Greetings from a fellow Californiac who discovered less back pain after sleeping in a hammock.
Greetings from a fellow Californiac who discovered less back pain after sleeping in a hammock.
- We're never going to survive this!!
- Nonsense. You only say that because no one ever has.
Welcome... also from Cali... also working on the perfect angle...
Welcome from Northern California.
Are you using the stock huggers and rope that came with your hammock? If so, pick up some longer huggers or swap out the ropes for continuous loops and then you can use tree straps instead of the huggers. Also carry a couple “Dog Bones” of different lengths.
There are so many suspension types to choose from. Becket hitch, whoopies, buckles.
Don’t let big trees stop you from hanging in a great location![/QUOTE]
Hey 1-Hung-Low
I converted to continuous loops and whoopie slings (such an elegant upgrade), but still have the stock tree huggers from HH w/ dutch clips. Definitely need longer straps!
Definitely recommend the Blue Ridge Campground in ANF!
Terrain: you converted to continuous loops and whoopie slings (such an elegant upgrade), but still have the stock tree huggers from HH w/ dutch clips. Definitely need longer straps!
Dump the huggers, get 12'-15' tree straps and then use a marlinspike hitch to attach your whoopies to that. You can still use your Dutch clips with the straps.
I started with whoopies but have gone to cinch buckle's. For me, easier to adjust as I don't have to make a marlinspike hitch or deal with the "milking" of the whoopie slings. Weights not a factor as I no longer backpack but car camp.
Keep trying other things and you'll see the pro's and con's of each technique.
Check out SoCal Hangers on Facebook. We have an annual group hang each year.
Livin’ Large ~ Horizontally
Bumping my own thread...
Update: I haven't acquired a new hammock and still can't seem to get a good sleep in my too-short Byer hammock. I feel like I owe it to myself give it a try though. We had horrible mosquitos all last summer and fall so I wasn't willing to try sleeping overnight in my longer cotton hammock.
I now plan to do a 3-7 month hike in 2024 along with 3+ week hikes starting next year. I want to be ready for hammock backpacking next summer meaning assemble and experiment with a kit over the "winter" (we don't have winter here). For this year backpacking will be ground sleeping since I already have that gear but may upgrade my pad from 2" and 24 oz to 4" and 19 oz.
Start with getting a decent 10 or 11 foot hammock and learn to hang it correctly.
Then go from there.
Embrace the Hammock Learning Curve.
Good to be new at something again.
Shug
Whooooo Buddy)))) All Secure in Sector Seven
Shug,
You should get a percentage of every item every new hammocker ever buys-- you are truly an ambassador for all things hammocking. I started watching your YouTubes after hearing you talk about alcohol (stoves) on a podcast a dozen years ago. Thank you for all the great service you have rendered. I hope to see you at a subzero group hang some winter or a county fair some summer.
Jim
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