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    Ground cloth questions

    Do you use one under your hammock?
    If so what do you use?
    Has anyone made one with a pocket to put your pack / shoes in? Well why not?

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    Quote Originally Posted by danfromnb View Post
    Do you use one under your hammock?
    If so what do you use?
    Has anyone made one with a pocket to put your pack / shoes in? Well why not?
    I often take a piece of Tyvek to stand on when entering/exiting the hammock. I also will spread some of my gear out on this sheet (under the hammock.) I doesn't have to be very large.

    I just put my shoes on top - haven't tried anything fancier.

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    Quote Originally Posted by danfromnb View Post
    Well why not?
    ...because I made the Gear Box instead!

    A gear hammock can be set up to just barely touch the ground under your hammock, and it does just as well as if it is fully suspended.
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    I use a piece of Tyvek underneath my hammock. I put my pack on top of it and if I think it's gonna rain I put my pack in it's pack cover and then that on the Tyvek. My shoes go on the tyvek and my cloths I hiked in are hanging from my poles underneath my tarp drying.
    Sometimes I like to hike and think, And sometimes I just like to hike.

    Hiking is'ent about waiting for the storm to pass its about learning to hike in the rain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lazy river road View Post
    I use a piece of Tyvek underneath my hammock. I put my pack on top of it and if I think it's gonna rain I put my pack in it's pack cover and then that on the Tyvek. My shoes go on the tyvek and my cloths I hiked in are hanging from my poles underneath my tarp drying.
    I've utilized different methods, but this is pretty much what I do now as well. However, I use a piece of no-tangle and make a clothesline for my clothes to dry on.
    "If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl

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    yes it's good to have a dry clean place to put your feet when you get out of the hammock. After that it's situation dependent.

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    Keeping in mind i don't use my hammock for back packing, i use my right wrist to get me where i wanna camp (motorcycle camping), I wrap a door mat around my waterproof bag and use that.

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    I made an all in one chair pack/ground cover, That i use.

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