Does anyone have any good tips for easily getting out of a hammock and for sitting down and lounging? I have an 1.7 MTN single layer 11' gathered end hammock with 83% ridgeline. When I first go to get into the hammock, I can sit and it feels really good, everything seems at the exact correct height and I can stand up easily again at this point with hardly any effort. But after I lay in it for awhile and try to get out, I pull up on the ridgeline, and go to sit and the edge digs in hard to my thigh and is uncomfortable to put my shoes back on and I also feel like I'm lower at that point too which adds a little bit more difficulty getting out. Is that because the hammock stretched while I was in it? Does anyone have any good tips out to easily get out of a hammock? I have tried walking backwards and that does work but when I do that it pushes my tyvek sheet back and is annoying. I'm just wondering if there is any easier way. I really need an easier way to get out because last week I had horrible night cramps in my legs and every time I tried to get out, my leg cramps said nope, you will stay there and suffer and howl in pain.
Also, I would like to be able to sit in the hammock a little more comfortably. I've tried straddling the hammock, and that's good, but I'd like to sit and look out the side and lounge that way too but I'm still not finding a good way to do it yet.
I've tried searching for this but I didn't find very much. Please help this hammock newbie out!
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