Hey all: so last night i decided to hang out in the backyard. It was about 2:30 in the morning, and i was not about to go searching round my room for my real suspension ( all is polyester and amsteel- ie. no stretch), so i opted for a convenient solution. I had hung a few brief times over the past few days because i was tweaking my hammock whipping/end gatherage, and had used some of my nylon climbing webbing for the suspension for ease/simplicity of use. so i go out and set up a foolproof system (or so i thought): webbing to the ultralight carabiners on the ends of my diy ripstop hammock, and an old army issue CCF pad as insulation and my 0 degree synthetic sleeping bag. I go to sleep fast and comfy and warm, and no tarp because the stars were awesome (for Baltimore suburbia, and awesome is quite relative). So i wake up and i notice i no longer swing at all when i move around, so i reach down and my hand hits the ground very abruptly. Then i feel directly underneath me and im on the ground. I was about 3-4 FEET OFF THE GROUND WHEN I WENT TO BED!!! i am glad i used the CCF, b/c if i didnt i would have been miserable. The only real crappy part about this is that i now have big dirt marks on my hammock, so ill have to throw it in the washer- that means a whole day w/o it!! ahh!! I did sleep fantastically, but my butt is not happy at all- it had to sleep as if it were a groundling! hahaha
Thanks,
Dan
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