Superfly vs Kelly Noah 12

[Law Dawg (ret)]

Very interested in a RR with information on how hanging works out! This is a run I want to make before the kickstand goes down forever. Someone posted the idea of a hammock with separate skeeter net and a ground cloth with pad. You just set up the tarp (using a trekking pole and tent stakes), ground cloth, and skeeter net arranged like a bivy for your TQ etc when you must go to ground (shudder).

My knees are so shot that the hammock is pretty much mandatory, thus the interest in how you make it work.

[macinnisl]

Well for the tree situation I think I will be able to make it without going to ground. I can say when I was up there the tree's are certainly big enough further down south only when you get close to Inuvik it might be a problem... The tree's get much smaller on the other side of the mountains.

Now that I think though the department that I work for had a tent frame out there and it held up. I know it will be hard but I think with enough looking around you can find the right tree's.

Also as a side note the trip is going to be in July/August if you want to come along. I already shipped my Mefo knobby tires to someone I know out there to put em on right before the dempster. Ofcourse though you could wait and have the benifit of having me make all the mistakes lol!. We are planning on camping pretty much every night and mostly eating on the road and at the campsite.

How thick do you think a tree needs to be to handle my 230lb bag of bones in a hammock? I have friends there still and I can recall about how large the tree's were.

[ibgary]

I think the DB and superfly is a good choice. As u said size is critical as is versatility. You can use the tarp if you need to go to ground. I'd take foam pad for insulation. It can go between layers of the DB or go on the ground. I have and like my IX uq, but I wouldn't take it on the trip you plan. The foam is bulkier, but more versite. Not much padding with IX, but it is warm. Have fun.

[macinnisl]

So would you suggest just a ground pad for under the hammock? Thinking protection plus waterproof?

[otter]

Superfly all the way

[lubbockhammockguy]

So would you suggest just a ground pad for under the hammock? Thinking protection plus waterproof?

The only times that I could think about using a ground pad is if it's muddy and you want a clean area around your hammock or if you want to lay some of your gear on the ground. In those cases I would think to use tyvek.

[macinnisl]

The only times that I could think about using a ground pad is if it's muddy and you want a clean area around your hammock or if you want to lay some of your gear on the ground. In those cases I would think to use tyvek.

Well I think I might just rough it. I think I'll save on pack weight and just use the tarp alone. When I was 14 I would camp just under a piece of plastic and a piece of blue foam in a sleeping bag and I was fine. So no ground tarp.

BTW I placed my order for the superfly in Camo. I think it's a good tarp for versatility and in the future maybe I'll look at getting something smaller to carry. Also plan on making a DIY Hammock so I'll make a lightweigh so I will have a summer kit and a adverse weather/winter kit.

Looking good so far. Now I need to spend countless hours researching sleeping bags and top quilts.