So we're thinking of backpacking some trails in Hawaii, . . . that's right, gear-on-my-back sort of thing . . . , . . . don't laugh.
I've spent most of my life making sure I had some sort of vehicle to haul my gear. Anything from a dugout to my 6x6, but now I'm heading into barely explored (by me) terrain. So I'm aware that I need a real backpack (still studying on that) and even clothing/footwear, but the one thing I'm comfortable modifying for weight savings right off the bat is our hammock suspensions.
The goal is to go w/ short poly huggers, UCRs, and a few fast shackles. The splicable stuff I can do myself. My main question (for the moment) is how short can I go before it's too short?
Here in the desert I could wrap a 4'er twice around most things we hang from. I've also spent some time in Central America, so I am familiar the size some trees can reach in the tropics. Though not usually the trees we were hanging from. That was also the days of using rope, so I've never thought about how long a strap that would have been.
So what do you think is the perfect length before you're just carrying extra webbing around.
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