I'm trying to find a support system I saw online some time ago (a year or two?) and not having any luck. It had a paired single pole ie one pole at each end for hammock support. It used a lightweight collapsible pole that was externally braced with 3 tensioned lines spaced 120 deg around the pole running between each end of the pole. Each line was tensioned and gained its leverage from its own short support arm that radiated from the middle of each pole.
'Scuse my artistry, but imagine 3 of these spaced around the pole on the left
|\
| \ <-- tensioned cable going from one end of the pole to the other. Amsteel or something
|...\ <-- the support/tensioning arm
| /
| /
|/
When each pole was positioned on the ground it used:
* two lines extending down & outwards to ground stakes,
* a line from each stake over the ground to the base of the pole (to prevent the pole base slipping towards the hammock),
* a single ground line connecting each pole base (to prevent the pole bases from slipping away from the hammock).
I can't remember if it also had a ridge line or used the hammock's.
It wasn't the current Tensa4 system, but similar in concept. Anyone have a clue?
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