Hello ladies and gents, I would love to have a thread that talks about how we have do some things differently than our dear gentlemen. For instance: do you even fully change in the woods? In your hammock.
My longest trip has only been three days. I can totally live with staying in the same clothes up top for that long. In the fall I'll be out for a week or more. How do you discretely change your short and bra in the hammock?
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We have a saying on river rafting trips....."you don't have privacy, you give privacy." I'd just announce that you need a little privacy, and duck under your tarp. The art of the quick change takes practice, but folks can avert their eyes or turn their back for a few minutes. On rafting trips, we have the luxury of using solar showers in camp. After they warm up, we pick a shower spot & suspend the showers. Everyone gets a turn. The rest of the group moves a short distance away, and faces their camp chairs the other direction. The shower taker then announces when they are done and the next person goes to shower. Discuss the ground rules up front with your hiking partners and I'm sure they will give you some privacy. I'm going on my first group hang next month, so I'll be doing the quick change under the tarp.
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Privacy was one of the considerations I had in mind when I did my DIY tarp. It's 12' long PLUS the doors on both ends. The pull outs are both great for my bridge hammock and also for giving me more inside room. Pitched so that I have standing room (ok, I'm short..lol) I'm only visible from the knees down. I can either sit in the hammock and dress or I can sit in a camp chair and change. Normally I end up sitting in the hammock with all my clothes and stuff piled in the chair in front of me.
On a frontcountry trip I even packed a 5 gallon lidded container and used it for nighttime necessities instead of having to stumble down the road to the outhouse.
On group camping trips in the backcountry, most of the others are in tents..sad I know...so I deliberately choose a spot where I've got some natural privacy. They're stuck finding level spots, I can hang down by the lake or back in the trees. With a little planning I get all the privacy I want. Okay, I don't stand around for any length of time buck naked but changing completely and doing washups isn't a problem.
Sounds like a good system when yours is the only group in the area.Originally Posted by cataraftgirl
How would you make this system work with 10 independent groups (not unusual in some campsites in my area..) in one area?
Yep, that would be a problem. I suppose I'll find out how all this "under the tarp" business works when I attend my first hang next month. Getting creative with tarp placement and lowering the sides will be a learning experience.
"We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love.... and then we return home."
Australian Aboriginal Proverb
I know this an old thread- but this is SO TRUE! When camping with a group I will usually place my hammock at the edge of the woods (they all tent camp still) in a way so that the long side o f my hammock is the direction of their tent doors. This allows me to change under or behind my tarp without a problem, but I will always announce that I am going to need privacy, etc. Practice changing bras & tops at home using the scoop method: lean forward, and remove your arms from your top BUT keep your head through the neck hole. If a regular bra is being utilized, simply unsap, remove, and wash, then apply new bra. Take new shirt and put your arms through the sleeves/arm holes, slip it up to your shoulders. Lean forwards and in one fell swoop push the old shirt up over the back of your head, and the new shirt up over your face. All anyone will see is your back (if using a lot of layers, then probably best to strip down to one layer & bra. The pants are the trickiest due to balance, and no swooping. I have seen people who will bring a long loose skirt/coverup and will put that on over their pants/shorts. Then remove shorts/pants & underwear together while keeping the skirt/nightgown on. Wash up. Apply new underwear & then your next layer of clothes- remove skirt/nightgown. Of note- if the nightgown were baggy enough, you could combine both techniques for the top & bottom clothes!
When I want privacy I do about the same thing I do at home. I shut the door
I set up so I can pull my tarp down into A Frame then install a Grizz Beak on the end (if there is one) that faces the camp. I am also not shy about announcing what I am doing be it changing clothing or cleaning up. Besides, if someone "peeks" in at me, I am not responsible if they go blind!!
Interesting thread! I've recently made the switch to hammocking, and I haven't yet been to the backcountry with it (got a trip planned in June, though). I've been wondering how easy it will be to change with just a tarp for cover, but hopefully my companions will be polite to avert their eyes. And, as others have mentioned, I can perhaps get tucked away back in the trees a bit more as well. We shall see. I guess I just won't worry about it TOO much, since I've always had to drop my drawers for potty breaks, and I've been known to "bathe" in mountain streams, which are rarely completely secluded from passers-by on the trail. It's all part of the adventure!
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Such a cool reply.When I want privacy I do about the same thing I do at home. I shut the door
I set up so I can pull my tarp down into A Frame then install a Grizz Beak on the end (if there is one) that faces the camp. I am also not shy about announcing what I am doing be it changing clothing or cleaning up. Besides, if someone "peeks" in at me, I am not responsible if they go blind!!
I usually require privacy to protect others or if near the sea I may get mistaken for a walrus or beached whale and harpooned
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