ok, maybe that's a bit ambitious. but it must look weird at first glance, based on what i see most people do with tarps.
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i threa^H promissed i would talk about "other weird things" i do with the tarp, in the other post i showed the tensioning system. the pic shows the setup from last weekend (which was nicely tested by some kind 10+ m/s gusts, or over 22mph, or 19knots).
you can see hopefully the continuous ridge line which looks parallel to the hammock suspension. why i think it is worth discussing are the following:
- the attachment to the trees is the same tree friendly straps as the hammock, this removes the need to carry other straps (or risk hurting the tree when overtightening the ridgeline)
- the ridgeline is made of some very tightly braided 2mm nylon "accessory line" found in climbing shops, it's is quite strong, but also very stretchy. this is a good thing in this case (and one reason why i don't think dyneema is a good idea for rigging tarps)
- the attachments to the tree straps are quick release, so when the tarp needs to come down and away from the straps (once the hammock is safely stowed away), it is nice and fast.
i know it's common for dyneema lashit/zingit rdigelines for the tarp to be considered the rolls royce for hammock tarp ridgelines, so this is a bit of a paradigm challenge, but my experience so far is that this works much better, and the flexibility of the line adds safety and versatility to the setup, so that you can easily bring the tarp close in on the hammock (as can be seen), even if, with the tiny load from the tarp alone, especially with the extreme tree spacing in this case, the tarp would be hanging 2m above the ground; the stretch of the ridgeline allows to bring it as close as desired, by using the guylines (with the tensioning system shown earlier), without any risk of over-straining the tarp itself, and still with a lot of room left to absorb wind gusts.
what do you think? should i go into any more detail, does it look useful?
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