Over the weekend I was hammock camping and as is my habit, I was tinkering with some things that had been rolling around in my head. I have never seen this before and I certainty am not recommending this but I would love to get everybody's feedback.
First I was curious if a lark's head could take the place of a Marlin Spike Hitch. I tried the Lark's Head on a cheap Wal **** carabiner. The LH was tied using the continuos loop on the end of my hammock. The adjustable end of my whoopie sling was placed over the LH. I tried it out and it held me fine. WS was easily adjustable seemed like it would be a viable method.
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So of course I didn't stop there, I wondered if the cheap caribiner would hold with no hitch, just loop the WS under the caribiner and over the continious loop.
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It also held me fine. Well.... I still wasn't done. I wondered how far could I take this idea. So I cut off about a 6 inch piece of webbing and doubled it over then folded it in half. I replaced the carabiner with the webbing... yep it held me too! I am 6'1" 250 lbs.
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I certainty am not promoting this as a new way to hang but I like thinking about how things work and trying new ideas. Most good ideas have to start somewhere...( not necessarily saying this is a good idea but maybe it causes someone else to try something different ) I was just curious if anybody has seen anything like this or has any thoughts.
Let the onslaught begin
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