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Thanks! That's very helpful. I may get some mule tape and play around with it especially since it's so cheap. I'm so used to using amsteel with zero stretch that any time I've used straps the slight...

So you just use Mule tape straight from around the tree to the CL? Does Mule tape stretch? Isn't it made of polyester? Also I hear mule tape stick to the tree bark and gets torn up pretty easy.

Yes but that uses a Kevlar webbing lead. It's bulkier, heavier, and much more expensive. The Becket bend does not hold in amsteel.

Yes this exactly what I'm referring to. Only with amsteel-blue not Kevlar. Obviously the knot is going to be terribly hard to pull out of webbing, but Amstel is so slick the slippery figure 8 seems...

Yeah! Like that. I haven't tried it over night yet but why aren't more people using this method? It seems to have the best of everything going for it.

It's basically like using the Becket hitch but work on amsteel-blue. If you use the Kevlar tree straps from Dutch it would come out to 2 oz for the whole set.

Today I had an interesting idea for a single line suspension system using nothing but a slippery figure 8 knot and it totally worked! Question is, is there any other system out there using a single...

Anyone heard of this Company, Keen ultralight? https://keenul.com/ Their Hammock is exactly what i'm looking for but not sure if they are legit. Their "our story" page seems to have been just copied...

I don't like storing my Hammock and tarp in the same container. Sometimes I don't need the tarp and just want to set up the hammock for a midday nap or to sleep under the stars on good weather...

Thanks these should workout nicely. Now I need a suitable ground cloth and sleep pad. I'm thinking a NeoAir xlite for my pack structure. My hammock is not coated with dwr or silicone so its not water...

Who? This sounds like what i'm looking for. Anybody point me in the right direction?

I don't carry trekking poles nor do I plan on it. What else could I take and use that would serve the same purpose when needed but be out of sight and easy to carry?

This is how I would expect to do it myself. I can't imagine a single situation where there would not be a hanging point in the visible distance. Unless of course you were in desert territory, but at...

Has anyone come across a situation where you just couldn't rig a hammock, and needed to convert to ground shelter? What do you bring or do different to accommodate the need for flexibility here. If...

The only problem I see with this is if you wanted to pull out just the hammock as a chair or for a quick nap along the trail. With the system always together Its hard to do. However If you just use...

The only problem I see with this is if you wanted to pull out just the hammock as a chair or for a quick nap along the trail. With the system always together Its hard to do. However If you just use...

I actually just recently got into camping and backpacking and started out doing the hammock thing. I've only ever slept on the ground in a tent once. I had heard of Hammock camping from a friend and...