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My family will be meeting more family for a few days in Bangor, ME. I was hoping I could squeak in an overnight to myself while there. Any suggestions of a great or secluded place to hang? I like...

When I take my son and his friend backpacking, weight in their packs is a concern, as they are both on the smaller side, but more so than that is the fact that they want to carry all their own items,...

For Backpacking I keep in the hammock with me my headlamp, phone, phone charger, extra layers if I need them. If it is cold, those items go in the pocket of my down jacket I use as my pillow, if...

Becket hitch convert here, too. Thought I really wanted Whoopie slings with a marlin spike hitch. My 2 favorite hanging spots the trees are too close together, used a becket hitch with them, and I...

I didn't think so, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. The last hut trip I did in VT, as I was laying on the ground trying to sleep, looking up at the ceiling beams, it looked like my hammock...

A couple friends invited me to do a winter overnight at a self service hut in the Whites. I have never stayed in a hut, except to have a snack and fill up my water. Is it possible to hang my...

If you haven't placed your order yet, I am roughly your size and have a Dutch 10.5' hammock with duel knotty mods, and it fits me perfectly. I sleep on my side and stomach inside it, and the knotty...

Warbonnet is a Colorado Company too, if you want to keep your $$ local to Colorado, if you live there as as well as hunt there.

Using a modifyed foot pad, also works for if you have to go to ground for unexpected reasons. You can use the pad for your shoulders/torso area and use your pack for your legs, and rain jacket/stuff...

As one "shorty" to another, the best thing about our size, is 3/4 and short UQs are basically our full length size. Zpads are weird to sleep on, but modifying one for your feet would help the warmth...

Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mtns, is under 2 hours from Tuscon. Camp back country, or in a campground. Drive through a few ghost towns, and is a great history and geology lesson, too.

That sounds like a great product you are trying to innovate. I would suggest if you have the gear, to hang and nap, or hang and sleep in a variety of temps and tree set ups. This gear to me sounds...

I've not run into that at Liberty Springs, though I did have the caretaker this year at Ethan Pond direct me to an area that was full of dead trees, or trees too thin and young to hang on. Way...

If no one is responding here, you might try Section Hikers website. He has a write up about backpacking the Kate Sleeper trail, maybe try the comment section there? My experience is if you give...

Great idea. Perfect combo to get kids/teens into it. When my son doesn't use it, I could have a set up to take friends, or back up to my own gear.
saving the pennys now.

I used to go stoveless all the time backpacking pre motherhood. Now, I have a coffee routine I am finding hard to kick. Sometimes I plan my trips around certain peaks or ponds I want to go to,...

Today I loaned my backpacking stove out to a friend taking her kids backpacking for the first time. I thought that I would use this as an opportunity to try and make an alcohol stove and take it out...

Country Roads, I'd love to pack a pack with you. I was able to figure out a way to get all my gear and two and a half days worth of food in the 30L. I scrutinized everything, made sure everything...

Handy Randy is right, it is so easy to do the hitch wrong, thinking you are doing it right. Thanks Shug for the pictures.
This time around my trees were too close together so I just went webbing...

Plenty of great spots off Ethan Pond Trail and Thoreau falls. Last Monday when the weather was questionable I ventured down Shoal Pond trail and found some great spots. Great spots on Fishing Jimmy...

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Two Thunderflys hanging in the White Mountains last weekend. I am loving my Thunderfly and the fact that it covers the bottom of my hammock without engulfing me completely.

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Using my new suspension 3rd night out. Is this really the Marlin, or have I just lucked out on it holding me? I definitely move around sleeping. But would rest more soundly, if I were...

I just came back from my overnight. I’m a smaller person who barley makes it to 5’3” on my tip toes, so I’m lucky that my gear is small, too, and that helps it fit in the small pack. I think for...

My beloved husband gifted me a 30L Ospry pack to replace my 22yearold 2400 Gregory that was getting past it's prime. As I got more into backpacking with a hammock set up, the weight and volume of my...

I have not hiked the Osseo trail after Mt. Flume, but I do know from experience that Liberty Springs is a reliable water source after Mt Garfield and the Franconia Ridgeline, and a great place to...

