Although I agree with the concept of helping to prevent the suffering of any living thing in the case of choosing which products we use, the resultant byproducts of the manufacture of polyester based...
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Although I agree with the concept of helping to prevent the suffering of any living thing in the case of choosing which products we use, the resultant byproducts of the manufacture of polyester based...
I wonder if this is more indicative of the actual ages around here, or if before 30 and after 60 you just don't care as much about answering polls.:)
I'm 38, been backpacking since I was 5 (thank...
I just got my underquilt supplies in the mail today. Looks like it's time to get to work.
https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/picture.php?albumid=3023&pictureid=20427
I'd like to give a huge...
Amazing. Thanks so much for putting this together.
The last hurdle of procrastination for starting my underquilt (doing the math to figure this out myself:D), is no longer an excuse. I'll be...
I had a similar problem this past week. In my case the 'wavy' effect in the material was only directly below where my cord locks were. I think it was due to the cord locks grabbing the material a...
I can see both sides of this one, but I would have to say that I have saved money by DIYing.
The major reasons for this are:
1. I already had access to a sewing machine in my house. I did have...
I just did this same thing last week. You beat me to the posting of the pics though.;)
In my case I went from a shorter hammock to a longer one and I didn't want to sew a new bugnet (all my sewing...
Depends on your application. I am not a gram weenie, but I do like to keep the weight down for backpacking. Also, fast setup/adjustment is high on my priority list.
I just started hanging this...
Very cool design. A DIY project for your DIY projects.:laugh:
The zeppelin bend has similar reliability as the alpine butterfly bend. If you can tie an alpine butterfly loop, you can also tie it as a bend, and then you have one less knot to remember... :)
Looking for a new stove this year I stumbled upon a YouTube video for an alcohol stove made by Tetkoba,
http://youtu.be/fbHHQrh9m58
and even though I figured I'd never use it backpacking, it was so...