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My wife and I live in Mason City. Our favorite place is Yellow River. Plenty of spots to hang on 2 of the 4 sites. It's probably a little drive for you, it's 2ish hours for us.

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That little camp you are talking about has the best views of any of the grounds. I also want to stay there yet this year.

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My wife and I spent a weekend up there a couple months ago and hiked all 4 sites. Glen Wendel isn't bad at all, super easy hike, just a bit of elevation. We walked it after 2 inches of rain had just...

Sounds awesome. I'm game.

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I need to get into that.. my base weight for this trip is insane..

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Just found this. Mason City. Heading to yellow river for 3 days on the 10th and going to hike the 4 campgrounds on the outer loop.

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Thanks. I think I'll try it out. We have a local shop here I can take it to.

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Haha! Here it is.

The tension in particular is very touchy.. one little turn too far and you are breaking string.. a little turn back the other way and its too slack.. my mom warned me about this and I definitely...

haha! that's exactly what I wanted to hear!

I think I will take it in and get it serviced just to make sure everything looks ok just in case, but it is steel framed and had been well taken care...

I have a 30 year old Kenmore Ultra stitch 12 machine (family hand-me-down) . I have already used it for several small projects using ripstop materials such as pillows, stuff sacks, snake skins and...

Thanks for the input!

I also stayed out last night in mine for the first time it got down to 31 degrees, I had a hoodie and a thermal top on, but forgot bottoms so I had to sleep in my wet jeans.. No bueno.. But I still...

Have hammock: will travel. :) we make it to the Omaha area a few times a year. We have friends that live right across the border

I'm staying in a little park in Hampton tonight.. Trying to talk the Mrs into coming with tomorrow.

Hi from Mason City! Not many Iowa guys on here.. I'm heading out this weekend for my first winter hang... its a bit blustery but looking forward to it!

well... I'm an hour north of Des Moines... guess that's kind of close compared to most.. haha.

Hello from Iowa! Thank you for your service!

Your setup looks good. I think you will like the HG underquilt and topquilt. The temperature difference using an UQ and TQ will be night and day. ...

X2. Seen the majority of his videos. All very good. Great scenery and informative. His videos of him hiking the AT with his Half Wit are what got us into hammock camping. Highly recommend.

Let us know how it goes!

It's OK :) we got a hennessy for the wife, so yes good choice. ;)

Welcome! There is a wealth of knowledge here, check out the DIY page for a ton of good information.

Hello from just beyond your southern border!

Holy Cow! I thought I was the only person from Mason City on here! well.. I guess you make 2!

Clean and sober hiking group? Now that's a good idea! We do bonfires and stuff, but that would be an experience.

This is a very good read... Maybe sticky-worthy? There's a lot of very good information in here a lot of us newer guys could learn from.

I posted a review in the "review" section. They're better than I thought they were going to be for the price. Looks like quality construction, and weight wasn't too bad for what they are.

Is that a screenshot off of an app? or a website or something? that's pretty cool.

This is exactly what's happening to me.. I'd like to hear how the 1/8 does for you once you get a chance to take it out and use it.

I'll read up a bit more. I guess I am one of those that would rather over-do something and know I am safe, than to go at it half cocked and risk a failure. I don't have any knots tied in my amsteel,...

Gotcha.. :)

I'm at work, but I'll take one when I get home this afternoon.

I recently bought a hammock with 7/64 whoopie sling suspension and continuous loops. I have laid in it a total of less than 10 hours and it looks like the amsteel on the continuous loops is starting...

This is my first step in to the world of underquilts, so I don't have any experience with the Jarbridge (hopefully someone can chime in with their .02). I do know that the reviews are good for the...

I ordered the Yukon Outfitters underquilt and topquilt off of Woot last week when they were on sale, I havent seen any reviews on these items yet, so i thought i would post something up in the hopes...

This is so true. When my wife and I first started this journey, we were going to take the $200 we had budgeted for a tent and a couple camping pads and throw in to a couple hammocks, because, on...

Hi from Iowa. We get over there a few times a year. We have friends in Glenwood, right across the border on the Iowa side. Haven't gone hiking or camping over there though, I'd imagine there's quite...

just my .02
I have an 11' Dutch 2.4hexon, and I love it. I'm 6'0 230lbs and it is a wonderful hammock. I could have gone with a lighter material and saved a little weight, 2.4 hexon has a max...

Completely agree. Great job Ratdog. Very informative.

Looks awesome. I'd never do it though.:)

I couldn't resist at that price. I set up an account in my name and another one in my wife's name and got 2 of each. This was posted by someone else yesterday as well earlier in the day. They're...

And a warning label. Warning: may become addictive.

There are going to be 2 big differences between all the different versions of the Hennessy hammocks you have listed above #1 is weight, and #2 is how you get in to them- the Asym zip has an attached...

What?!?!?! That's crazy!

For those of us across the pond that's roughly $440 U.S. :)

Looks to me that your options are fairly limited over there. I don't know much about the DD hammocks, but my wife just got a Hennessey...

Haha. Yup. I kind of want 1 of everything on his site.. It's an impulse buyers dream!

He must have been out when I ordered my hammock. I have seen them in the past on his site, and was planning on buying everything together- that tarp included, but then when the time came, I couldn't...

Wife has a fly. Just looking for one for me. We have bought the rest of our gear or have a plan for what to do with it(DIY) we have already blown the budget, so at this point were just trying to get...

Something lighter would be nice, but I understand that lighter materials means increased cost. We're going to be backpacking with them, but not super long distances, and were not going ultra light...

Haha!! Yup!