I had this same discussion with my husband when I switched from backpacking in a tent with the dog, to soloing in a hammock, without the dog. He wanted bright colors, incase I would get lost, mauled...

I am just up north in VT and would love to meet other women hangers and backpackers, see their set ups, and maybe have some one help tweak mine. My problem is I only have Sundays and Mondays off. I...

Would you be able to show a picture of the Venom strap hooked up to your hammock? I am fully intrigued by this thread. Everytime I think I have my hanging techniques down, I learn something new. I...

I can’t wait to try that set up! I usually just batten down the hatches when I sleep, half porch mode never occurred to me.

Taking advantage of the sale, I just pulled the trigger on a Thunderfly. A little bit of buyers remorse, thinking that I should have gone with the Minifly. I chose the TF based on the panel pulls...

I keep my hammock, UQ, and fronkey style bugnet all fit just fine, and pack well into my double ended stuff sack that came with my netless hammock from Dutch. I would have room for a lighter TQ, if...

i think with some out of the box thinking and some creative injenuity you can make do with what you have. Go out a few times, and you will figure out what you want and what you don"t. My first solo...

Best hammock item my husband got for me was my DW bugnet. Game changer for VT mosquitos, black flys, etc... , and a down beanie for sleeping. At this point, when we car camp, my husband and now...

In colder temps I usually sleep with it in the hammock under my feet or to the side of me that is facing the wind, along with my HG UQ. I was thinking of using it as a pad along with my UQ tonight,...

Gah! I'm all set for trying a trial run of a winter hang in our woods out back, even in this cursed icy rain mix that is washing away all our VT snow. The moisture from above has just stopped, and...

Dutchware has a great hammock and with Knotty Mods added, can close around you like a cozy hug even when lying the diagonal way. When ordering your hammock, if you order your suspension at the same...

I am a hammock backpacker, and when my family goes out together I am a Hammock camper, and they sleep in the two person tent, since the boy has grown to be almost my size, we can't all fit anymore. ...

Everything about this thread is awesome! This was an issue I had my last solo backpacking trip. In the summer I hang my bra on my ridgeline, just like the photo. In the fall it gets cold and wet...

For those of you who backpack in New England, specifically VT or NH, 3 season, what tarp do you use? What do you like about it and why? What have you used and not liked? Thanks!

Dublinlin, I just started using my FrogTogs rain poncho as a sort of "summer sheet" to collect condensation when summer, early fall backpacking. I just recently heard about summer and winter socks,...

I'm 5'2" 120lbs and I fit perfectly in my 10'5" Dutchware 1.0 hexon fabric, with built in ridgeline hammock. I have the bugnet that fits over the whole hammock with the drawstring on the bottom. I...

If you chose Thoreau Falls, which is an amazing spot, think about getting there via Ethan Pond trail from Crawford Notch. If you park at the Crawford Notch info center the parking is free. If you...

WOW! I have some new hitches to try out now. I appreciate these responses. I can't wait to hang with a new suspension, now to re-read these replies and choose one or more to try out, some seem...

I am slowly, but surely, getting my hang down each time I go backpacking with my hammock. I have in the wishlist section at dutchware what I believe would be my perfect suspension system, but then...

I love the ridgeline attached to my custom 10.5' dutchware hammock for many reasons, but mostly for the hangle one. Once the light dawned on me about the guitar string ridgeline tension, my hangs...

White Rock Mountain to HungerMountain from Middlesex Trail is a fun notso crowded loop, plus I just hiked it and saw a few stealth camping spots that could take a hammock if you want to make it an...

Wow everyone who has replied!
I am grateful for your experience and advice. I appreciate the tip of a brightly colored tarp to add to our "in case we are separated plan".
I look forward to...

I'm ready to take my son on longer, more difficult backpacking trips. (Backpacking the Presidentials in NH) He doesn't weigh very much, (55lbs soaking wet). I want to be cognizant of the amount of...

I discovered hammock camping while backpacking in the White Mountain National Forest. I borrowed a hammock and a tarp for my following trip, and was hooked ever since. I'm slowly getting my family...