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Ordered my Superfly in camo today...
My line locks shipped from hammock forum store...
Ordered 180' of 1.75mm zingit for the tarp and 40' of amsteel just because I had the free shipping code...
Also I signed up for my marathon hike that's in March... Helluva expensive day but oh so worth it...
And I got to have lunch with my perty wife at subway... Which was the best part, until the tarp arrives :D
Sounds like a perfect day. The only thing I can think of that would have made it better is if you had taken MY wife out to lunch (we were both off and I had to spend the day with her at the mall, "yes dear, it looks great on you...).
But seriously that's awesome, I can relate, I too made a purchase today, some material from DIY Gear Supply to make my first DIY tarp, hex cut. Can't wait...
Cool.
Where ya going in March?
http://www.bataanmarch.com/Quote:
Originally Posted by sargevining
Very nice. So I guess you are holding off on getting the BIAS hammock? I understand since the Superfly should beat the crap out of the ENO tarp you used at Lost Maples, and your hammock looked pretty comfortable. I definitely like Caveman's Superfly tarp. I might head back out to Lost Maples next week, or maybe somewhere else, to use my new UQ on an actual trip.
Good luck on the Bataan hike. My grandfather served in the European Theater, but what I've learned about the fall of Corregidor and the subsequent march by the men left, I have the utmost respect for them.
Very nice. What a day! The SF is next on my wish list.
BTW, Brute, where exactly in So Tex are you located?
The Battaan March looks interesting. Might be even more interesting if done wearing the same shoes and clothing and forego any food and carry limited water.
Looks fun to but good luck with finding trees there it looks like a true desert. It reminds me of central and southern utah. Flat not a tree around.
Unfortunately this is a non camping event... If it was a camping event that handy hammock stand would be first on the shopping list... This is marathon style start to finish 26.2 miles with a 35+ lb pack... Your only young and dumb once, might as well have some good stories when I am old and cranky...Quote:
Originally Posted by ninjahamockman
Only be young and dumb once, but being old and cranky is much more fun. 'Course I'm also still doing the dumb stuff to this day - I got a special license for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brute1100
Got an extra application... Pretty sure I'll need one of those...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost_Biker
Where did you get that special license? I want one. :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost_Biker
Very nice score on the gear and good luck on the march.
I'm in that awkward "transition" phase.:confused: I still do dumb stuff, but I'm cranky as H*ll.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost_Biker
Way to go redden... Ordered Friday arrived Monday... Amazing!!!
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finished up my tarp pull outs... started with 7' of ZingIt... 1.5" fixed loop on one end with a 2" bury... two over hand loop knots tied 10" apart just up from that... 10" of shock cord fishermans knotted into a loop between those two loops... 69" final unstretched length and 5" of stretch... should be just perfect, i may shorten it up in the end... now just waiting on line locks since they have shipped... and waiting on Brandon at Warbonnet to get to feeling better and ship my tarp to 2QZQ... man this wait sucks...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/05/ra8u9ehu.jpg
Made some UCR's... http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/05/uba9a3e9.jpg turned out nice other than one end the back splice didn't have enough room and has a little fray showing...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/05/ejuqanyh.jpg
But its just aesthetics nothing load bearing so its a none issue...
Line locks are here... They look like the picture on the website...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/08/3uje2azu.jpg
Line locks are done... 12 continuous loops take a while... Made a few extra that I didn't get a shot of...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/08/hygapaba.jpg
Do you have a pic of the tarp? I'm looking into buying a SuperFly but I need to see the camo pattern first. Is it the same pattern on the WB website?
I have not received mine... But there is an ongoing thread about them that has plenty of great photos... Warbonnet switched camo patterns here recently so take care in which photos you view, the old pattern was obviously repetitive I didn't like it... The new one I like a lot better... I hope that helps... That thread all the pictures are of the new pattern and even some discussion on a recent change of the way tie outs are done...
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=66618
Had a busy splicing night last night... Converted one pair of whoopies into UCRs with enough left overs to make a pair of continuous loops also...
Made a pair of UCRs out of blue 7/64 amsteel to give away in the PIF section... Also with matching continuous loops to go with... Surprised at the symmetry I got with that set... I guess by the third set I should have them down though...
Made some nacrabiners out of ZingIt just to play with and have mentally found a use for them in my Superfly rigging... Thinking about using it to hold my pole mod up in the center... 2qzq is doing ky pole mod and I'm having them leave out the ribbon that's usually on the ridgeline... I'm going to run a non structural ridgeline under the tarp and then splice in a nacrabiner at the right point to hold the pole up...
Also got shipping notification on my Superfly... So over all a good day...
So... Me and the sewing machine have been seeing a lot of each other here lately... Made a few ridgeline organizers, one for the WWM and a few for friends... 8 grams each 6 inch deep pocket by about 12.5 wide... A taper in the cut allows the pocket to always be open... Making it easier to take stuff in and out... Also made a oink one for my daughter and a matching stuff sack for her tablecloth hammock... I thought I was going to go blind sewing on that thing...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/04/05/4u9ymane.jpg
2' level in the middle for size reference...
I am by no means a pro, but by the fifth one the stitches were looking nice :)
Brute, Did you ever attend the March or what. Btw, How much is the registration for that event? Just curious. From the rough count it looks like about 2,000 people or so attending.
Didnt mean to side track your post!
SOMEBODY is going to be sitting at the front window with his cold nose pressed against the glass waiting for the mailman to come, probably while his dog sleeps in the other room... LOL:lol: