Originally Posted by
Mustardman
Another thing you might consider, when going to hang in a campground, is to take a piece of cardboard to wrap around the tree under your straps. Just another thing to make it really obvious that you are going out of your way to protect the tree. A big chunk of cardboard is visibly obvious and can really help win you some brownie points.
Slackliners, who put a lot more force on the trees than we do in hammocks, learned very quickly how much of a difference an old box can make with folks' perceptions of your activity.