Hello all. LEt me start by saying the I had never thought about "hanging" until I happened across this forum. AWESOME stuff in here and now I'm hooked. I read alot in here about Ripstop 1.1, 1,7, 1.9 and the other things. I am about 290# and with saftey in the forefront I am thinking of a DL 1.7 Ripstop but does it really need to be ripstop? Do I just look for nylon or how do I find an appropriate material? At this point I am not concerned too much about weight. I would like to learn the technique first.
Now I saw where someone make a gathered end hammock and tie 2 dbl knots to hold the suspension line inside in hammock. (Knot...Gathered end sinched...knot....to suspension system) Hope you can follow that. Being a tinkerer and stuff I made a monkey fist about the size of a ping pong ball and then splice a fixed loop on the other end. Probably more than I need but it was fun to learn how to do a monkeys fist.
Anyway, I love this site and am taking notes. hopefully before the end of the year I'll be an official hanger.
Thanks and keep it up!!
Eric
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