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www.thru-hiker.com has a reasonable price ($70?) for an Apex UQ kit, if he wants to DIY. Apex quilts are very easy to make.

I love this thinking :)

Exactly! I'm starting to make an apex UQ after some researching. Apex is very easy to make a UQ out of, and it works well if, by any chance, it gets wet.

Hello from the tiny state of Rhode Island!

Welcome from Rhode Island!

I would probably make them out of silnylon.

I have a asym MLD UL spinn tarp. I got it for Christmas.
http://www.mountainlaureldesigns.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=149

Welcome from the smallest state! (No, it is NOT called Long Island :D)

Am I crazy? I don't wont to spend money on a hex or winter tarp, so I thought that I could add removable "doors" on the sides, making it a hex tarp. So, am I crazy or did I actually do something good?

Cotton sheet? What happens if you sweat? I wouldn't want to wake up in a pool of sweat.

Quick question-what are hammock tieouts used for? Would the be useless on a netless hammock? Thanks.

One time when I was getting in to a hammock about 7 feet up, the branch revealed, quite suddenly, that it was eaten by termites. Luckily, I was wearing safety gear! (Word of the wise-always make sure...

The highest I am willing to hang my hammock in a tree is 20 feet. Any higher, I would look down, and see how high I was, and scramble down! I'm just happy that I not the only crazy one here...

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Hello from the littlest state!

I haven't taken pictures yet, but I will try to tomorrow.

I would think there would be too much shoulder squeeze, but that is just my $0.02.
Hopefully someone more experienced will chime in...

I got one of these for Christmas, and was wondering how well it works. Also, does it give as much coverage as the stock Hennessy diamond tarp? Thanks!

Hi, I am new here, and I'm planning on making a 3/4 Apex underquilt. I was wondering if 36 inches wide would be wide enough. That is because I plan on making it 60 inches long. Thru-hiker.com sells...

Well I love boats, and go boating every time I get. When my troop went on a canoe trip last spring, my friend jokingly said to not tell "skipper" (me) what to do when in his canoe. "Skipper" then...

I'm from Rhode Island, And have loved camping since I could walk. I have been lurking around since about September. I am almost 13, and found out about hammocking when I was looking for a lighter...