After attempting to sleep in my Hennessy 4 times and only being successful once, I'm seriously considering an alternative (tent.)
The first time I did well. It was just me alone in the woods and I slept pretty good. It was only 50 degrees for the low that night and I think maybe thats why I was comfy.
The second time was in my back yard and I did ok. It was about 42 that night and I stayed moderately warm but ended going into the house after 4 or 5 hours.
The third time I slept about an hour then got claustraphobic and had to get out. It was 28 degrees and I had a twin down comforter along with a reflective windshield pad under me and a 40 degree bag over me. I wasn't at all cold but got freaked out maybe because of having socks, long underwear, and balaclava on. I ended up on the ground with my bag and reflective pad, slept like a baby.
The fourth, just this past wednesday night, it was about 26 degrees and I had the exact set-up as my 3rd attempt. After a muddy 6 mile hike, I figured I'd sleep well but only got about an hour, maybe hour and a half till I ended up on the ground again.
I know that hammocking is not for everyone but I want it to be for me so bad. I'm thinking that when it's cold, I have so much extra stuff in the HH with me, I'm getting claustraphobic and everytime I move, I just end up twisting this or that and get freaked out.
My next thought was to have a zipper mod done to open it up, but hate to spend the extra cash just to find out it's not the thing either.
I reckon I'm looking for some advice, encouragement, and/or any thing else that might help. Not planning on giving up just yet.
Thanks for reading this semi-rant.
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