Hammock Convert

**nogods** · 10-09-2007, 17:05

Originally Posted by ntskip

I wouldn't say I slept "soundly" but relatively comfortably, given the situation. It actually hurts more today than it did for the first few days...go figure. The way the hammock was hanging, I was able to elevate my foot overnight, reducing the swelling...

Lots of athelets break bones and don't realize it until several days later when the swelling and pain becomes unbearable. Of course if the jagged edge of a bone is sticking through your skin you'd probably be in a lot more pain right after it happened

**slowhike** · 10-09-2007, 17:46

welcome to hammocking ntskip. sorry your first night in a hammock had to be like that, but i'm really glad you had the hammock & made good decisions on dealing w/ the situation. ...tim