Hangin' in 70mph wind!!!

Well......It was an interesting night.
I got in my hammock at around 11:00pm, and the wind here in western NC was just a howling then. The weather people said 60-70mph gusts were expected! I heard the calling!
I have my set-up hooked to a post on my deck and the other end to a big Hickory tree just off the deck. Needless to say, I was a bit nervous.:scared:

At around 1:00am I heard my tarp really flapping in the wind so I peeked my head out and saw that it had come loose from the deck. I had previously bought a 12 X 16 HD tarp, and put it over the ridgeline and brought it all the way to the deck and attached it, creating a hut.

I got out and reattached it and climbed back in just as this monster blast came. It actually caused me to flinch with my arms raising over my head!:lol:

After I came to grips to either lay there in fear or enjoy this evening in the hammock rollercoaster I was O.K. So I decided to enjoy it. I went up & down in the sway and really did have fun.

Throw caution to the wind, and decide to have some fun!:D

there's material here for a theme park thrill ride I'm thinking

Dang HB ... that's a wild ride! So did the wife give you "the look"? ;)

Wow! Were you able to sleep at all? And if you did, how did you like Munchkinland when you woke up. That's alotta wind!

70 mph-Is this a new record? :)

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Originally Posted by Hangin' Burrito

Well......It was an interesting night.
I got in my hammock at around 11:00pm, and the wind here in western NC was just a howling then. The weather people said 60-70mph gusts were expected! I heard the calling!
I have my set-up hooked to a post on my deck and the other end to a big Hickory tree just off the deck. Needless to say, I was a bit nervous.:scared:

At around 1:00am I heard my tarp really flapping in the wind so I peeked my head out and saw that it had come loose from the deck. I had previously bought a 12 X 16 HD tarp, and put it over the ridgeline and brought it all the way to the deck and attached it, creating a hut.

I got out and reattached it and climbed back in just as this monster blast came. It actually caused me to flinch with my arms raising over my head!:lol:

After I came to grips to either lay there in fear or enjoy this evening in the hammock rollercoaster I was O.K. So I decided to enjoy it. I went up & down in the sway and really did have fun.

Throw caution to the wind, and decide to have some fun!:D

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Originally Posted by GrizzlyAdams

there's material here for a theme park thrill ride I'm thinking

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Is'nt that how Walt started:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Hawk-eye

Dang HB ... that's a wild ride! So did the wife give you "the look"? ;)

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No, she just said," Are you outta your mind!":lol::lol:

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Originally Posted by HappyCamper

Wow! Were you able to sleep at all? And if you did, how did you like Munchkinland when you woke up. That's alotta wind!

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Not a whole lotta sleep, but what a ride! I think I did see Toto though:laugh:

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Originally Posted by turnerminator

70 mph-Is this a new record? :)

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I hope so, that way someone has a goal!;)

Too kewl!! What people don't know is that your hammock IS tied off to a swaying Hickory tree.

Blustery Feather

WOW,,, 60-70mph,,, any trees cracking or falling? There is nothing more scary in high winds when you hear limbs and trees crashing to the ground.:scared::scared:

I think we have a new candidate for the Extreme Hammocking Hall of Fame!

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Originally Posted by Hawk-eye

Dang HB ... that's a wild ride! So did the wife give you "the look"? ;)

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So this is not an abberant phenomenon that happens in my household when I tell the wife I'm going to sleep out in the hammock when it,s 10-20f out with the wind howling and the snow blowing sideways? I tell her I'd rather test out in the side lot and find out what works or doesn't rather than find out when I'm camping. I get the "sure honey whatever you like:rolleyes:" with the squierd sideways eyebrows and condensending look like (right after I call the little men with the white coats and comfy jacket for you) that kind of look??