My current rig is a Hennessy Explorer Ultralite Asym with the stock Hennessy suspension line and tree huggers. I added descender rings attached by a short cord to a carabiner, such that I attach the 'biner to the tree huggers and the hammock suspension line to the descender rings with a garda hitch. I used this rig every night of a 6 month AT thru-hike in '09 and it worked great. On a few occasions I had to hang from a tre that was too big for my straps to fit completely around, but I could deal with that by undoing the garda hitch and tying the standard Hennessy lashing.
The downside of this set-up is the weight. Carrying around 2 carabiners and 4 descender rings seems a bit excessive. I like the ease of use and adjustability of the webbing solution used by Warbonnet (and I think a WBBB is in my future), but all that webbing also seems a bit on the heavy side.
So I've been looking at using whoopie slings attached to a toggle in the strap. That seems like a simple, low weight solution. But here's my dilemma with it. In the situation where I have to hang from a tree too big for my straps to fit completely around, does the whoopie sling suspension leave me SOL?
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