whats the worst conditions you've ever spent in a hammock? and did you stay comfortable?
Jay
whats the worst conditions you've ever spent in a hammock? and did you stay comfortable?
Jay
Springer Mtn. last year the day before NYE - heavy fog rolling up under the tarp soaking most everything - I did not have an undercover or hammock sock so I bailed on staying for NYE along with at least one other hammocker - I slept OK but by morning the down in the bag was half collapsed and I was feeling cold
i guess the most challenging night i've had thus far in a hammock was nov of 06 on Shortoff Mt in Linville Gorge, NC.
i knew it was an exposed location near the cliffs edge, but it was perfectly calm that eve so we took a chance for the views.
the wind began to pick up around dark & was really howling later on.
the only usable trees at that site w/ no under brush were farther apart than the cheap walmart webbing could support, so my hammock kept sinking to the ground.
after re-tightening it a couple times i knew the webbing would break if i kept tightening it, so i just let my rear rest on the ground.
as i got ready to retire to the hammock that night & began to inflate the DAM, the center of the valve popped out, leaving a straw sized hole.
i glued a stick into it & it held most of the air, most of the night.
blackbishiop & i both had to get up & re-secure our tarps at 2am because the wind was whipping so hard.
as best i can remember, the temps were 20s, but i'd have to find that report to see just what the temp was.
here's a picture of the tarp battened down over the hammock the next morn when every thing was calm & the sun was shinning.
there are more pictures in my gallery.
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...5/P2180026.JPG
it wasn't as bad as it could have been, but that night had it's challenges.
but i still stayed warm, slept good, & had a great time<G>. ...tim
I too will something make and joy in it's making
oh yeah... there was another night that was actually far worse, but in a different way.
that was hanging on a steep hill side just out side Damascus Trail Days in 06, after getting food poisoning
I too will something make and joy in it's making
My worst night in a hammock was not long ago. The end of November I went camping with my Boy Scout troop. I knew it was going to get down into the 40's. I brought a big rectangular bag (car camping) that I intended to use as an underquilt. I also brought my Snugpak Chrysalis as a top quilt.
I tied the rectangular bag up using some paracord, but could not seal the ends. It effectively turned my make-shift underquilt into a very efficient wind tunnel.
It carried all my heat away and I ended up going to ground because of how cold I was.
I have learned my lesson since and plan on building a hammock sock AND and peapod.
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Blizzard at Winnemucca. Winds 100+ mph, 2-3' of snow overnight, etc. Good time, stayed comfy first night but bailed into a tent second night b/c the snow was so dry it was floating under the tarp and settling on the PeaPod. The the tent blew away. Story and pics here.
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Tim,
What is that sticking out from your tarp? It looks like a wooden ridge line, or a fence, or a sawhorse, or something weird. You haven't started carrying wooden frames with you, or your hammock stand, have you? That could mess with the whole ultralight thing, but it might give good support!
Bill
first night ever in a hammock and first night with supershelter. Did not know how to use either, it turns out. 22*. Froze. 2nd worst night was the last night of this same trip, a week later. Didn't know the tricks for a tight tarp with a HH. The wind howled off of the lake, into the foot of my tarp. I was not cold ( had about figured the SS and hammock out by now, just not the stock tarp with HH recommended attachment), but I was nearly DEAFENED by the dang FLAPPING tarp, no matter how much or often I tightened the thing. It took a long time to ignore that and go to sleep. Plus, I was a bit worried about becoming a bear taco, because some of the near by trees had GRIZZLED brown and grey hairs on them in the bark, high up on the tree.
But once I did fall asleep, I slept like a baby. The next morning, my fellow hammocker said he didn't have a good night, because his trees were too close, and he had the banana thing going on all night. But worse of were my tenting friends, who were quite stove up and cold and miserable because they had spent the night sliding down hill, off of their pads and into each other on what turned out to be sloping ground with plenty of hidden rocks/roots. Despite the mishaps, my conversion was complete, even though I knew I had a lot to learn. But Hammock Forums took care of that! I have only had good nights in hammocks since then, mostly great nights.
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