Not really a palace... more like a tenement. I recently bought the JRB Bear Mountain Bridge Hammock and I'm putting it through its paces in the back woods. I love the hammock, but my current tarp is not adequate for the spreader bars. Today there are gusty winds (20 MPH plus) and the tarp was going up against the spreader bars pretty violently at times. I devised a plan:
I had an old rain fly pole that I put through the tie outs along the rake.
Improv Winter Palace (1).JPG
I needed some tension pulling it toward the tree, so I used a prusik on the tarp ridge line to give it a pull.
Prusik tension on pole.JPG
I only had one rain fly pole laying around, so I fashioned a field expedient pole from a small cedar that was rubbed to death by deer.
Field expedient pole.JPG
The pole mods resulted in quite a bit of clearance for the spreader bars and a good amount of additional room.
Improv Winter Palace (10).JPG
Gives it a fairly unique look.
Improv Winter Palace (7).JPG
This will have to do until I can get a new tarp with interior poles.
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