What does CRL stand for???
Thanks
Rich
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What does CRL stand for???
Thanks
Rich
I sell climbing gear, most of the time load bearing biners are for climbing and those biners are rated in kN which is a unit used to measure force generated by a given weight in motion.
kN is over kill for hammock use many of the biners used among HF users always recommend the nano 23 which is 20 kilonewtons that will hold
4,496.17886 pounds force (I converted it with a calculator) so they will hold plenty and you should also know you don't always need that much strength, perhaps for the hammock but you can go lighter for the tarp.
Rich:
CRL=Continuous Ridge Line (I think....:D )
Two ways to support the ridgeline of a tarp:
1) Tie a line to each end of the tarp and connect the lines to trees
2) Tie a continuous line between the trees, and then connect the tarp to that line - either draping the tarp over the CRL or hanging it under the CRL
There are a couple of 'Glossary' threads here (use the Search) but I didn't find CRL when I had a quick look.
I'm not exactly sure on that I have probably around 9 or 8 and a half foot hammock length(dew to the structural ridge line keeping it from stretching out the full distance)
And I have two 15foot webbing straps for suspenssion. So say each tree takes 5 feet of webbing to go around leaving me with 10 feet on each end =20feet + around 8-9feet of hammock length. So lets say 22-29 over all length I would say?
Well...remember that the CRL has to go 'round the trees, too. So, it needs to be the same length as your suspension plus your hammock at first glance (39 feet).
On second glance, though, how often are you going to hang from trees twenty-nine feet apart? Personally, I prefer a thirteen to nineteen foot distance between my trees (my hiking poles held at arms' length plus a foot or three). So, my tarp CRL needs to be in the twenty-three to twenty-nine foot range.
I've got a thirty-foot CRL right now, and it's often overkill. I usually wind up with three to five feet of extra cord dangling after tying.
So, what I think is a thirty foot one will do you just fine. Hope it helps!
yes a 30' length is very commonly used.
For the new guy... Acronyms
CRL means a continuos ridge line meaning one line of rope that runs the howl length of the tarp.
RL is ridge line normally meaning two seprete lines one toes off on the end of your tarp directly to the tree and so that on both sides this method their is no line running under or over your tarp the lines just tie out to the pull out on the RL of your tarp.
I found some smaller carabeaners that ares still aluminum but were attatched to para cord for my whole tarp set up needing three cost me about 10$ but came with para cord also. But these ones weigh 2oz instead of 3. Very small savings but if you need to have them anyways may as well get ones with less weight IMO.