i don't think laying in the hiker's rest would feel much different than my top entry type w/ spreader bar.
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i don't think laying in the hiker's rest would feel much different than my top entry type w/ spreader bar.
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...5/P2110155.JPG
What I'm thinking is that with three points tied off, the hammock would have a really difficult time flipping - one of the female dino's real concerns in a top loader. I was terrified in the Speers in 2005 at Trail Days. Didn't try it last year.
It's REALLY hard to flip a Speer hammock. The center of gravity is pretty low
That is comforting to hear and I may be less skittish now. When I tried the hammocks in 2005, I was only 2-3 months off my walker. I was still quite bruised and tender (I still have three large bruises from that wreck in 8/2004 :eek:). Falling down hurt really bad back then. I did not have the lower body strength on the right side to move myself around much in the hammock - I wasn't able to get into 'the sweet spot' in the Speer and it seems to rock from side to side. My right leg could hold about 80% of my body weight only if it was perfectly positioned - it could not catch me if I fell (this ability has come only in the last few months and is why I have quit using my cane on hard, level surfaces). By the time I got out of the Speers hammock, I was shaking and nauseous from fear.
I tried the Eno as well. Never found the sweet spot, but sunk in low enough that I wasn't terrified I was going to flip / fall out.
This dino slept from about 10 PM to 3:30AM. The snow in the area is making my metal parts ache :(