Originally Posted by
MacEntyre
The only things I have ever lost are tree huggers, when they were not tied to the hammock!
I stuff my hammock separate from the tarp and the huggers. If things are wet, I don't want to put a wet tree hugger in the bag with your dry hammock. So, before I leave a site, I double check to see if I've left one of my huggers.
I use the stock HH suspension line with rings, and I've yet to see the line get flattened. When I suspend the hammock, I haul it up until the ridgeline lifts the bugnet and starts to tighten up. You want it there, not too much tighter.
If you do that, you will be able to pull slack in the hammock to take the load off the rings, and untie the garda hitch.