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The last good meteor shower we were supposed to have was several weeks ago. I got up at 2 and froze my assets off out on the back porch for an hour and never saw a thing. O well.

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I was in the Navy also. Sometimes back then I think I could sleep standing up. Problem for me is, I have moderate to severe Restless Legs Syndrome. Unlike some people who have this, I have zero...

Santa is about to give my better half a new Switchback and new MacCat Deluxe. :D

I hope she likes that Switchback (it's the color of that smiley face!). I have never seen one, so I'm not so sure....

Other than setting it (WBBB 1.1 Dbl) up once in Tanglewood Park here in Clemmons and taking a quick nap I haven't had a chance to do an overnight excursion. I did notice that on my back I didn't...

I am a restless, side sleeping, insomniac. Do you side sleepers use a pillow or rolled up jacket or whatever between your knees when in your hammock? At home I usually just tuck some of the sheet...

Ooops. Double post.

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MacCat Deluxalicious, 2 tree lines (some kind of semi-reflctive 2mm cord), 4 tie-outs (the bright orange ones that came with the tarp), 2 NiteIze CamJams, 4 ti stakes. No tarp ridgeline.

For the...

Jupiter has been spectacular this year. With a good set of binoculars, on a moonless night, and looking into the Eastern sky just after dusk, you should even be able to see some of its moons.

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The problem with my honey do lists is they're not written down. I am expected to read her mind.

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I saw this in one of the picture threads. You could take a couple of pressure treated 2x4s. About 12" from one end drill a hole thru both 2x4s and insert an eye-bolt and nut thru them to make a...

Like reading Jaws when you're at the beach, how about picking up a copy of Help! A Bear is Eating Me by Mykle Hansen before your next hang.
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USS Virginia, 1983 - rode out a hurricane coming back from our yearly "spring break" cruise down to the Caribbean. I stuffed a bunch of clothes under the outside of me so that I was wedged up...

I haven't tried it yet, but always wondered - would it help to actually apply moleskin or whatever to the usual trouble spots before the hiking even begins?

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And in the rain it's a more enjoyable experience setting the hammock up under a tarp. For what it's worth...

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Haven't hammock kayaked, but I'd sure like to. The kayak in this pick (that I put together from a Pygmy kit) has since had its storage hatches cutout and the cockpit cowling installed. That's as far...

I didn't know you could hammock camp up there. Thought you had to stick to those nasty paved camping areas they have. Anyway, nice spot. I spent Turkey Day hiking up at Hanging Rock w/the wife. I...

Late to the party here, but where would one go to purchase a Shamu? My searches keep taking me to the ttt site, but I don't see the Shamus on there anywhere.

tia,
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I just recently received new WBBB 1.1 DBL and it came in Olive Brown. The hammock and stuff sack are both the same color, a cool shade of brown'ish sateen.

We have decided to take the machine to a local shop to get it serviced/tuned-up since it has never had this done. By the way, it is the same machine I found in the following blog post (Husqvarna...

I showed my wife this diy forum and she is very much amicable to the idea of making a lot of our own gear and doing some experimenting. She's the one who sews, but her machine is an old bottom of the...

Let's also keep in mind that with the word of Brian temporarily (and possibly even permanently) closing up shop getting around, I am sure that his email has been swamped with inquiries, and I bet a...

I just got the non-hooded one in stealth olive green at an Outdoor Provisions sale and it is a great piece of gear. I paid a lot more than $116 too.

I just found this and think I will get one to try. It's cheap enough, and if it doesn't work for the hammock the wife and I both do yoga.
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Not sure what you're used to and what kind of hiking opportunities exist where you live currently, but I moved down here from Charlottesville, Va. (some of the most beautiful hiking locations you...

Spent 6 years in the Navy, and saw some pretty rough seas for extended periods of time. After every deployment I literally felt like I was walking crooked for a couple of days and that my bed was...

I don't even have my hammock yet, and I'm already doing it, even scoping out the few trees around the building where I work.

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Not that I know anything about tarps, but this appears to be a well made, well engineered piece of equipment. It's so great to able to purchase something like this that is made in this country and...

I'm cold when I first tuck in, but it doesn't take long before I'm flinging off most of the covers. I am also very restless, toss and turn, and generally suffer from insomnia a lot. <sigh...>

I won't know until I actually get my pack (a new 2011 model Osprey Kestrel 48 is on the way) and the rest of my stuff, but I estimate my base weight before food and water will be 12-15 lbs. I have...

Having never used a camping type hammock, and knowing little about insulating one, would the following pad work well in a WBBB 1.1 DL? Also, how much would it change the way the hammock feels...

Seriously, I agonized between this and the HH DJ, but see'n that the HHs all just jumped up in price I jumped on a WB. Olive Brown w/a set of caribiners, not that he has any other color choices...

Thanks for all of the suggestions, and there are some good ideas in there. Also, I keep forgetting that I am just 2 miles from Tanglewood.

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Don't know if anyone else here is familiar with it, but I live in the Triad area of NC. I have been out of the hiking/camping/backpacking scene long since before I moved here some 10 years or so...

Been a long time since I did any backpacking (about 30 years) and I've been getting a hankering to get back into it. Stumbled upon the idea of getting a hammock (was looking at a Eureka Spitfire,...