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Beautiful outdoors. Really lovely. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful outdoors. I would love to take a dip in Racquette River, no matter how cold it was!

Leech socks! We wear these over our normal socks. These leech socks are made of a material that the leech is not able to squeeze through. But the leech will crawl up, so you need to check once in...

Slept in a hammock for the first time last night. Went for an overnight trip with 8 friends at a waterfall called Perting Falls (also called Lata Hammer). All 8 of us used hammocks. 6 were Hennessy...

:jj: nice!

Thanks Pips, MrClean and SnrMoment for the feedback and advice.

The YouTube video by SnrMoment is exactly what I plan to try out!

Thanks for the feedback guys. At least I know that there is no danger is passing the strap through the loop and not using biners/clips.

My plan is to use a tree hugger which straps goes through...

A quick question: I noticed some people use a carabiner or a dutch clip to secure their tree huggers ie. there is a loop at one end of the tree hugger strap in which the carabiner or dutch clip is...

Roche - Yes, I do have a similar shock cord with clips on the outside (both sides) to pull the sides out, which I believe is the norm. I guess this is a spare shock cord for me!

Here's the pics of the O ring and the shock cord with clips that came with my new Explorer Deluxe.

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o297/horrwai/bc3cf1b7.jpg
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This O ring and shock cord must be a new feature for Hennessy. I will take some pics and post up.

I just received by Hennessy Explorer Deluxe. I have never slept in a hammock before, so looking forward to an overnight trip at the end of this month where I will be using my hammock. I plan to have...

Very nice pic. Thanks for sharing.

Pips and Bubba - Excellent advice! Thanks. I appreciate it. Will be doing a fixed eye for sure.

I am a complete newbie to hammocking. Am buying some Amsteel to make a whoopie sling.

I just wanted to ask - is it necessary to make the fixed eye loop/locked brummel at one end of the whoopie...

Thanks for the reply bcaron.

Just to clarify, when tying the Hennessy figure-of-eight knot through the one loop, you are basically tying the figure of eight pattern (3-4 times) through the same...

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I am a total newbie to hammocks.

Is it alright to pull through one loop of the hennessy tree hugger inside the other loop, and tie-off the hammock on the one loop. This way, the tree hugger will...

Thanks for the replies and feedback guys! What a great community this is.

Joey - I am actually referring to ropes, and not straps. But straps are really convenient and better for the trees, so...

I am a TOTAL NEWBIE to hammock camping. In fact, I have never slept overnight in a hammock before! But I do a lot of hiking and camping here in tropical jungles of Malaysia (in tents).

I now want...