Mine came when I pulled the closet door frame out of the wall. My basement testing was on hold until I finished "renovations" ( and a couple lag bolts) hahaha
Mine came when I pulled the closet door frame out of the wall. My basement testing was on hold until I finished "renovations" ( and a couple lag bolts) hahaha
"It's better to keep your mouth shut and let people THINK your stupid than to open it and PROVE it" - SFC Kagawa, United States Army (my old platoon SGT)
*Originally -Abraham Lincoln 16th president of US (1809 -1865)
Welcome!! My problem is that I keep rejoining the club at the most unexpected moments.
Exercise, eat right, die anyway -- Country Roads bumper sticker
Fall seven times, standup eight. -- Japanese Proverb
I've said it before and I'll say it again...
Congrats on your hammocking merit badge. It's official, you're now a "hanger".
Glad all that was dinged was pride. Usually the case.
Trust nobody!
My first attempt was with a sheet and tie downs. The whipping held just fine with parachord but...the 250 thread count COTTON sheet gave up the ghost just after the attached picture was snapped. Glad all is well
I've had it happen multiple times in my dorm after setting up my tripod stands slightly wrong. Nothing better than a bruised butt and having the 6 ft tall stands go crashing into you and your roommate's belongings XP
Ack! Glad that old bugnet held up! Must have been the superior construction!Originally Posted by DivaB
My crash came when I thought I had the hammock at night....but it was actually the bug netting. Stuff stretched pretty darn good and didn't rip, but it sure didn't cushion my butt hitting the deck floor....and knocking the air out of myself (had forgotten in my age what that felt like). Son had a good laugh though. That is also the night I learned to not hang higher than your willing to fall. ....also 550 paracord is a joke (I then got to laugh at my son). There were a lot of lessons that first night.
I'm glad you ok and and butt and ego are still intact.
Yep, grabbed my UQ, slid my butt down to the concrete...Thanks to good shock cords, the only thing bruised was my ego...
There are 2 kinds of hangers... those that have landed on our butts. . . and those that will . . .
"Do or do not, there is no try." -- Yoda
On my hiking trip last weekend I converted my gear hammock/pack cover to a hammock chair. I just pulled some shockcord out from the channel and used it as line to create a gathered end. I wrapped the shockcord around the whipping 'tight' and Larks headed on to it using a UCR and it held up well without incident. I maybe wrong but I was just thinking yours just wasn't wrapped tight enough that causes it to slid out?
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