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Video tutorials! Cool Idea :)

lol.
this thread's still going?

;)

That's a cool idea!

A backpack that converts into a hammock, now a kayak, I wonder what will be next?

I sent a picture of a hammock with a Neo Tarp to a friend and this is what she said

"Well it seems like a really cool idea, I can imagine if there were a group of you all sleeping in the hammock...

I just discovered that I've been converting Fahrenheit to Celsius wrong lmao :P
I thought you North Americans were part polar bear to be enduring the temperatures I THOUGHT you were camping in :o

Wow BillyBob, thats a big scary tale!
22*farenheit, I can't even imagine a temperature that low lol;
35 is a big deal over here.

I believe in the Weight Watchers program. I had a...

That's a good Idea.

I'm looking at a much loved 35litre daypack and wondering how to magically transform it into a Gearskin. lol
Does anyone have a rough Idea of the height and width of a...

Hmm, looks like some good links to read through later.
I had a quick look at Brian's pictures. that helped to put things in perspective.

Hmm, What about rain? Just one pack cover?

It...

**** this is embarressing, somehow I produced a clone of my last thread lol
I MUST be tired!

Hello, :)
I've seen Dutch's awesome bridge hammock/gearskin hybrid, now I have a question.
What's a Gearskin? lol

I can see that it's essentially a "backpack" that's been stripped down and...

OOH MY GOD!!!
That thing looks amazing!!!!

Headchange4u is the bowline for the peg?

heheh =oP

You read my minf FanaticFringer

Also how much do you strech the the shock cord? Um how far apart are the knots on the rope?

...You may be righ!
lol :D

I think that...

I got the Jeanette PM too.

I guess she wants to help me discover Buddhism lol

Nah, I've been past that area mutiple times, but never seen it in person.
I've heard it's stunning.
I think that there's a music festival there sometimes
Have you been there?

So what do you guy's do with wet webbing?
Do you disconnect the webbing and store seperately with the tarp?
Do snake skins or a Bishop bag reduce the risk of the webbing getting the hammock wet?

It looks good :)

Happy Birthday Dude :P

Wow, some really awful stories, and some really good ones.
The worst i've ever seen was on the Port Craig track, which is on the south coast of th South Island.
Someone had obviously boated in...

???
How can someone be competitive about camping?

lol I think that would be what I'd classify as a storm.

We don't get hurricanes down here :P

How well does the 9x9 perform in a
storm?

lol
I didn't realise a Neo was a 12x12 :P

I've messaged FanaticFringer back.

I'm planning to do some long distance walking around the countryside this summer, and the camo will be perfect...

Hello all.

I've investigated ordering a Guide Gear Tarp, but have Discovered that for some reason Sportsman Guide don't Ship internationally.

I'm hoping that one of you nice, American,...

Hmm, thanks Jeff, more food for thought, I'll remember that :)
The webbing I have has breaking point of one and a half tonne. So I might get away with it.
But I may just buy a new set of longer...

Thanks guys, my webbing more than strong enough, lol.
I've thought about it, and I might invest in some tree hugger's.
I'll just run the current webbing through the huggers and tie it off with a...

And I glad both of you were okay

O,O
How often does this actually happen?!

Hello again fella's.

I have found that my hammocks webbing is too short (only 10' each).
can i safely use a knot like the double sheet bend to attach an extension?

:Dan

Hennessy has a factory set up in a small rural town here in the South Island of New Zealand. He spends the northern Winter here.

Awesome!

It would be amazing to give it a go!
but I might be a little scared to try though...

I'm not scared of heights, but I am scared of falling lol

:p

That's Australia lol :P

We actually only have 2 native species of mammals (bats) and bird's, and a whole lot of native birds. Also no snakes.
So all of my hiking experiences have been predator...

I had a girlfriend complained that tramping back here in New Zealand was boring, there no bear's, no risk lol

After all the bear stories I'm now actually a little scared of tramping in North...

While setting up the tent at Port Craig, I noticed that sandflies were swarming all over my blue backpack, which was when I remembered that Blue is the colour that stands out the most for insects.
...

heh, cool cat.
It was probably the ships cat, and they gave it a hammock :P

And then it got stuffed o_O.


Hmm, I wonder my mother's cat, "Pat", could be taught to sleep in a hammock?

I'm wondering if it's safe to sew the Velcro for a bugnet directly onto a speer type hammock, or if there's another way to attach the Velcro.

And the second question. I'm thinking of spraying...

I seem to have most of this summer off, so I'm think of seeing how far I can walk in a month or two around my home country. So I'll should be a hardened veteran of stealth camping come Autumn

How about using Velcro to attach it to your undercover?

will do :D

They're so cute!

And I agree with Gun Parker.

Hi Alan, do you reguire a ridgeline to holdup the lycra?

Hello,
I was wondering how wet a fog is going to make my hammock.

If I just have a simple undercover do I have to worry about moisture inside the hammock?

Do I really need to use a...

I'm planning to do the northwest track on Stewart Island, which takes about 11 days.
125km of untouched bush covered coastline :)

I'm wondering if there's anything I need to know about camping...

Heh, interesting thread.
If I ever go tramping(hiking) over there I'll steer clear of vines.

Fortunately we don't have posion Ivy over here.
Unfortunately we have "tree nettle". it can grow...

Hello all you happy hammock people.

Interesting thread, I liked Just Jeff's Picture of him and his son in their hammocks :)

I had an idea.

What about designing a duo hammock that can...

interesting, I'll keep note of the dye advice :)

Problem solved, i found someone with a roll of uncoated 1.9 Ripstop :) It could be the only roll in the city lol. It's uncolored, so it will look like I'm in a cocoon Heheh :D

Though it will cost...

Thank you Slowhike.
I think I'll call around the city tomorrow, someone will be now were i can can uncoated Ripstop.

On the bright side I'll get hang in my "trial" Hammock tomorrow!
I can't...