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Nice work! Do you find it easier to pack up and move on using this? I've been thinking about making one myself.

I've been a XLC guy since I started hanging, but there's a part of me that is really wanting a RR. I'm normally way back in the mountains at a high lake, stalking trout, so weather protection is my...

I lived in TX for a few years, and I had no issues using a WBBB XLC with the 20* Yeti UQ. When it was warm I'd leave it rigged, but on the side, then if it cooled off I'd slip it in place. If it...

Check the foot end height carefully, if you hang it low you'll end up with your feet near the end of the Wookie, that can sometimes cause the sides to drop ever so slightly leaking in cold air.

As a scoutmaster I used an old Army parachute. It may not be waterproof, but even under intense downpours it would only mist slightly. It can be rigged high, over a fire, won't melt, and can be...

The Wookie, there is no alternative to sleep comfortably. I've tried 2/3 length with a foot pad, and traditional full length, none come close to the Wookie in reliable comfort and easy setup.

I use the HG CF STD tarp and add a 2QZQ UQP as needed. It's a bomb proof setup.

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I have the HG CF STD tarp in camo, and love it. I've been all over the CO mountains with it, and it's never let me down. I bring my 2QZQ UQP on nearly every trip, and use it when it's windy or...

It was a genuine happy face :)

There's no sound sweeter than the wind in a tall pine :)

Had an opportunity to get a quick fish and hang at a lake near Mt Harvard, CO with my daughter and her husband last week. We planned it as just an overnight, but could have easliy stayed a few days...

In the CO mountains we get hammered all summer by storms. I try to find hang sites with some brush protection and align my rig parallel to the prevailing weather. If storms are a good bet I hang my...

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Kuwait airport ramp temp 65C, Aug 1997. The crew refused to know the F conversion. Our performance manual only went to 50C....we were test pilots.

A guy I work with today contracted Lymes disease while we were at SERE school. Typical military he was not diagnosed for years, when the effects had become severe. He's still alive today, but is...

I use NUUN tablets in a water bottle, light, easy, and effective for cramps. Use them training for Ironman.

https://nuunlife.com/products/nuun-electrolytes/

I've tried Shug's method of using a foot pad under my feet/lower legs but found the pad hard on my heels. So I swapped my Yeti for a Wookie and felt much less pressure on my legs as the hammock and...

I tried out whoopies for a bit on my XLC, but was always running into spacing issues and not having the hammock set properly. Swapped to Beetle Buckles and spider straps and am much happier.
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I'm fine with the fauna, it's the two-legged snakes that concern me, the harder I am to see the better. Besides animals are gonna smell me far sooner than they'll see me.

I'll take it.

After 20+ years serving our great country I needed time at mountain lakes to catch a fish or listen to the wind in the pines. Hammocks made it possible to stay there a few days at a time and truly...

I use a 0* wookie year round in the mountains, which if you're in AZ you're probably hanging in the mountains in the summer....or if not then you don't need a top or bottom quilt, just a water...

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Thank you!

Excellent, PM inbound.

PRICE DROP TO $100.

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I really like the bushwhack camo pattern, can you do a winter variant that's got lots of white? I just like blending in out there....in any season.

I have to admit to a "rough patch" after I retired from the military and too thank Brandon, Shug, and a few others for getting me back out there over 4 years ago. I look forward to listening to the...

Price Drop, now $110.

Hennessy Ultralight Explorer Asym Classic for sale. Purchased in 2015 from another forum member and used a total of 5 nights since. Reason for selling is I'm looking for an 11' hammock. No damage,...

Right you are sir, was typing and thinking at the same time....a dangerous combo! :)

Been there done that!

Also wanted to mention that on Warbonnet's site the head end should be closer to the tree assuming that you lower that end vs raising or tightening the foot end. After...

Funny, I had Southern Cross" by Crosby Stills & Nash in my head....80' of waterline nicely making way :)

Thanks!
There is nothing quite so relaxing as that sound.

30 sec of pure wind driven therapy to ease your Monday. Taken during a little snow storm in the pines outside the Air Force Academy in the Pancake Lakes.
https://youtu.be/WxyLlN85Wqc

I never even saw a fish! Which for it being a gold medal stream is too bad, the min keeper has to be 16"!

I've really struggled with the sideways pics and I know it's annoying, but I have yet to...

Thank you. I'll have to up my game in that case, so far I've only used dry flies, and clearly they were smart enough to know that nothing was flying around :)

It took a little figuring out how to keep the guides open.

I was surprised too, especially when I said good morning under that thick quilt with a steaming tea in my hands :)

Had to get away and take advantage of the outstanding weather we've been experiencing with a quick overnight trip to the Platte River. 159634

Weather was typical, highs in the 30s lows near zero,...

I have the 0 and use it year-round. I've contemplated getting the 3 season, but in reading this may reconsider. We can get snow/frost in the mountains in summer. If the packed size is truly...

It's been an evolution....
Started with Whoopies and marlin spike on my XLC. Picked up a set of Dutch's whoopie hooks to eliminate the wet/sappy strap & hammock issue. On occasion I had to make...

Thanks, it's Gourd Lake, Indian Peaks Wilderness, CO.

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I'm also 5' 10" and 160lbs, side sleeper, and prefer a medium firm bed. I started with a Warbonnet XLC 1.1 double layer and ended up giving it to my son and replaced it with a 1.7 single layer. The...

I used 2" x 2"'s and if good clear wood (no knots), given the angles of weight distribution and the fact that there are 6 legs total even if it needs to handle someone weighing more than me I just...

Hangdang, I started with your exact same setup and went through the sap issue on my first trip into the MT backcountry. First, the sap comes off easily when you get home by coating the sap with...

I leave the net on my XLC year round. It cuts wind, and in winter will actually keep most snowflakes from getting in :)

I have seen where it does collect frost from breathing, but it's minimal,...

Depending on the funds available, there are a number of ways to go.
It also depends on your balance between weight and comfort.

Given what you’ve currently got, I would focus on the hammock and...

I like to think of the hammocking community as having a "big tent". I'm really a backcountry fly fisher who happens to enjoy the quality rest and versatility of a hammock. My trips are centered...

The only thing finer to listen to while hanging besides rain on a tarp (any tarp) is the wind blowing in the pines. It's all good.

As an aside, there are dozens of videos with the sound of rain...