small variation of this that I have heard of - tie the head ends of the hammocks to the same tree and the foot ends to two different trees - makes picking a site a little tougher however
small variation of this that I have heard of - tie the head ends of the hammocks to the same tree and the foot ends to two different trees - makes picking a site a little tougher however
Last edited by Bird Dog; 03-16-2007 at 12:18. Reason: added more info
Just Jeff made me do it
Ed speer and his wife hang side-by-side a lot. They did so at HS last fall, if I remember correctly, but they were using a hammock stand designed specifically for that. I think I've also heard Ed talk about hanging side-by-side on a single pair of trees, but using a trek pole as a spreader bar to hold the head-end supports apart. This would keep you from being right on top of each other where it counts - the foot end is necessarily narrower by nature and so poses no problem.
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Ed and Karen were using a hammock stand at HS last year.
The head end was what worried me. The dinos are pretty 'fluffy' critters and need some space. I use an offset cane for hiking (.75" aluminum) and the male dino uses a 1" wooden hiking staff. Surely one of those could become a spreader.
I'm pretty sure the aluminum would be strong enough - probably the wood too. You'd need to make sure the attachment system was strong enough, though. You could probably come up with something really simple using rated cord. You'd probably be fine with the same rating you'd use on a ridgeline - this shouldn't take any more stress than that.
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He hasn't commited yet. One of the elders from my church is considering coming (he recently bougth a HH) and I told Michele to call me and I will pick her up if she is south of HS that weekend. I hadn't planned to spend the night, but.......
oooohhhh, fd. i think you are coming to the darks side!!!!
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FD - as Bird Dog said, that's how I hang with the kids. Plenty of room, and we block the wind for each other that way so it's a bit warmer.
If you could find at least one big tree to hang from, that would put enough separation between you that you wouldn't need a spreader. I don't use a spreader with the kids.
And we usually sleep under the same tarp. The MacCat Standard worked fine for us during the icy snow at Mt Rogers. If I had two adults under there I'd want something with better end coverage...maybe a Deluxe or something similar.
One other issue - if you're close enough, you affect how each other lays. Good for warmth, bad for nighttime bio breaks. But if you're spread far enough apart it shouldn't be a problem.
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