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I'll look that up, I doubt I'll be able to do it, but I can dream. Good luck/have fun. Ps. I was on top of kumotori San a couple of week ago. There weren't any hornets that I saw. It was raining both...

Four days hiking in JP? Where to where? Are there trails that take four days? Or just camping and chilling?

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A sad story. But without rebar bricks and mortar are great in compression but terrible in torsion/tension dread trees should be avoided at all costs. But idiots are out there, that's why we have the...

How hard is tying a bit of string between two trees? (Sorry too harsh)

To test the Trap, first before adding poles and other do-hickies, tie a long bit of cord between 2 trees with 2 prusik loops...

I'd wager the 30° angle is due to the simple weight call it leads to.

At 30° the tension in EACH suspension arm is euqal to the weight in the hammock, a 200lbs hammock means each arm of the...

Would the maths be simpler if you consider the cat curve to be a section of a larger circle and the straight line length the cord intersecting the larger circle with a tangential angle of 30°? Give...

An ursak might be a good option to store food in to keep the monkeys at bay, I've camped in monkey country, I was woken up by angry vocal locals a few times but they never got anywhere near to...

11.5 ton? What company are you planning on doing what with? Pogoing with an elephant [emoji208]?

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What made me hang?

I was doing an over night hike across some mountains trails West of Tokyo in late October a few years back. We I arrived at the campsite it was crammed with other hikers, wall...

Very true... Yep, once they realise that you (probably) won't kill/hurt them, it becomes a game.[emoji16]

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I've never lived in a country that had them. Japan has a tanuki, called a raccoon dog, but they are super timid and you're really lucky to see one.

Monkeys take there place by the sounds of it....

Bears are a scary idea, but something in my crazy brain would be happier to see a bear than a wasps nest. I got swarmed when I was about 6 or 7 by wasps(UK) (yellow jackets? In the US) I was stung...

An Aussie will always win this game. I'm not sure Australia is really meant to have people on it... Even the moths in Australia are savage...

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Did you Google giant Japanese hornets? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170813/b61da1dd6f677416c6e414675f294c22.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170813/0ab2d3d889325c4d6eeb29884265e4c6.jpg
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What island?

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That's true, one thing Japan does have going for it is an extremely low crime rate and a generally timid culture, that plus no guns. Not too worried about the local folk.

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What island?

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Yes wild bore are a thing here too, but fairly rare and I've only ever seen them while driving/riding. Not something you want to see coming round a corner at 40+ mph on a motorbike...

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Raccoons are unknown to me. There are similar creatures in Japan, but they are very timid and you are very lucky to ever see one.

Earwigs are a pain. I lumped them in with my #5.

I'll look...

Sorry does PP mean postage and packing or PayPal? In the UK P&P means shipping. PP here mean PayPal. Right?

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Hello all.
A ponderence for you all.

After a night out the other day in mid summer. My first in a very very long time and my first in Japan. (normally more of a winter hiker and for me Japanese...

I tried my half-wit hammock out, but it was too warm (for me) to sleep with even my sea to summit bag liner alone, and the half net means the bugs can get to your legs... Didn't fancy covering my...

That's a good idea. I normally bring a power bank of some kind with me anyway. I am sure one can fine a fan like that at the dollar store. 2 even. (my larger bank can charge two items at once).
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When I click the link at the top of this thread, it takes me to a page taking about day bags... Is that correct?

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Well I'll take them. All three

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I'll take it.

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Guess I could always hike higher and let altitude cool things off.

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They look good, I'll have to have a look around the walmart equivalent here.

Or a more detailed look around amazon. Thanks.

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That's pretty much what I've been doing. I get a couple of week vacation in August, but I've just been sitting in my undies in front of the A/C. Felt wasteful. So I went hiking...
FAIL... LOL. ...

There are hundreds of options, posts, ideas, and gadgets to keep you warm on a nights hangs. But what do you guys do to keep you COOL? I tried to sleep out in the hills here on the outskirts of Tokyo...

When calculating the tension in the suspension, 30° makes the maths very easy and mean each rope experience a force equal to the weight is the hanger.

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Thanks, I don't. (British guy living in Japan) I understand. It can be a pain at the post-office. Thanks anyway.

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You won't consider inernational posts?

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Do you/are you willing to.post internationally? I might be into the UQ.

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How does it burn, that will give some use as to what it's made of...

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daN stands for decanewton. Deca means x10 and newton's if a measure of weigh = mass times acceleration of gravity

580 X 10 = 5800N
Gravity is 9.81m/s.s
So to get a safe mass you divide by g
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The main standard uses a dogbone specimen.

Cut a section like this and hang weights from it until it rips.

Not sure what that values will tell you.

Better way would be to make a hammock...

To the guy/Gal asking about safe working loads over 320lbs

The load isn't shared as you thing. The tension in each rope will be roughly equal if the angles are the same, and that will be equal to...

According to wiki the collective terms for monkeys are as follows: Troop, Barrel, Carload, Cartload, Tribe

I like carload the best.

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Hello from Kanagawa, welcome to hammocking in Japan.

"Stealth" or "fly" camping is very doable and the worst I have gotten is strange looks from fellow hikers, and a complete lack of...

Good to know. I have a few more years to go before I have a new camping buddy.

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Winter camping is the way to go. It rarely gets too nasty weather wise in Kanto. Not sure about farther north... I did an overnight winter assault on fuji a couple of times. There were surprising a...

This is the camping trip that made me get a hammock. I left late, and got to that exact camp site a little after 4pm about 6 years back. It was early autumn, and the campsite was full... Not a flat...

Sounds like you had a blast, can I ask how old your, and anyone else's, child was when you introduced them to hammocks ans more generally "outdoor" life?

I've got a little one, she coming up to...

I have received confirmation from the warden (wifey) that I am allowed to leave my cage that weekend.
I will be in attendance baring an unforeseen event. I'll sort out the booking this week.
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Sounds like fun, my wee one is still far too young, and not sure mummy would let me take her camping for a long time. Like 16-18 then she wouldn't want to come...lol



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I have a trap from abroad, but I stopped these on amazon.co jp

Pretty cheap.
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Hello every one, I've been very busy the last year (new baby) but things are calming down and I think I can talk my wife into letting me out for a few days. Wondering if anyone from kanto area in...

Hey man, great post. Who new a fellow hammocker around Tokyo. I've done that hike and similar from Mitake station to Mitsumine shrine. But I can't bare the heat, thr mozzies and the giant sparrow...

Hey there, a random search found this thread. Fellow newbie hammock. Here, I lived in kokubunji (West tokyo) for about 9 years, now I moved out to kanagawa. With Hiking, camping and my motorbikes. I...