When I hiked the PCT in ‘15, I started with a Bridge hammock, switching to a gathered end hammock after about 800 miles, the first a diy with a ridge line = 83% off the hammock length and then in a Warbonnet Blackbird with a longer ridgeline (by %). Can’t recall why I changed my sleeping furniture, but since then, I’ve slept at home in both gathered end hammocks. More recently my tolerance for them has plummeted—various issues played roles, eg, calf ridge, heel pressure, hyperextended knees, shoulder pressure.
I reduced the last by increasing the sag, which saw my 83% ridge line going slack and the hang angle going from 30°to 45°. I added a pillow under my knees for the first three.
. The take home lesson: do a search on Google (many answers on this forum) and play with the sag. If the sag works, ignore the 83% ridge line and hang angle “rules.“
Happy hangs!
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