Search:

Type: Posts; User: FalseAesop

Search: Search took 0.06 seconds.

  1. Replies
    21
    Views
    6,067

    I don't think you'd want to have a lot of display...

    I don't think you'd want to have a lot of display models hanging out there at once. That's a lot of floorspace. Have a couple of hanging spaces then have a number of display hammocks that can be...
  2. Replies
    12
    Views
    3,729

    be glad you didn't have witnesses. The very...

    be glad you didn't have witnesses.

    The very first time I went out camping with my hammock, an ENO singlenest... I hung the thing too tight and too high... I flipped the thing getting in landed...
  3. My WBBB 1.7 dbl, 3-Season Yeti, and Big Mamajamma...

    My WBBB 1.7 dbl, 3-Season Yeti, and Big Mamajamma arrived 14 days after ordering.
  4. Yeah I couldn't head out tonight so I hung...

    Yeah I couldn't head out tonight so I hung between the deck posts (wasn't sure I'd have enough room it barely accomidates my ENOs), but I managed. Beautiful hammock. The footbox makes a world of...
  5. Good to hear Gargoyle, I'm helping out my folks...

    Good to hear Gargoyle, I'm helping out my folks by driving up to Mi this weekend so they can check out a retirement home (they both grew up in the thumb, and to the thumb they return). We're going...
  6. Replies
    34
    Views
    10,343

    I never had this problem. Of course I get into...

    I never had this problem. Of course I get into my sleeping bag BEFORE I get in my hammock. I step into it, pull it up, bunch the slack under my pits. Sit on my hammock, pull the slack up behind my...
  7. At the Illinois state parks I've camped at the...

    At the Illinois state parks I've camped at the rangers have never bothered me about my hammock set up. Most I ever heard from one was asking how comfortable it was sleeping in, I don't think he'd...
  8. Replies
    29
    Views
    9,304

    Found a bird, a yeti, and a big mamajamba waiting...

    Found a bird, a yeti, and a big mamajamba waiting on my doorstep today.
  9. Update, as I pulled into my driveway today I saw...

    Update, as I pulled into my driveway today I saw a nice white box waiting on my doorstep.

    I now have my Blackbird, 3 season yeti, and big mamajamba tarp. Lighter than I expected them to be, when...
  10. Lets see I ordered 13 days ago, and the US Postal...

    Lets see I ordered 13 days ago, and the US Postal tracking data tells me that its shipped and in a sorting facility in Elk Grove Illinois... so I'm hoping today or tomorrow it shall arrive.

    I'm...
  11. Not to drag this off topic, but recently bought...

    Not to drag this off topic, but recently bought some stuff from Oppie. The pay-pal stuff was all immediate. He e-mailed me to let me know he was going to try but not sure he'd get it shipped off...
  12. I just heard from Kenneth out at Warbonnet...

    I just heard from Kenneth out at Warbonnet letting me know they got the 1.7 dbl back in stock. So I've taken the plunge and ordered, and a yeti... and a big mama jamba (the ENO rainfly I've had...
  13. Replies
    3
    Views
    816

    I'm 6'1", or 6'2" depending on what convience...

    I'm 6'1", or 6'2" depending on what convience store I'm leaving... I own both the ENO single and double, both are solid hammocks. I tend to like the double a little more, allows a greater diagonal...
  14. Replies
    53
    Views
    23,009

    Small dogs don't always tireout like you'd like...

    Small dogs don't always tireout like you'd like them to. My beagle generally hits the wall running beside my bike after 8 miles. Hiking out in the woods? I've never seen him stop, in fact he's...
  15. Replies
    14
    Views
    2,098

    While I know 'Northern Illinois' covers some...

    While I know 'Northern Illinois' covers some milage, from Galena to Zion, I'm going to say its good to see another local all the same.

    I know there are some other locals hanging around here...
  16. The list? So asking them to e-mailing me when...

    The list? So asking them to e-mailing me when they get it in stock wasn't the right move? I should have reserved one?
  17. I would like to order one, but tis out of stock...

    I would like to order one, but tis out of stock in the style I need to support my burley frame.

    Now I'm not whining, I know good things come to those who wait... and I have fired them off an email...
  18. Replies
    19
    Views
    6,899

    I'd suggest taking a peek at Shug's...

    I'd suggest taking a peek at Shug's Hammock-How-tos Part 4. In this episode he shows off the Blackbird, its features, and other nifty stuff about it. Besides it being a video you get a real good...
  19. Replies
    16
    Views
    5,276

    Ha, you're lucky you least have the weekend to...

    Ha, you're lucky you least have the weekend to look forward to. I bind books for a living, this is prime yearbook season, today was my 16th day of work in a row, and I just got me new dutch clips in...
  20. Replies
    11
    Views
    5,163

    I love seeing random unexplained things like this...

    I love seeing random unexplained things like this and trying to imagine the circumstances that lead to their being there. One of my favorties in a trail I frequent around here is a old rusted red...
  21. Replies
    16
    Views
    5,276

    You ain't the only one, I noticed it was back up...

    You ain't the only one, I noticed it was back up just before I hit the sack last night, sounds like I had an identical order to yours, there were 24 buffs, when I ordered, as I type this there are...
  22. Replies
    30
    Views
    7,500

    In my early days of hammock camping during some...

    In my early days of hammock camping during some hot summer nights... before I owned a bug net (or a hammock with a bug net built in).... the only issue I had was the mosquitoes.

    Namely I was...
  23. Replies
    23
    Views
    6,722

    I hear ya, keep thinking I should build a stand...

    I hear ya, keep thinking I should build a stand to replace my bed while I have no significant other to tell me 'no', but the length required does seem prohibitive for the indoors. So ho and hum and...
  24. I enjoyed it! ...but my beagle who was sleeping...

    I enjoyed it! ...but my beagle who was sleeping against my thigh when I started the video on my lap top got up during the rap and moved to the other side of the couch.
  25. Replies
    10
    Views
    3,626

    Thanks everyone. And yeah Jerry that sounds...

    Thanks everyone. And yeah Jerry that sounds great, been out to the Palisades a number of times, good park, nice trails, good overlooks, fantastic change of pace from typical Illinois terrain. ...
  26. Replies
    10
    Views
    3,626

    Oh it is a good show, bought my current bike from...

    Oh it is a good show, bought my current bike from the ajoining Bike-o-Rama show. Wish it has a bit more camping gear to pick through, but it is geared to the paddlers.



    Thank you both for the...
  27. Replies
    10
    Views
    3,626

    Didn't know how much I didn't know.

    A few years back my folks, avid kayakers, and year round campers... even if they do so out of a Roadtrek dragged me up to Madison Wisconsin with them to Canoecopia a paddler's trade show/convention....
Results 1 to 27 of 33