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I have the 9' and love it. I don't winter camp (yet) so doors were not needed, however, the 9' can be pinched in on the ends in diagonal mode for a little more coverage. It is super simple to set...

Likewise on the guitar string for making whoopies out of mason line.

And I made all kinds of things (whoopies, shackles, etc) and have never had them slip on me with yellow mason line.

I got the braided yellow from home depot ($9 for some 500') and use it for my tarp ties to the trees with figure 9's (have to go through them a couple turns to hold) and on my tie outs with whoopies....

I use soft shackles to attach my whoopies to my tree straps, so I just leave the soft shackles connected through the whoopies to prevent this.

I just started doing this with my DIY hammock and Slumberjack sleeping bag. The bag makes it easy since it has a zippered vent in the footbox to run the line through (so does the Kelty Light year)....

Even more precise, if you use a bladder and have a clear line, put enough water in the line to have air gaps on both sides. Hold the line like a U and the water in each side of the tube can give you...

I have a Slumberjack Ultimate 30* (closer to 40* in reality) that has a zipper opening in the footbox to vent on hot nights. Strung my hammock right through the opening and use it as a pea pod with...

Wow, Griffin GA. That was my hometown from age 4 to 21. Graduated in 94 from Griffin High (before the second school was built).

Don't get back there much (once in over 10 years), but I do miss...

Thanks to all. Very helpful. May check out Greenbriar. Whole point was not to go through Gatlinburg, even the bypass as that is where everyone else will be.

I would rather have an ok view with...

We are taking a family trip to Gatlinburg this memorial day weekend (along with the rest of the east coast probably). Not looking forward to it, as I usually go out to the wilderness to get away...

I made my first hammock a few years back and before I bought my HH. Once the hennessey got here, it got all the love, but I would hang in my DIY in the backyard and around camp frequently. Just...

Careful though, I made a DIY before I got my HH. A little further down the road now and my HH is hanging on the shelf as my DIY is winning me over now.

I started by making a bunch of stuff out of mason line. Once I got my amsteel, I was in heaven. The amsteel was soooo much easier to work with. You just push it together and it opens right up and...

Sounds like a good time. We all will be waiting on your report (with pics of course).

Yanked it out and finished my whoopies and soft shackles. Here I am testing it out in the backyard while "working".

And I was thinking of using the green/red stuff as a release for the soft...

Oh, and for those ordering from Redden, their green isn't "outdoursy/adventure/cool" green, it is more like the sweet 80's invention "teal".

I am going to need to grow a mullet and get some acid...

The puzzling piece was that the green I also got did not have it. I will build on with confidence.

Thanks for moving, don't know what I was thinking out in the General forum.:confused:

Just got my Amsteel from Redden. Got 40' of green and 40' of silver both in 7/64's. The silver has a thin, almost silk like thread through the center of it in green and red. Did I get something...

Must of all been a dream as I didn't get a pic of my setup.

Had my Noah 9 out for the first time this past weekend. Before, I just used the HH with stock fly, which always kept me dry, but didn't leave much room when caught in a rain storm. I knew the...

Biggest problem I see is shoulder squeeze which would require some kind of spreader. By then your almost at a bridge hammock.

But I am curious how others will view this idea to see what someone...

Looks like you have a structural ridge line (I may be mistaken) so sag in your suspension lines shouldn't matter. Your 30* should be set by the ridgeline.

Another mild backpain hiker here (since I injured it at 13). Nothing like what your experiencing, but I do notice zero back pain rolling out of the hammock whereas every morning out of the mattress...

The ingenuity of this forum never ceases to amaze me. It is funny how these things develop.


I have problem x
Here is a solution (small oooh's fromt he crowd)
Or how bout this...(more ooh's...

Myles to go, thanks for the photo. So you don't do a ridgeline at all for it?

This is brilliant. I will have to try that.

