Wow that was close, could you feel the tree moving or was it slowly moving throughout the night? Also, that ground must have been soaked.
Wow that was close, could you feel the tree moving or was it slowly moving throughout the night? Also, that ground must have been soaked.
"I love not man the less, but Nature more."
Byron
I had the best sleep in a hammock I've ever had - didn't feel anything move. Tree was still pretty solid - I tried pushing it down once I'd moved all my stuff out but it didn't budge. I imagine with the extra force of a hammock it could move more and I won't be using those trees next month!
we need a subforum for mishaps
Glory to the Fallen, Honor to the Lost. Faith to the Missing. Carry on Forever.
That looks a tad scarey! Would have been a heck of wake up call!
I had the same thing happen to me one night. Woke up with my butt on the ground. Figured my straps slipped so I re-tightened them and got back in and slowly lowered to the ground. Luckily there was another tree next to the one that was leaning and I just hooked up to that and didn't even need to redo my tarp.
I hiked past the spot a week ago and both trees I had hung from that night are gone. They had bad flooding and they got swept away.
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. ~Steven Wright
can you imagine going to bed thinking "ah, what a nice view of the sky, i can see straight up and all around" and then waking up (late) the next day going "where the hell did all this shade come from...."
Give a man fire and he's warm for the night.
Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life. Dante
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