Well I managed to get a morning to test out my new setup, it's been a while since I made it but I've been busy and not had many chances to give it a try.
So I got up early Saturday morning to meet up with my old pal Simon in Zbraslav (click this to see where we hung) here in Prague, we had a few hours just talking crap, playing with hammocks, having a brew and even some quiet time relaxing.
There were a few showers but they didn't defeat my mighty tarp even though it hasn't been seam sealed yet!
I can put my hand on my heart and say everything in those pics was made by me, the tarp, hammock, underquilt and suspension, gives you a warm feeling in the belly it does
After realising I could see daylight through my hammock I was a bit nervous as it's only a single layer of lightweight nylon ripstop, but I'm a little guy so I lowered myself in slowly, thankfully gluteus maximus didn't meet terra firma, it did stretch a bit but I was expecting that, it was great and so comfy!
I did find out that the shockcord that brings the ends of the UQ together are better left a little loose rather than tight like I initially had them, it seems to wrap around you better with a bit of slack in them. The ridgeline is also temporary and pretty heavy climbing accessory cord but I just played around with different lengths, I'm going to replace it with a bit of amsteel soon. In all a nice relaxing morning in the not so wild Czech Republic It's a shame I couldn't spend a night in it away from civilisation but that time will come
Bookmarks