yes. how to attach it depends, on my eno, I just attached a ridgeline to the suspension and let it catch on the bunching where the channels are. if you have whipped ends you can attach around that. you can probably search the site and find several different ways, I'd be willing to bet headchange4u has pics of just about every style somewhere.
as BillyBob says, just play with it and find what works for you. I generally just want the ridgeline to hang stuff from, it's not necessary, just helpful.
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ok so in order to get flat in the diagonal position do I need to have more sag or have it more tight?
Here's an illustration that shows the angle from the trees. Lots of other good info, too.
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well thank you everyone for your help. I am now going out to try to put everything into practice. I will let you all know how it works out.
OK, that's a start. If by "could not get flat enough", you mean that, when on your back, your knees were uncomfortable from being "hyper extended", then most likely you're going to have to do what lots of people do. That is, put something to serve as a pillow under your knees as has already been mentioned. In other words, a stuff sack with some clothing (that you don't need for sleeping) in the stuff sack.
If you mean that you are not able to get comfortable on your side, then just keep experimenting with more (or possibly even less) sag in the hammock. Some people place a small pillow under their side. Also, if you cannot get the hammock otherwise " flat enough" for side sleeping, you may also have to go to the fetal position. It just seems to me like I am better able to avoid " side torque" in some hammocks by going to the fetal position. In fact, in some hammocks, the fetal position is the only way I can be comfortable on my side.
I also find that, while in the fetal position, again with some hammocks but not all, it helps if I have whichever knee is "up", the one on top, is positioned slightly closer to the foot of the hammock. Hard to put into words. In other words, if the bottom knee (left knee if on left side) is pulled up a little bit closer to your chest than is the right knee, a little bit more into the fetal position with that bottom knee that is closer to the hammock. Anyway, sometimes this helps me. Just an inch or so in knee positioning can make a big difference. Just play around with knee positioning and you can quickly tell if it makes any dif.
As for your legs going numb: if you really think that's because your legs and or feet or "too high", then it would appear you need to lower the foot end of your hammock a little bit. But be careful with this. Most folks find that, unless using a bridge hammock, they need the foot end to be at least a few inches higher than the head end. Otherwise, you might end up sliding towards the foot of the hammock, which is most uncomfortable.
Just keep playing around with it and experimenting. You should find a very comfortable position soon enough. Good luck!
I think that illustrations by dejoha should be front page on the forum.. Answers a lot of questions in a simple, easy to understand manner.
Mods: are you listening, at least a sticky to folks that join, kind of a autoload 'welcome from the forum, please review the illustration' thing???
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