If I wanted to make a DIY hammockish contraption under the following circumstances, what would be the best way?
Situation: I live in a bunk bed right now for the foreseeable future. It's gonna get hot soon enough, and I'm interested in keeping cool. From exerience, I figure a hammock is cooler than a mattress. Probably more comfortable-- but then again sleeping cross-ways accross a doghouse would be more comfortable than my mattress.
Restrictions: I cannot hang a conventional hammock. Just can't be done. Not near enough room, and not near enough structure to attach it to. Hammock stand also out-- not near enough room. I cannot sew-- at least not very well. But I can cut, tie, and duct-tape with the best of 'em. Nobody lives in the top bunk. Easy access to paracord, but I'd have to order webbing or non-stretchy line.
Assets: Well, that bunk bed is built like a tank. I could tie off or otherwise attach things to the corner posts and/or the rails of the top bunk and be suspended safely. I think I have access to whatever fabric one can order off the internet. I already have some cotton sheets that I could use.
My thinking only takes me as far as hanging some fabric off the top bunk. It looks like I could create some sort of bridge-type hammock-ish thing. After that, I'm kinda at a loss.
Sorry for the long post. Any thoughts from the goup?
And, no. No, I am not in prison.
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