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System I devised on my thru last year: My headlamp sleeps around my neck, my phone sleeps in my left thermal forearm sleeve, nitecore power bank sleeps in right forearm thermal sleeve, filter gets...

Kinda depends on how crazy the rain/wind is. On my AT thru last year I used one of two methods. Method one, if the wind was chill enough, I'd clip my DCF Palace doors together inside the tarp and use...

I'm 5' 4" and have to lay just right for full coverage.

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This the week of excitement and thanks all around. I got the shipping notification on mine yesterday.

http://www.dream-hammock.com/order_detail.html?order=4549

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Anyone have better news than I'm finding on the burn ban? Park website says its still in place.

I have definitely gotten a side eye roll when I borrowed my dad's laser levels to square, Mark, and cut projects.

It takes some tinkering to get the material completely flat and still (I used...

That's probably true, I made a hammock out of the Vader blue and it's pretty sweet. Now... About that lime green :D got an eta on that?

Now just to come out with lime green and Moroccan blue robic 1.0 xl *waits as patiently as possible*

Friendly point of information and pre-apologies for those close to site 28: I'm headed to the park right after I get off work tonight, I'll get there around 3am. I'll keep it quiet but if you hear...

Fairfield and Tyler state parks have some good car camping sites. Cedar Hill is still closed last I looked so those are the closest options.

I know Isle du bois up on Lake ray Roberts is open for...

Subscribed, I've got the same questions. Looking forward to the answers!

Congrats to the winner, and thank you again for your generosity. I hope your birthday was awesome.

:scared:... please don't.

I'm interested to hear how you like it, I've been looking at it for a while but blow by blow might be a bit much. :lol:

Wow, this is truly incredible of you! A wise man once told me "The nicest thing you can do for someone is get them into the woods." Thank you for sharing your blessings. Count me in to the group...

Shoot me a pm with your address and I'll get it in the mail to you.

Who's missing an inflatable solar lantern? I seem to have one more than I left with.

Dad and I are safely back home after a good hike this afternoon.

Thank you to everyone for great company, and all the great food. It's always nice to meet new friends and reconnect with old ones....

On our way, see yall a little before noon!

Thanks for the checklist sarge! Had the map printed with route dates and details for underneath the car seat ICOE, but failed to print em off for our packs...DOH!

It's gunna be a long day at...

Well alrighty then. I go back to work and get swamped, come back here and ya'll have worked out more awesome ideas. Good work, looks like more tinkering to entertain myself at camp this weekend.

I have some variety, though certainly not as much as I'd like. I find that much of my gear is DIY, or in some less graceful cases just plain rigged. I've got a healthy order history from Dutch and...

Wow, I'm impressed! I consider myself reasonably competent at splicing but I got lost following that video. Excellent work SGT Rock. Is the old spyderline the same diameter as the newer stuff? Odd...

I had a rough go at dealing with noises when I first started venturing into sleeping outside, it gets easier with time. I have also had the dog wake up call in my yard too, but it was a tennis ball...

For what it's worth I used Permatex Flowable Silicone and only sealed the pullouts on my Superfly. No leaks in the ridgeline yet.

+1 to the equivalency theory! I currently have 5, with another sitting half finished beside the sewing machine and fabric for 2 more on the way soon. Hammocks are an addiction, with side effects of...

I think we're following many of the same threads, I like your style.

For me, this pursuit is equal parts entertainment, challenge, and weight reduction. In it's current form I'm down an ounce and...

Does anyone know any reputable dealers for spyderline? I've never even heard of the stuff before.

Off topic but, ksbcrocks, is that a hammock from the material you won at Fairfield last year?

Were you tying the knot to the kevlar? I joined the amsteel and strap with a larkshead using the fixed eye I put at the end of the line and tied the knot I described at the CL on the hammock. Sorry...

I went out this weekend and tinkered some more with my original proposed set up, and figured the key to making the slipped Becket hitch work! Rather than just passing a bight through the knot and...

Did some more fiddling myself this afternoon, and came up with the same confusing type of results as Mophead... a few different variables with differing levels of success within the same variable...

I'm happy to take on whatever responsibilities I can to keep the trip on the positive.

That being said I go back to the doc a few days before the trip for what I'm hopeful will be the final post...

Kinda like how I bundle the excess whoopie line and tuck it into the fixed eye to be held by tension. But this time it's actually serving a functional purpose as opposed to neurotic purpose. I can't...

The "toggle" I had planned to use was nothing more than the bundled up excess line jamming the bight.

There's a good picture of what I'm talking about further back in this thread.

I had plenty of First Aid training in scouts as a kid, and was a certified lifeguard about 10 years ago so I got the first aid, CPR, AED, water safety and rescue training there.

Oh man... the number of ways I could find to mess that up! I'll add that to the list of reasons I like hollow braid line.

Cool to see though and useful no doubt, thanks for the exposure to...

Sorry I missed this. All I do for a backsplice in Amsteel is take the tapered end, and bury it back into the line to clean it up.

Go to 10:35 on this video, that's how I do it.
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MatthewMeredith, Funny because it was that picture and those posts that got me thinking this proposed system up and where I got the idea of using the line itself as a toggle.

I tired a rough go...

Richard, My plan was to use the line itself as a toggle, and to eliminate any extra, or seperate pieces from the system. Also, I never have trusted a loop around a MSH not to blow off and send my...

It's a bummer to hear that you've tried it without success but I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from others. My one suspension failure so far led to a hole in my hammock upon landing so I...

I recently read about using a Becket Hitch in hammock suspension and would like to play with the idea. I've looked around a bit, but most of what I'm stumbling upon is people using a becket hitch...

My very first night in a hammock was a young n' dumb accident... Had the eno pitched at the lake with friends. After enjoying a few too many libations I was woken up at 11 pm by the park ranger to...

Oh man, thats a serious time table acceleration. Did I miss something before that mentioned something other than getting there between 7pm and 9pm? I'm about 45 min from heading out the door, Things...

I picked up 6 three liter bottles of water at the store to cache at the crossings, know it may be overkill but I wasn't certain how many people will be in the group and how much everyone likes to...

Sarge, You are the one who orchestrated LSHT club maps playing so nicely with the app? Fantastic work! I'm certain I'm not the only one who appreciates your efforts and extends many thanks. And the...

Sarge, The intersection I was speaking of is the intersection "where the LSHT crosses Osborne Road" one of the water caching sites you mentioned. I figure I've got the time, so I may as well go hide...

:confused: What in the world is a crotch waffle? And to be clear, the intersection you speak of is on the north side of the loop correct? I admit, I'm of the GPS generation, maps and I have an...

Time off request approved, now for an escape to the woods to go learn a thing or two! Since I work nights I had to take the whole day off, I can be there as early as mid afternoon. Are there things...

Haha, Thanks Sarge. I'll put in the time off request for Friday on Monday and I'll have a definite yes or no. I'm excited about this one, I've been wanting to see some of the LSHT.

I'd really like to go, and think I have everything I need, but I have yet to have a trip planned that I haven't had to bail out of for one reason or another. Gear and Fear have been the problems....

Baby Huey, I seem to remember my order took a bit to ship and arrive as well but the wait was definitely worth it.