Saw your post on Trail Journals Michelle and have to ask if you set your Hammock arrangement up like this all of the time. (
Michelle's Journal)
If it is then some of the guys and gals here may also chime in on what could also be part of the problem. First the large gap between the tarp and the hammock, next the large space between the ground and the bottom of the hammock, also noticed that there was quite a lot of dead leaves and duff below you.
On situations like this, make sure that your tarp touches the ground or nearly so. Then pull the leaves around the bottom of the tarp and inside to help insulate (you can respread them in the morning when you break camp).
Remember that air flowing both above and below you affects your ability to stay warm.
So far as the tarp height is concerned you want to be tight to the hammock but not so tight that you get condensation issues inside.
Anyone else seen these pictures?
So besides the underquilt and other issues, you want to also be below ridgelines on the lee side (away from) of the prevailing wind, closer to the ground in the winter and higher from the ground in the summer. Use the terrain and trees and bushes to protect you. At the same time be aware of those same trees for 'Widow-makers'.
Does that about cover it guys and gals?
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