For those who want to know I WAS able to get the hex fly and Explorer A-Sym into the original Snake Skins. It is a little stiff but I was able to fold/roll it small enough to get it back into the original Hammock Bag.
For those who want to know I WAS able to get the hex fly and Explorer A-Sym into the original Snake Skins. It is a little stiff but I was able to fold/roll it small enough to get it back into the original Hammock Bag.
I also do the same thing with the knot in the foot end rope. However, I prefer not to stow the tarp in the skins. Either they're going to be wet with dew and get everything else wet or it'll start raining and I'll want to stop on the trail for a bit to wait it out under that tarp w/o needing the hammock yet.
Okay this thread was worth the price of admission! I have always been intending to donate to the site, I just did in part to this great help! I always did a poor job of getting the hammock in the skins. Not only was this method faster, the final product is packed tighter! Thank you for posting these intructions!
Last edited by Ashman; 01-24-2009 at 09:35.
ok so once it is in the skins what does everyone recommend doing with it for storage? I mean in terms of when you are going to continue on your hike what do you normally do just stuff it in your pack etc etc?
Fold it up and wrap the straps around it and put it into the pack.
Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
The hanger formly known as "hammock engineer".
I used a tiny zip tie around the head end Spectra at the very end of line (well about 4 inches from the tip). It's tiny and doesn't hinder knots.
Also as I stated before, using this method I was able to get the hex fly rolled up with my tarp, then packed back in the original hammock bag. Needless to say it saved a lot of space and I like the ability to hang my hammock with the hammock ever being exposed to the elements.
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