I needed a bug net in a pinch as I wanted to use my DIY gathered end but only had a few days till my trip (had planned on using my HH until I got an idea for using my DIY through my sleeping bag...

Yes, some folks were packing quite a load (had to be 50+ on some). I think I had 30 pounds (without water) and felt way over prepared. Got plenty of things to slim down on for next time.

It...

Making a gathered end hammock is really easy and there are countless instructions out there. I think mine cost less than $30 in materials and only had my Mom sew the edges which you don't...

Awesome display of the simplicity that can be hammocking.

You got a cute little spokesperson too. Can't wait till my boy gets old enough to get out there with me.

I will continue the ENO love as I picked up a Guardian last week for my DIY hammock after my outfitter got it shipped in fast from ENO to make my trip. Worked like a charm on my trip this weekend.

Pics below, but sorry, didn't get one of my hammock setup.

Despite the doom that the weatherman predicted in this region for the weekend, we took off early Friday morning from Cincinnati and...

Never tried the ring system so not sure how they compare. As far as holding up, no worries in the dozens of times I have set up in the backyard and handful of times in the woods (don't get out as...

Thanks Knotty for posting my pic that I referenced (hangs head in lazy shame).

I still use this system, and will use it on my DIY hammock this weekend.

Makes set up so quick and easy and...

Practice that Hennessy knot, and when you get back, shoot me a message and I can show you a quick hang way that doesn't modify the stock lines (Prussik and Biner) still got pics in my gallery I...

If my outfitter gets the bug net here in time, I think I am going to go with it. The Guardian will be a bit extra in weight, but the total for Hammock/net/suspension will still be less than the HH.
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No, not that kind. I pulled off an old G-string off my electric guitar and it works great for making mason line whoopies. Just fold in half.

Just thought I would pass the tip along to any guitar...

Because I have yet to experience the "Greatest Hammock" out there, and I relentlessly sell my hammocking ways to all my friends.

Andy

I have 2 HH Explorers (2 for one deal a few years back ) and have used the Hennessey on a few outings thus far. I like it for the most part (especially once I moved up on the tarp), but I have been...

I do, and am looking for a kid carrier as we are going to Gatlinburg in a few weeks.

Just seems a little steep for an older model Kelty. Sorry, but want to be honest with you.

I have a Hennessey and have spent a few torrential downpour nights under the stock fly. Stayed perfectly dry, although I was down in a valley and not much blowing rain.

Not sure I would ever want...

I miss the gorge. The wife and I used to make a couple trips there a year, till we got pregnant. Now with a 1 year old in the house, haven't gotten down there in 2 years. We usually parked at the...

Got excited when I came back to this post to see all the activity, till I realized people got a little lost.

Thanks rigidpsycho for orienting everyone.

Guess I will bring the HH and a good dose...

I am doing a 2 nighter at Cumberland Gap NP next weekend, going from one end to the other up on the ridge.

Thinking about just taking my DIY hammock without bugnet versus my HH. Never gone sans...

I love my setup and I use prussiks at both ends. I have a HH Exp with stock rope. I use tree huggers with biners. I then use a prussik from the biner to the stock rope.

The diameters are not...

Just got my Kelty Noah 9 from Sunnysports for $50 shipped (great deal). I was thinking of going with a macat, or something else of that caliber, but I don't get out as much as I like, and couldn't...

We have one similar to this, but with no sail....I mean canopy.

Extremely heavy, kind of comfortable for a general camp seat, stretched really tight so laying down is only marginally comfy and the...

Or you could try my new setup. Simply clip a biner to your tree hugger, then using a small loop prusik to your suspension rope and clipped to the biner.

No cutting of the stock rope. ...

Ok, I got my second hang in the other night in the backyard in my Expd Asym. Much better than first hang as I found two trees this time instead of my limited width hammock stand.

It was much more...

Hung using this setup in my HH exp the other night and worked well. It is a snap to set up. It was a bit tough to break the prusiks when adjusting, but worst case scenario is you unclip them from...