Any one breaking the -40 degree hammock hanging record ?

**Tumbleweed** · 02-01-2019, 18:20

Originally Posted by Shug

Ya'll should have the Sweaty Butt Hang in TX with really high temps for us Northerners to come down to and sweat and try and stay cool.
Instead of lots of down UQs more battery powered fans.
Shug

Interesting hang idea that sweaty butt hang, besides, I have always wondered what texas heat was like.
Reminds me of Lonesome Dove. Cool off with tumblejuice...

**bkrgi** · 02-01-2019, 23:01

I might see -30c Sat night out in the bedroom/deck .....be our first bit of "cold" for this winter season. -30c is easy peasy
So want to do -40 (lowest I have seen in these parts from historical data is around -45c)

**Chesapeake** · 02-02-2019, 00:17

Originally Posted by Trecker8

Not smart to take chances in those temps. No margin of error. If something goes wrong, you’re dead, and likely without realizing it as cognition is the first to go in those temperatures. Let’s not encourage this kind of nonsense. Someone is going to die.

I believe that's called natural selection lol . Joking aside, I don't think someone without enough experience and proper gear would even have the thought of trying it. If they did though, I think they would get too cold and bail well before they got to a dangerous level. And if not, we're back to Darwin.

**bkrgi** · 02-03-2019, 12:24

-30C / -20F last night and slept snug as a bug like any other night. Hoping tonight gets lower...be last chance this year by the looks of things.

**BananaHammock** · 02-03-2019, 12:28

Originally Posted by Shug

Ya'll should have the Sweaty Butt Hang in TX with really high temps for us Northerners to come down to and sweat and try and stay cool.
Instead of lots of down UQs more battery powered fans.
Shug

It’s funny you should say that, I was thinking the same thing this week when reflecting on extreme temp hanging.

**Tikker** · 02-03-2019, 14:19

Originally Posted by Carver

The record is at forty below only because that is the point that modern thermometers cap out. You would have to find a special thermometer to record a lower temperature.

Haha what? A lot of thermometers register well below that

**Forbin** · 02-04-2019, 15:21

Is this for real? You guys are outside in hammocks at -40?

If so...why would you do that to yourself?

**Floridahanger** · 02-04-2019, 16:06

Originally Posted by Shug

Ya'll should have the Sweaty Butt Hang in TX with really high temps for us Northerners to come down to and sweat and try and stay cool.
Instead of lots of down UQs more battery powered fans.
Shug

Weeeeeellllllll, Come on down to the "No Underquilt Hang" in Florida, in July. Just so you know, it's a hike and hang with the shortest trail about 2.2 miles with an average of 12 hangers only. Plenty of space for those that don't like crowds

I wish I coulda hung in some of those cold temps. It only got to 40F as the coldest low for HangCon Jan 24-28. We only got the butt end of the Polar Vortex in Central Florida.