Quote Originally Posted by bikerbobbo View Post
I've had some success hanging down the beach using some heavy duty aluminium extendable painting poles that I purchased at a hardware store. I weigh about 105 Kg ( 230 pounds ) and they have not broken or bent on me ..... so far.
HEY! That looks like that'd work. I'll just add some extra guy-outs about 2/3 of the way up the poles and hang the hammock at that juncture.

I can then run extra tarp/ridgeline stuff above it as needed.

Cool! We'll see how that does.

Thanks gobs!