Hello, Roger, Alias Blue Baron here. I am new to this forum. I first slept in a hand woven very colorful hammock in Central America when I was backpacking from BC, Canada to South America and back in the early 70's. I then found it very difficult to sleep in a hammock properly. I then didn't know about sleeping diagonaly. I rediscovered it when I incidentaly purchased a Henessy hammock 5 years ago from MEC, an outdoor cooperative in Canada similar to REI. I think it was and still is an Explorer; bottom entry without zippers on the bugnet and a tiny little tarp, which over the years I have come to appreciate eventhough I have purchased several larger tarps (I now often use both the small tarp and a larger one). I first slept in my Henessy on a kayak trip in Desolation Sound's Curme islets. Didn't know about underquilts, I got quite chilled in the middle of July. I was very surprised. Later that summer I went on another kayak trip on the West coast and wriggled around in my hammock trying to keep a sleeping pad in place in my hammock. Also, the area I camped in had never been logged and all the trees close to the beach were just huge. Since this time, I have always taken two 15 foot webbings whenever hammock camping anywhere, plus the rope attached to the Henessy. I eventualy acquired two JRB underquilts, larger tarps, daisy chain looped 15 foot Python webbings and carabiners. I also sent my Henessy to 2QZQ for zipper installation all around the mosquito net. The net is now completely removeable. That has improved my Henessy 100%. I enjoy hamocking much more than tenting. It was a bit steep a learning curve at first, but the curve is starting to level off.
I love my Henessy and its versatility. At 5 ft 10 inches in height I sleep very comfortably in it. I recently splurged on a Warbonnet xlc and I am very anxious to receive it and try it out.
I mostly canoe and kayak hammock camp.
Blue Baron
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