Hello again!
So, today I tried hanging my HH Explorer Ultralite for the first time. Venturing deep into the vast Swedish outback (50 meters into a park right outside my apartment), I set out to find a suitable set of trees.
With me, I carried my HH, a "rings and biners" setup as shown in trekkingnut's videos and my camera.
Slapping the treehuggers onto the puny set of trees I decided to use, one of my initial concerns was put to shame. I had previously thought that the treehuggers would either slide down the tree before they were loaded, or grip the tree so tightly that it would be hard to adjust the length of the ends. I was surprised to see that neither occured, the treehuggers have just the right amount of friction! Of course everyone else here already knew that, but for me it was a relief
From there, everything was pretty straight forward. I had already installed the snakeskins, hanging the hammcoh between two doorhandles Some trees were in the way for the tarp stakeout lines, so the angles were a bit off. My next investment will be a pair of tent pegs.
Tying the hammock shock cords to the tarp and tensioning with taut line hitches, the hammock takes shape. The funky angles of the tarp are really visible from this angle. However, notice how nice and straight the tarp ridge is! This is the new "cat cut" tarp from Hennessey, and there was no tendency to slack in the top. Great!
Getting in I noticed that my butt was hitting the ground. I suspect a few reasons:
- I hung the hammoch to low. There was a bulge in the ground right under my butt, and I should have hung the hammoch higher to compensate.
- The tree at the head end might have been a tad to weak. The tree hugger easily fit three times around...
- The hammock head end was higher than the other, causing the hammock to lose its optimal shape
- Maybe poor centering as well?
Anyways, this was my first attempt so please give me your feedback and suggestions on how to make it better!
/Rasmus
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