My Wilderness Logics "Old Man Winter" has arrived!

[WalksIn2Trees]

Thanks for being so quick Marty! I had him add some extra loops on the ridgeline, working good so far!

https://youtu.be/CairYX6HLAU

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[johnspenn]

Nice! And the little bonus supplies were a nice touch. That tarp should come in handy here in a few months!

[WalksIn2Trees]

The Bullfrog worked out nice and I was really happy with it. If a tree branch hadn't poked a hole in it, I wouldn't have felt justified in springing for a new tarp. Sometimes I guess Nature/God/TheUniverse just gives us what we want

Big as the Bullfrog is, though, I realized while using it that I actually wanted a little more interior space when closed down in storm mode (and I think I've commented on that a few times in the past). So this time I decided to go with the generous 13 ft ridgeline, with a special order of extra tie-outs on the ridge to allow for a shorter spacing if needed.

I'd never seen anyone say they'd had extra tie-outs put onto a long tarps ridgeline before and with all of the posts pointing out short tree spacing as a disadvantage of purchasing a longer tarp, I'm kind of surprised no one else thought of it. I'll see how it goes, but I might have another put on so I can hang it inside 10 feet if needed. The weight cost of a couple extra tie-outs is minimal.

Another mod I thought of after is, I should have had him add interior loops on all four side pulls rather than just the two. then I could clip the doors to them when not in use...

Most of the time even in the 0° weather, I didn't feel the need to seal the doors closed, but there were a few times when the wind was howling that I would have liked to and couldn't and The Old Man Winter has Velcro on the doors making that possible.

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[johnspenn]

It will be interesting to see what you end up with when you use the extra ridgeline tie-outs for shorter hangs. Pics and videos will be helpful. looking forward to it!

[OutandBack]

At Timestamp 10:00 it looks like you found out why most don't use a 13' tarp for your typical 10' to 11' hammocks.
A fix since this tarp is so large you could raise it higher then there would be no hammock suspension interference.