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I'll be camping at Moraine Park campground in RMNP at about 8,500 feet, with most hikes above that altitude. With that in mind, how likely am I to experience a tick problem?

I live and do almost all of my hiking in Missouri, the tick capitol, and I'm well acquainted with permetherin. Now I'm getting ready for a trip to Rocky Mountain National Park to do some day hikes...

Hutzelbein - You are correct. I'm considering the BB XLC and the Dream Darien 11'. Since I don't know of any way to audition either one in my area, all of my research is carried out on the internet....

Early on I bought an Ozark Trail pillow that came in a stuff sack. I discovered that leaving the pillow in the stuff sack was the most comfortable for me, then I found out that the stuff sack was...

Nodust- Can you tell me why you find the Darien preferable, or is it purely a size issue? I'm tall enough that I'll be getting the 11' model of whichever brand I go with.

Charlie

I'm in the market to lighten my load a bit and have narrowed my hammock options to the Darien and the Blackbird. Anybody have experience to share on their relative comfort? The Darien can be made a...

Well done Chris!

It was a good hike and I enjoyed meeting up with the forum members. Hopefully we can do it again soon!

Charlie

I'll be heading to Berryman this afternoon as well. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Charlie

If you guys have room for another I may be able to join you for this one. I'm trying to work it into my schedule.

Charlie

I can't make this one but I'm hoping to hike the Berryman loop in June. The ozarktrail.com website has great info on the OT part, but next to nothing on the loop connector (blue line), so I'll be...

I cram my HH Explorer and SS into a medium size compression sack along with the tree straps and descender ring suspension - everything but the rain fly. Since the SS includes a foam pad, the...

I started with a bottom entry model and replaced it with a zipper model when I upgraded to a larger (Explorer) unit. Both have their good points, but I prefer the zipper since it involves less...

Ha! I love it. I'm getting out the tape measure tonight.

Thanks for all of the helpful advice/observations. I'm not ready to give up on this "short" hammock yet, particularly since it's the only one I've got.

My plan for next time is to experiment with...

I too am trying to work out the kinks in my Expedition-size Hennessy, and in my back, hips and knees. It took me a day to recover from my first night.

Here's what I plan to try next:

Less pads...

I picked up an older Hennessy at a garage sale over the weekend and, even though it isn't the longer model, I thought for $35 it would work to get me started figuring out this hammock distraction I'm...