The end of June I'll be doing my first multi-day bike ride on the GAP as part of the Greenway Sojourn and was wondering if anyone else has done this ride and whether it's possible to hang every night...
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The end of June I'll be doing my first multi-day bike ride on the GAP as part of the Greenway Sojourn and was wondering if anyone else has done this ride and whether it's possible to hang every night...
Following up a bit on the quilt question. The vast majority of my hanging is done while backpacking so reducing the amount of gear I carry is important. In the rare event you have to go to ground and...
It is a zip side entry.
Just started hanging last year and am now considering getting an under quilt for my Hennessey Expedition ASym Zip. I used a pad last year but the quilt looks like a more comfortable option.
The...
There will be rocks but I agree the worst is north of Duncannon though there are a couple of stretches with some interesting rock hopping along your route. The 14 miles from Boiling Springs is flat...
I did this hike in 2011 and it should be great in October and though I wasn't hanging then there are plenty of great places to hang at the shelters along the way. Quarry Gap shelter, just past...
Just wondering if anyone has hung in the Boston Harbor Islands. I know some of the islands do have campsites but I couldn't tell if hanging was allowed or practical though they look like they have...
You look so relaxed it's making me envious here at work! :D
Last week I had the chance to do my first, but abbreviated, trip on the AT with a hammock and like everyone else here will never go back to the ground unless it's absolutely necessary. After the...
I've been section hiking for five years using a mix of shelters and a one man tent but seeing a hanger now and then. The final night of last year's section hike there was a torrential downpour and...
Used this exact setup the other night and it worked great. Very simple to set up and recenter the tarp.
Where in the set up are you using the bowline? I pitched last night in a light rain then spent the night sleeping in a steady rain in the woods in front of my house and it was awesome. I used the...
Just spent my fourth night hanging in my front yard to test my HH in the rain and woke up thinking the same thing. When I used a tent for backpacking I never said to myself "Gee I think I'll sleep...
Sounds like a plan. How long did you make your drip strings?
When taking down my HH Exped after the first test hang in the rain I noticed the ropes had absorbed quite a bit of moisture though the hammock itself had stayed dry. In a real soaking rain is there...
Welcome from CT.
Thanks...that's what l've always done when tenting so it'll be easy to remember.
Noob here wondering what's the best way to hang in relation to the wind direction.
I do have the snakeskins but haven't tried wrapping both the hammock and tarp together yet. When hanging over the weekend I rigged the tarp on a separate ridgeline and since the takedown was in the...
Noob here and have only hung in my new HH for three nights in my front yard. So far the lashing systems hasn't been especially burdensome but then there hasn't been a set up in the rain yet. I'm...
Upper 40's with showers certainly sounds like a fair test. Good luck and sleep well!
Great looking pic! Seeing that really makes me look forward to my first backpacking trip as a hanger in a couple of weeks.
I'm sure there will continue to be tweaks as time goes by such as tarp adjustments, hanging height, pad positioning, probably and underquilt eventually etc. but the feeling of being off the ground...
My Exped was delivered last week and at this point I've spent three nights in it and slept very well. Mine has the stock tarp and it was no trouble staying dry through a light shower Saturday night...
Spent my second and third nights in my new Exped Friday and Saturday nights with great results. The first night temps only got down to around 57 and it was disappointing that the expected rain never...
Just starting to fiddle here too so it'll be interesting to see how your next hang goes. It got down to 42 for my first and this weekend we have rain and a low of 50 in the forecast so that'll be my...
My Hennessey was delivered Monday and even though it was forecast to be 40 last night I just couldn't resist hanging in the woods in front of our house. No UQ but use my CCF pad folded in half with...
Thanks for the post...it brought back some great memories from acouple years ago.
Thanks raiffnuke..... a picture really is worth a thousand words.
Okay, really new here...what do you mean by elephant trunk? Sounds like the cinch buckle straps should be available in any decent hardware store.
l'll be hiking the AT for about 90 miles or so south of Shenandoah NP and based on my past sections there should be plenty of trees to choose from. :)
My yard sounds like yours since most of my...
My HH exped was waiting on the doorstep when I got home from work last night so of course cutting the grass got put off until tonight so I could get the feel of hanging it. There was a little...
Annapolis Rocks is a great spot. Also, if it fits your schedule the Quarry Gap shelter is one of the nicest on the entire AT.
I didn't do the upgrade but it sounds like you did?
Hi all. A newbie here who just ordered a Hennessey Expedition A-sym zip for an upcoming AT section hike in Virginia next month. Browsing through the forums here it looks like there's a lot to be...