Point taken, however laying a tent on the ground damages thousands of plants, blades of grass, etc. You are not "hurting" the tree. less than a pencil width of a line across tree bark of a tree over 3" in diameter will do NOTHING that is going to make that tree not be there next time. Some people are ridiculous about the "Leave No Trace" policy. I understand the purpose of it, I myself leave nothing behind, however we humans are as much a part/product of nature as every single other organism on the planet. Every time a deer rubs a tree a hippie doesn't cry. Find me one case of a rope killing a tree or doing any more damage than a dear rubbing or a strong wind gust blowing one entirely over. Bark is not the life force of trees. There are more bucks rubbing the crap out of trees than people hanging in hammocks. Ridiculous nitpicking. IMHO LOL....Sorry about the vent guys, I just don't understand. People complain about a strip of bark being crushed on one out of every 20 million trees, versus a 25 square foot area completely crushed by a tent. Don't get it.
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