this idea. Jellyfish, I really enjoyed your video, the work that you did on your underquilt, and how you jumped into the testing right away. I...

No way you can beat $28. Good find.

---Charlie

Your setup is so cool. It's light, adaptable, ingenious. I'd press the "Like" button if we had one.

Both! Fold and stuff.
My Kelty 12 is suspended on a continuous ridge line. As both sides of the tarp hang, I take them and fold them over the ridgeline about half way. Then I slide on my loofa...

http://www.hammocktent.com/en

I like the looks of this. WL makes nice gear.

2nds on the Mayfly if it comes to me.
Thanks.
---Charlie

I'm impressed.

I'm using the Dutchware gear Dyneema/polypro straps. They are light (as far as straps go) and work great with the cinch buckles, and don't stretch. I like them.

Darn,
I won't even be able to try to make it. Car made a left in front of me, and I'm getting some hardware installed in my foot. Bike is totaled. I'm out for at least 12 weeks.
Have fun at this...

That's an incredible shot.

---Charlie

15 ft dyneema/poly from Dutchware. I'm here in Missouri.
I did notice that my pack is a LOT heavier than anyone else's.

That would definitely snap that line. There must be thousands of pounds of force exerted on a line in that situation.
Wouldn't that be a cool experiment to rig a load cell between 2 trees and...

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who got cold last night.

Roll Call

I'm in. Parking lot at 12:30

Interesting.
Have you looked at carbon fiber tubes?

With all of that, we'll be able to build a cabin for the winter!
I can't carry all that. My knees just won't let me. I'll be paring down my pack as much as possible. I'll be fortunate if I can...

So I'm guessing that we will be able to have a fire? That means I have to pack my little chair...

---Charlie

My order arrived Saturday. Thanks Dutch!
I have 15' dyneema/poly straps with Dutch clips, cinch buckles on continuous loops, and double opening sacks for the hammock and tarp. This is pretty...

Yes, that will work better than a cord lock.

Does the top quilt have the sewn footbox? I don't see snaps or a drawcord.
What is the length and width on the UQ?

Thanks,
---Charlie

This has been an enjoyable thread to read, with lots of good information and references.
I just got a package from Dutchware with a new hammock suspension and some spools of cord. I'm using a Kelty...

^^^ Good idea.
I guess a person could also use a cord lock, plastic or hand tied.

I'm out. It's obviously yours, Robin, since you paid for it.
I hope everything is alright with the seller.
Now, to find a topquilt...

Cheers!

---Charlie

^^^ :thumbup:

I see this ad is still up.
Is the topquilt still available?
If so, I'll take it.

---Charlie

I didn't think about taking the bugnet on and off. I guess I'll leave the bugnet on the suspension if the bugs are out. It's not a deal breaker, but it's one thing I overlooked.

I've been reading a lot of stuff on here lately.
I finally made up my mind on a suspension upgrade for my ENO doublenest hammock.
I'm going with a complete cinch buckle suspension with Dutch...

I've gone to Arkansas a couple of times to hunt ducks and geese. The guides I hunted with try to steer you to the "duck pluckers" to get your birds plucked. They have some pretty neat setups with...