I will be hiking the John Muir Trail in July and have put off buying my hammock way too long. Before I pull the trigger would like to make sure I am not making any bad calls here.
PAST:
I have hung in an ENO DN, Yukon outfiters w/ net and large Mexican hammock. Usually use a old tent foot print as a diamond tarp and may pull out a home made tube bugnet if I want the room of the eno inn the summer.
FUTURE?:
Hammock:
BIAS Weight Weennie 60” DBL layer with knotty mod (~14 oz., due to dbl layer.)
http://www.buttinasling.com/wewemi.html
Bug net
http://www.buttinasling.com/bbu.html
http://theultimatehang.com/2013/09/t...ug-net-review/
Cuben Tarp:
$295
http://www.hammockgear.com/standard-...rp-with-doors/
Tarp flyz
http://dutchwaregear.com/flyz.html
Suspensions:
My homemade whoopies and 15' poly straps for the big trees.
My thinking is I want something light, but comfy up to a point. Trail is a bit over 200 miles and I am 6' around 175lbs. I would use a nano air pad inbetween the double layer WWM, If needed I could take the net to ground as a bivy with the pad and tarp as a shelter for the few spots I should expect with no trees. Any insight on how an open bottom net would work as a bivy would be helpful. I would like to upgrade my tarp coverage to make sure I don't get wet way out on the trail and have a decent option for a ground tarp with a tyveck ground sheet. Not sure on the best stakes to use out there.
I went with the extra wight on the WWM to have more width for comfort and dbl layer so putting that air pad underneath is less fussy. I would like to be lighter, but it feels like this may be the right call for an air pad insulation setup.
I do plan on doing a few local hikes after setting it up at the house to get my system down before I head out in July.
Any feedback you guys have is appreciated on any component of my system. Thanks.
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