Bridge hammock with ccf pad

[WV]

I went out in the rain to get in my hammock last night and found the tarp had blown aside or leaked, so my hammock and summer UQ were wet. Came in to the porch, where I'd been working on the bugnet zipper for my latest PBH, but what to do for bottom insulation? Oh, well, I'll do without. It's been very hot here. ... Nope. After 10 minutes my back started to feel cold. Then I remembered how I started out, in the days before underquilts. I pulled the ccf pad out from under the dog and put it in the hammock. I'd forgotten how well a pad works with a bridge hammock, especially a People's Bridge Hammock. The gentle knee ridge helps keep it in place, aided by the side notches (remnants of the futile struggle to make a pad fit a gathered end hammock). I slept great. With a very light top quilt, I had no condensation on the pad.

PBH with ccf pad c.JPGPBH with ccf pad b.JPGPBH with ccf pad a.JPG
I still have this fantasy of some soul on a budget setting out to thru-hike the AT, enjoying the comfort and economy of a DIY PBH and a ccf pad.

[BER]

Love it WV

[psyculman]

Ok, but now your dog is cold................

[cmoulder]

I've slept only 4-5 nights in a bridge, which was a Towns End prototype, but a couple of times used the Z-lite CCF mat and it was surprisingly comfortable and totally warm down to about 45°F, if I recall. I didn't note condensation so it must have been minimal, if at all.

Raising the lower legs a few inches makes a huge difference in comfort. I do this even on those rare occasions I must sleep on the ground and it also makes it a lot more comfortable.

I also recognize that white pillow in the photos and am a big fan of those as well.