As part of a friend's wedding celebration this past weekend, a bunch of us spent the night in a walnut orchard. The trees were a little too short to get a perfect hang, but they at least gave me a chance to set up my new hammock and tarp.
At left is the best picture I managed to get of the setup before my phone died (in the foreground is my girlfriend's 10' x 10' flat tarp). At right is the view I woke up to in the morning. Minor difficulties aside, it worked out wonderfully. For reference, I'm using a WB Blackbird hammock and a WB SuperFly tarp.
I did run into a couple slight annoyances. First, I think because the trees weren't tall enough, I ended up putting too much tension in my hammock suspension. While the hang was still comfortable, it made for a slightly more prominent calf ridge (or at least that's what I think caused it). Not a big deal. I still slept like a baby. It just makes me really look forward to dialing in my hang even better.
Second, my tarp seemed to move around a bit after I hung it. I'm using a continuous ridgeline setup (this one) with a Dutch hook on one end and a Stinger on the other. I know it'll get better with practice, but is there anything I can be doing to limit the movement? Not only was it moving around when I was tightening on the Stinger; it also seemed to have migrated a good 6-8" overnight. Anyone else have that problem? It didn't rain at all — I actually had the tarp stowed all night — but I would've gotten drenched if it had.
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