Conditions here are keeping me out of the mountains.......The country is absolutely overrun with the most incredible flood of vacationers. Driving I 90 the other day westbound to Livingston, Mt...... pokinig along at a mere 70 mph (I have no reason to drive faster than that) in a stream of traffic running mostly 80+ (speed limit 80), I started counting the license plates.... approximately 20% were local! Fire season began in June!! instead of August, in fact I'd say that August began in June with absurd temps, and virtually no precipitation......... I won't be backpacking until at least September this disappointing, and downright scary year.
I set up a hang from my porch to play with the Draumr, and was not happy with the lay.... much too flat for me, and I needed something for a pillow. Raising the back helped the lay but slid my feet into the foot box...... it just didn't work for me. Then it dawned on me that perhaps I needed to reduce air pressure..... what a difference! My butt now has a pocket as it should, and everything is much better. For me the optimal pressure is just enough that the foot doesn't drop due to lack of pressure. It's an ongoing experiment.
I'm going to look at ways to temporarily fasten the quilt into the hammock so I can get it in and out without it sliding onto the ground. I wonder how a quilt zippered at least at the bottom... right to the hammock on one side would work out. I don't have a proper backpack top quilt, and last year I used an ordinary fleece throw to get by....... very warm and comfortable, but too bulky and too heavy.........I didn't feel like carrying my down sleeping bag, an arctic class bag from REI in the '70's that really needs to be replaced. I've slept out in -15F in that bag, but it's far past it's prime. Just purchased the High Sierra Sniveler. It has ties down the side for use as a serape, so I'm thinking I'll make attach some fasteners in the hammock to mate with them.
H.W.
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