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Wow! Good luck! I just spent a cold night on a mountain with my DIY hammock, top quilt, underquilt and winter tarp. Nothing more satisfying!

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Yup. I was gonna post I once almost gave up on my machine because I couldn't get the tension right. Turned out, I missed the right spot when I loaded my bobbin!

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I like it!

This would be awesome! We could come up with an appropriate funny name like, Georgia Pollen Hang or Georgia Yellow Tarp Hang. My tarp definitely already had the yellow hue to it last weekend. I...

Welcome from Winder, GA!

Welcome from Winder, GA (near Athens)!

Hello Brady! I am in Winder. I live 2 miles from Fort Yargo state park and I have some private areas to go and hang just for camping and hunting. Let's keep in touch, maybe do an overnighter...

Would it be possible and as efficient to make a heat sink that you could just sit your pot on? Put heat sink on top of stove then set the pot on it. No glue, easier to pack away.

Even though I...

No apology needed far as I am concerned. Good info came from this little thread. I made my zingit ridgeline just for holding things and for a bug net ridge. I have since figured out I wish it was...

WV, you nailed it. Thanks for putting this out there. I have been planning on changing out my Zingit ridgeline for a true "Structural" ridgeline made of amsteel to match my whoopie slings as soon...

Well, I feel better! Knowing you guys have the same issues and questions that I do! I made my ridgeline from Zingit, but I made it a whoopie sling, so when I get that long span hang and my...

Welcome from Ga! Sounds like we may have another potential future thread injector!

Very good point about compressibility! Thanks!

I am about to start my diy apex underquilt. I appreciate the plans and advice. I think I am going to go with the side channels for suspension made from ripstop. However, I am leaning toward using...

Thanks. With all the help here on the forum, it's easy to get started and hooked. An underquilt is on my list too, but being here in the deep south, I don't know if down is worth it. Thoughts?

Hammock is 1.9 Ripstop (Ripstopbytheroll). 10.5'. Suspension is DIY Amsteel whoopie slings and DIY 6' tree straps. Toggles made from aluminum arrow shaft. DIY double-ended stuff sack for hammock. ...

Love this! I use to build Custom golf clubs! I may have a couple of graphite shafts laying around somewhere! Thanks for sharing a great idea!

OK, now I am paranoid.....do I go dig up spares and stuff them in my backpack somehwere?

I use a whoopie sling made from Zing-it for my structural ridgeline. I make it so it has a little adjustability from about 80% of hammock length out to about 90%. Not much, but allows a little...

Me too, Shug!

Best post on this thread, Scarecrow! Thanks! Well said!

Great idea. It hasn't really bothered me to have it in my face because I haven't been cold enough to need to zip it closed over my face. I usually leave a "face hole". But I will rig mine up like...

Let me know how it goes and if you come up with some other ideas. We are finally getting some cold weather here in GA so I hope to be able to really put it to the test this week.

Oops!!! I run 1/8" shock cord, not 18"! Actually I prolly have 24" of shock cord on each end to play with simply because when I first tried it, i wasn't sure how much I would need.

I have a Snugpak cocoon! Love it! I sleep in shorts and tshirt down below 40 here in GA. I have seen the videos where people tried to hard line it from the loops to hang it and it rips the loops...

Welcome from the South! I am sure you have already discovered Shug and Fronkey on youtube, but there are many many more helpful folks here!

Whatever brand you choose, I like using reflective line! Right now I am trying out Nite Ize reflective line.
Plus I use shock cord tensioners as do the others here, since my sylnylon tadpole tarp...

This an invite? I got to see if get Monday off. If so, I am in! Decided where you camping yet?

Want to sell your closeted thread injector? If interested, PM me.

Welcome from Winder, Ga! (It's near Athens) hope to see you on a hang sometime!

Welcome from down South, Georgia! You have found a great place, a wealth of knowledge, wisdom, humor and friends!

LOL! Good one! I have found myself balancing a ladder on my chin and juggling my trekking poles while waiting on my water to boil!

Shug is priceless. This whole community of hangers here is fun...

Very cool! Repurposing!

Did not sleep much! As for bears, we had heard there is one that frequents that camp, but the cloud/fog was so thick we couldn't see 10 feet, and with the noise of the wind and rain on our tarps, a...

Good stuff! Looks like a great setup. Here in Georgia, I don't have to deal with frozen ground or snow too much, but these are great ideas. I do dig that coat you're wearing! What is it?

Just saw this thread. See post I just put up about my recent experience with my new Wilderness Logics Tadpole tarp. I don't think we got quite 60 mph winds. I don't know. Felt like a 100 but I...

Went on an overnighter on Sunday, 12/27, to try out my new Wilderness Logics Tadpole tarp. Forecast called for rain, so we thought, why not! Went to Blood Mountain, hiked over to the AT, then went...

I just spent two days on the AT in GA. Had some bad weather. We camped at Wolf Laurel Top. We had 30 mph winds and driving rain all night last night. My tadpole tarp kept me dry, but with 30+ mph...

Oh my, I don't know model number. It was a Singer. Back in the early 70's. She made a lot of our clothes on it as well as taking in sewing for extra money.

I hope to revive my skills when I find a thread injector! I will have a lot to learn from you guys on here!

I know and love the group and the album well! thanks for the welcome!

Oh to have my mom's old machine! I am searching, but good old ones in working condition are hard to find so far! I love the term "thread injector" just for pure fun! I got no problem using a...

Shug, like most of us in here who have never actually met you, I feel like you're a close friend! I have watched your videos so many times! I enjoy your music in your videos! Thanks for all you...

Ok, I almost didn't click on this, but I have to admit, this is really cool and well done! Kudos!

Hello! I am in Winder, GA, near Athens. Did yall do the Carters Lake hang in Oct?

Absolutely awesome! So much info for comparison with prices and links to their sites! Greatly appreciated! This will help in my search for both a UQ and a bug net! Thanks!

Lol! Priceless!

Not totally new to Hammocking but still learning. Love my hammock, the woods, hiking, knots, gear, my mandolin and bluegrass music! I know there are more of you above ground bluegrass hangers out...

HA! I haven't graduated to hanging in my living room yet! Back yard, yes, even the garage! But not the living room. Have to work on the wifey for that one!