Hammocks have been catching on in my troop. I have been rocking the hammock and for a few outings, this one I was set up with my hex tarp in porch mode and my DIY gathered end with quilts. The 2 boys who have full setups started out the first night sharing a tree on the head end, with each having their own tree for the foot end with a jury rigged ENO profly and a 12' Noah's tarp. The second night one of the new youth leaders, and recent Eagle scout, added his hammock to the setup.
The leader seen leaving on the right hand side of the photo made a comment that that was pretty good, but he had set up a three stack once with a ladder for access.
Challenge accepted! It wasn't long before they had a triple stack with three scouts on the ground underneath.
They had plans of sleeping under the stars, but it started getting a little cool and damp so they quickly set up the Noah's tarp over the stack.
The real challenge was for the boy on top (my son) to empty his bladder enough that he would not have to get up in the middle of the night....he was successful.
Now I need to get links to some DIY information for the 3 other scouts that were asking about how to get started hammocking.
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Originally Posted by jbrescue
Uncle Obama picking up the tab on this one!
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