Quote Originally Posted by Harpo63 View Post
Excuse my rant, if those scout masters are going to say that a hammock hung correctly will stress the tree, then they better cancel their scout camp because all those tents and little feet trampling all over will stress the ground even worse!
To clarify, it was the reservation ranger, not a BSA official or volunteer, that asked me very politely to remove my hammock. I suspect that they had had a variety of honest-to-goodness tree abuse incidents (we are talking about 10-18 year-old boys, after all) and the ranger was doing his best to preserve the health and beauty of the camp. So let's not rant on these nice folks.