https://www.foxnews.com/us/hammock-a...s-ohio-sisters
Tragic, be careful hanging from structures.
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/hammock-a...s-ohio-sisters
Tragic, be careful hanging from structures.
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Last edited by rog97; 06-15-2020 at 21:47.
So sad
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Horrible news! Structures or trees, hammocks can develop a great deal of sideways pull. It scares me to see tight suspensions, even among our group. These piano wire tight single line suspensions will bring out the worst in a tree.
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So very sad- our prayers go out for the family.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/hammock-a...s-ohio-sisters
Excerpts:
A 14-year-old Ohio girl and her younger sister were crushed to death by falling bricks as they were lying in a backyard hammock, according to reports.
They were killed when a brick pillar collapsed, according to the station.
The hammock had been tied to the pillar and a tree.
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Sorry, I just noticed this article was already posted 9hrs earlier. Please delete as this is a duplicate thread.
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Very sad.
I've found that aspins are prone to an easy topple too.
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Just tragic!
Several months ago, I hung a hammock from a couple of trees, in the wooded lot, in the back of my property. It was my place of relaxation.
I had kept it there full time, and had decided to take it down with the forecast of a storm with strong winds coming in.
After the storm had pass and the weather was nice again, I went out with the intentions of hanging the hammock back up. Comes to find that one of the trees had gone down. I have no idea what kind of tree it was, but it was about 50ft tall and 20"dia. I'd also come to find that the interior of the base of the tree, down through the roots, was all rotted. Appears like a healthy tree from the exterior.
I just saw that story on my news feed. Very sad indeed.
Last edited by TallPaul; 06-16-2020 at 12:12.
That's so very sad. It's one of the few things that worry me when I'm out camping -- widow makers and bad trees.
There's always a small part of my brain worried that one of those branches way above me is closer than I thought and I'll find out the hard way in the middle of the night. I'm also concerned that even strong and wide trees may not be as sturdy (or as firmly fixed to the ground) as I hope. It's not like giving them a shove will tell me it's bad. My only hope is that if one of the trees falls down it falls directly onto the other tree I'm hanging from which will protect me from the first one -- it could happen ;-)
I have seen that happen many times out in the woods. Plenty of trees that are rotted on the inside, which I oly discover once they ae on the ground.. It is not infrequent tat when hiking some place where I was hiking not long ago, there is a tree or large limb laying where I have previously hiked or even sometimes been hanging.
This is at least the 2nd one I have heard of(other one was years ago) where a child was killed after a hammock caused bricks to fall on them.
It didn't take me long of observing such to develop BB58"s Law: I always use the smallest trees that will support me, as far as possible from all large trees. Once I was hanging my hammock when a LARGE tree just fell over, between 50 and 100 yards from me. It shook the earth when it hit.
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