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Yep, the regular sized Burrow would be a great quilt for you.

I've made two of these top quilts. They are really simple and cheap to make. I bought my insulation from SeattleFabrics. I used one layer of PrimaLoft Insulation for my summer quilt (I've used it...

While it isn't hammock specific and is separate from this message board, I created a Make Your Own Gear section over on Reddit.com.

http://www.reddit.com/r/myog/

It seems to work well for me as...

My question about your set up revolves around the above statement. There have been some people/videos/etc that seem to encourage people to hang their hammock by pulling their hammocks as tightly as...

I'm bummed out I'm going to miss the fun... After a bit of car trouble this morning it seems I would be pushing my luck to drive the 5 hours down at this point to meet up with everyone. I hope you...

Well it took me a bit of time, but I was finally able to clear out my weekend so please put me down on the list too!

I may have missed it in the 482 messages here but I didn't see it posted...

I didn't try it with a penny as there wasn't quite enough surface area to fit in all the notches and holes and the slight extra thickness of the nickel made me think it would be stronger. Plus,...

So when Dutch first announced that he was only going to make a limited number of Tarp Flyz, I decided that rather than ask for one my self I'd try to come up with a DIY version.

As you all know,...

Looks great. I love that walkway picture. I really wish I could have made it for this trip!

In addtion to everything Bandanabraids said, I would recommended everything on the Mountain Loop Highway if you want to see great examples of untouched PNW Old Growth forests. You will need a...

My mother-in-law had an extra sewing machine that she didn't use anymore since she had upgraded. She showed me the basics and then I grabbed a Learn To Sew book from my local library and was off and...

I too live on the wet side of Washington and have solved the rust problem with these stoves. Rather than using a soup can for the burn chamber, use some hardware mesh to make a burn chamber. A 19x8...

If I recall correctly, Scott was moving/building a new home and didn't have a work room set up to make tarps in for the time being. At one point he was saying that he'd be pack in production last...

We just had a group hang in January just outside of Ellensburg. There was talk of doing another one this summer but nothing has been proposed or organized yet. Feel free to suggest a time and place...

Welcome MaxM! If you hadn't seen it yet, take a look at the video Buenos did of the group hang that happened about a month ago. There are a few of us Western Washington types around and it sounds...

If you are sitting in your hammock when lightning strikes a tree that you a attached to, it is unlikely that any electrical current will pass through you because you are not the most direct path to...

So I went to Tree to Tree to buy some IX and the shipping charges on 6 yards was $33! I emailed them last week to see if this was correct and I never heard back from them. Any one have a clue on...

I am still planning on coming too. I live in the south Seattle area so if anyone wants to carpool let me know.

I'd be willing to help compile info on a wiki too. I'd make the suggestion of using wikkii.com instead of wikia though. Not only does it use the same wiki markup as wikipedia (IMO it is much easier)...

Hi Cralls,

As others have said, there are plenty of us in the PNW. In fact there is a winter hang happening in January if you can make it:
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Welcome Timmer! I live just a few miles up the road from you in White Center.

Count me in too!

If you were carrying sleeping pad, you won't need that once you have an under quilt (unless it is very cold and you want both for extra warmth). You can also reduce your bulk by substituting a top...

Whoopie slings would make the easiest set up and take down but the way you describe would work fine too. As jeepcachr said, Amsteel can be slippery but knots like a bowline hold just fine. Take one...

I've heard of a few people having failures in various hammocks and as far as I can tell it has always been due to trying to hang it really tight. There are a number of youtube videos where people...

On my Webs.com site it automatically inserts the site name into the page title once it is published. On the Site Manager page your page will be named "Home" but then it should get renamed so that if...

There has been some talk of one but nothing has been planned. A few of us had a meet-up day a few months back. The consensus was that we'd all be up for something but someone just needed to plan...

I'm not quite a gram weenie, but more of an ounce weenie (that needs a better name!)

I bought a $1.99 analog scale from Goodwill. This gives me pretty close weights for all my stuff. Honestly,...

I'd love to go but I can't get Friday off work...

Yep, forests in the Pacific Northwest will have pretty dense underbrush. Most places you will find that it is mostly ferns, salal, oregon grape, etc. These plants usually do not get over a few feet...

This product is an entirely different design than the Snake Skins. You can patent a design. If someone comes up with a different solution, you cannot keep them from selling that solution.

As far as eye bolts causing damage, the living layer of the tree is on the outside, just under the bark. The inner wood is essentially dead so putting a bolt deep into a tree would not do...

Actually, to quote one of my physics professor's t-shirts: "Science doesn't suck!"

Airfoils, either wings or sails, generate lift. It would be more accurate to say that they are pushed, than...

On mine they were just fed through the hemmed ends. I was able to un-tie the rope and remove it. I fed through my whoopie sling line instead.

How are your ropes connected?

The BWDG Winter Dream is another to consider. It is 11x13, $110. I've been using this tarp for a few months now and really like it. I haven't had any snow around here but it holds up well in the...

I'm up for it. Just need to know when and for how long to make sure it fits on my schedule.

Petzl Tibloc Ascenders - http://www.rei.com/product/644068

Well I wasn't sure if I could make it but it looks like my schedule cleared up for the day so I will be there. Just to make more of an event of it I was thinking of heading over Friday afternoon and...

For me, in the Pacific Northwest lowlands, most areas don't have much room to pitch a tent as the entire forest floor is covered with plant growth (not to mention is soaking wet much of the time). ...

Well my new tarp showed up today (Thanks Scott!) and I ran off to the woods on my lunch break to hang it up and take a look. I didn't have a lot of time to play around with it but snapped a few...

I was looking at that kitebuilder.com fabric page and they had the fabric weight as "42 gram per square meter". Since everything else I am used to is not in metric I wanted to convert it and I just...

Dryer lint is highly flammable but never seems to catch fire in my dryer...

I just opened up several that I had in a 5 year old car kit, and they were all (5) completely dead.

I just got back from my local Goodwill and they had a bunch of sleeping bags for $2.99. I picked up the Down bag and left all the synthetic stuff. But they had a bunch of good +40° bags that could...