That's an awesome looking set up you got their WV. I always enjoy seeing what you come up with its always so innovative and well thought out. Looking forward to checking out your system at Mt. Rodgers, see ya their.
That's an awesome looking set up you got their WV. I always enjoy seeing what you come up with its always so innovative and well thought out. Looking forward to checking out your system at Mt. Rodgers, see ya their.
Sometimes I like to hike and think, And sometimes I just like to hike.
Hiking is'ent about waiting for the storm to pass its about learning to hike in the rain.
I was thinking of something similar when I made my bug hut. It looks like you have worked most of that out already. Very good job!
That's quite the engineering marvel there WV! I can see why you say that it won't be duplicated. Building a log cabin on each outing probably wouldn't be any more work and would definitely be easier on the brain. Of course it would weigh more.
Mike
"Life is a Project!"
I'm working on another hammock sock with a floor (i. e. "tent"). This one will be a bit lighter and will have the entry midway on one side (vertical zipper) instead of at the end (snaps). This time I'm keeping drawings of each piece of fabric, with updates as they get modified, so I can make another one if I want to.
Hammock socks are obviously a big step up for winter camping comfort, but I never considered one with a floor in it. That allows you to changed clothes in relative comfort while still sheltered from the elements. Good thinking there WV!
Mike
"Life is a Project!"
Great stuff WV! Creative and innovative as usual.
If you're not warm in that then nobody's warm.
Knotty
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It was born out of a desire to stop losing small objects in the snow, but an unexpected advantage turned out to be having a sheltered place to use a pee bottle.
By the way, it is a sheltered place to change clothes, and another unexpected advantage is that because the space is so cramped, by the time you've succeeded in donning all your warm layers in the morning, you're warm from the exertion.
Ever thought of a stove like this larger (and heavier) system?
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ht=wood+heater
Even though I am an ultralighter, the idea of having something like this to hole up in for a winter storm sounds nice.
What's the advantage of the whoopie slings/UCRs that are holding up your hammock? Do you have another thread dedicated to talking about them? Does it save weight at all? How do you attach them?
They allow fine-tuning the hammock angle within the sock-tent or switching to a different hammock length. Weight considerations are secondary to warmth and ease of set up in winter for me. I could devise a lighter winter outfit (and someday probably will), but this one works too well to abandon it. Gear gets pulled on a pulk rather than carried. This winter Freia will be learning how to pull the pulk. She already excels at carrying a pack.Originally Posted by Bushwhacker
In this rig, the whoopies for the hammock as well as the sock-tent ridge tie-outs connect to biners that are part of the tarp structural ridgeline, but that's just how this system evolved as components were swapped or modified. My 3-season rig uses a tarp structural ridgeline with alpine butterfly knots for hammock attachment. They establish the hammock ridge length and are spaced to fit one specific hammock, so there is no need for whoopies or UCRs.
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