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There's no better way to stargaze than in a hammock.

Can look straight up; arms holding binocs are supported. Think about it for next meteor shower!

Now, we just need transparent trees ......

I use the NiteIze CamJam clips to adjust ridgelines quickly- Sunday, while it was raining! made it taunt.

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Thanks. :D Another reason hammocks beat tents: got sandy shoes? Just flip the hammock; every grain of sand, gone.

A tent stays sandy.

Those are super lightweight Rocky C4s; lighter than tennis...

Finally had a photo-worthy hang at Gulf Islands National Seashore:

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Hold your right hand out and make a "finger gun" - index finger out, thumb up.

Draw a dotted line from point of finger to top of thumb: it's about 30 degrees. This works shockingly well!
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Hate to carry it, but pillow's a must have. Mine's a self-inflating one ... Summit Outfitters Airpak Pillow. Lightweight, compressible.

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Thanks. Big Heinlein fan!

Apparently everyone's needs and uses are different, and there's a lot of ultralight travelers here. I'm somewhere in-between; used to hike way too heavy; switched to a...

I have been struggling with the tarp ridgeline, and may have finally "grokked" it - I can simply use another CamJamXT with its biner hook through one tarp eyelet (see illustration "2") and thus, be...

Cat attempted to join me in the 11-footer last weekend.

Twice. :scared:

With those razor-sharp claws, it would have been the end of that hammock.


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Just ordered 12kN replacement biners; going to use the low-rated ones for ridgelines.

Many thanks for noticing, @Five Tango.


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No, no- there are two hammocks; the Yukon came with metal screw shackles, wich I replaced with the Mad Rock carabiners.

The Twisted Root hammock came with the low-rated biners in question.
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No, I've been hanging from them. And to think I doubled up the Amsteel loops 'cause I didn't *really* trust the stuff!


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Well; great point. Though I've upgraded the Yukon's biners to Mad Rock climbers, the ones shown on the Twisted Root ARE the stock ones it came with! so I assumed they were adequate. I weigh about a...

Bears have become a serious nuisance/danger here lately. One knocked down and smashed/ate my neighbor's bird feeder Saturday.

Just missed seeing the huge black bear Sunday- I refused to take a...

Thanks, all!

You trip over stuff, and get overwhelmed- then sit down and digest it all- and hopefully, apply what you've learned.

I was "forced" to spend most of Saturday studying that book- in...

Buying a hammock is easy. :lol: Sticking a toe into this forum's "waters" can be an information overload!

So I bought the book ... Derek's book is a big help.:cool:
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Florida just had a large bear hunt last year; there are just more of them.

They're talking about raising our trash rates to pay for bear-proof cans. They HAVE been seen on our street, and even our...

No, never heard of Kisatchie. This was in/near Gulf Islands National Seashore. Bears are the new nuisance these days. Last week it was coyotes; we've gotten used to them, now. Many disappeared pets,...

In for one, for the same exact reasons! (Have the Yukon, want longer).

Planning on a custom, but not for three more months (Christmas). Best of hiking-hanging is coming Oct.-Nov.-Dec.

Thanks.
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Thanks all. :)



This is nothing to those who live in real bear country, but they are/were very rare here locally. Only recently a group of three, including a cub, have been seen in...

Good morning, group! (I wasn't going to say "Howdy, hangers." Can't pull that off.)

As an occasional browser of shop site Woot, I sometimes grab outdoors stuff if it seems like a great deal....