Planning a 4 day / 3 night trip and at least the first night will probably be on the ground...
Practiced and fine tuned my setup. My only concern is winds knocking down the poles so I might replace a few ti stakes with MSR Groundhogs
The gear: Warbonnet Blackbird (single layer with whoopie suspension and Dutch clips & hooks ), shortened Thermarest ZLlite Sol (fitted to insert into the back of my ZPacks Nero, not pictured), 11ft tarp in snakeskins with a full ridgeline, polycro sheet, two trekking poles, a pair of pole cups and 7 titanium stakes.
Setting up the tarp
I adjusted the head end higher than the other side.
Messy but it held in place. The shorter end was staked with one line.
I used the Dutch clips to wrap up excess line on the ridge line of hammock and the tarp.
With the hammock in place. The ground pad will cover shoulder to knees. A stuff sack converted to a pillow will insulate my head and the backpack stuffed with the under quilt will be used under my feet.
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