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Hey All,
I had my first hang last weekend on BLM land near Durango, at 37.21960, -107.6967. I arrived at the site at around 11pm, so I had to find suitable trees in the dark. I set up the "Yukon Outfitters MG-10501gy Mosquito Hammock Grey" that I got on woot!.
Successes
- I found a tree that I didn't have to remove branches from in order to hang
- I found that a porch mode setup was easier than an A frame, as running the tarp parallel to the branches was relatively simple.
- My hips and shoulders didn't hurt in the morning - a problem that I have with the ground, or even in beds.
- my tarp and hammock never touched the ground
Lessons Learned
- Night temps may have been in the 50s? My pad was warm enough for my back, but it was impossibly difficult to reposition. Next time I will put more effort into positioning the pad before I commit to sleep.
- I have ~6 foot webbing. Before this trip I practiced my setup on some particularly large trees, at least 6 foot circumference. These trees had maybe 1 foot circumference. I ended up redoing the webbing with more wraps to make it shorter. It would have beed much faster to tie a marlin spike.
- I left my (waterproof) bag in the car, and didn't bring a ground tarp for the stuff I had with me. The car was only 200 meters away, but walking required watching your step.
Lessons Not Learned (more reseach/testing needed)
- The foot end of my sleeping bag was slow to warm up.
- I used my bag upsidedown and unzipped like a UQ. I ended up covering my face with the hood. This was fine in the desert, but in other conditions it might be too humid.
- I didn't use a ridge line. not sure I can with the way the netting is on this hammock.
Summary
Overall my sleep was not quite as good as I had hoped, but was far better than the ground sleeping I've done at this spot before. I need to tinker more with sag and pad. I'm really looking forward to my next trip.
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