thus far i have used this style of setup on two outings, and then gave the first ones i made to my brother; he digs it. i swapped suspensions entirely, so i'm not here to sing the usual UCR hammock...
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thus far i have used this style of setup on two outings, and then gave the first ones i made to my brother; he digs it. i swapped suspensions entirely, so i'm not here to sing the usual UCR hammock...
The constrictor bury will shorten significantly when 'filled' i think i marked my 15" bury at like 18" before i fed the inner through.
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i think its got like an extra wrap early. like a warp, then two wraps the other way. i dunno, maybe its not different/modified but it totally doesn't look like the rest of my prussiks.
so i made a ucr out of a whoopie sling a while back, just because any piece of gear needs to be tested by all; i re-tested it teaching another person the glories of hammockry and it held like a...
It always feels super wasteful to loose a few inches when you're aware of the wonders it can provide.
i was thinking along the lines of gaining distance by not having to double the amsteel. there is gain in that sense, but i think i made my eye too small, it's fairly tight to adjust the prussic,...
dogbone the shorter line (with about 22" or so between the buries), prusik first, THEN bury. got it. will post pictures of my 7/64 UCRs tomorrow sometime. sweet! thanks fallkevin!!
EDIT: i posted...
yes. that. ok, so i understand all the how-tos of this, except the 'i like that way much much better' part. that part is kickin my rump. a fixed eye for the hammock connection point, i get that part...
ok, so lemme make sure im on top before i start hacking at my fully functional WS: line at whatever length desired for the 'core' that claps to the tree straps with an eye buried, a 11" or so...
the whole UCR thing seems pretty neat, but that extra line of amsteel doesn't weight enough (even with one on each end) for me to worry about it. though, my WS are like 23' or so each, so if i...