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flexibility to be able to do so on the first 800 miles of the trail and be able to set up by myself.I tried out my new Warbonnet Blackbird and Hammock gear cuben tarp in my backyard today, they are...
Quote "Richard, the WBBB's "length of 120 inches" is a "raw dimension" per the WB website - i.e., before it is 'finished'... A much more important spec is that the WBBB has a "structural ridgeline"...
I started my hike on March 23 2011, I used a Mt Washington 4 underquilt and a 20 degree Western Mountaineering bag. I was comfortably warm every night. I don't know what the temperature dropped to at...
Thanks for the replies. I might very well go with the hex tarp although the doors do look neat for less than 2 oz
I guess what concerns me is that my Hennessy is 108 inches long and my tarp 144...
I finally made up my mind and ordered a WBBB 1.1 double, next will be the cuben tarp.
I will wait until I get my hammock then set it up to determine the length ridgeline I want on the tarp, the...
Thanks Joanwest, yes we had an unusually cold weather for the time of year on the JMT. That trip prompted me to get a JRB Mount Washington 4 underquilt, that with my WM 20 degree bag and perhaps my...
I too plan on a thru attempt in 2014 and plan on taking my hammock.
I had planned a 2013 pct hike but postponed it due to illness in the family. Right now everything seems good to go.
I am toying...
My sil Nylon hex tarp and sil poncho served very well on the AT, kept me very dry both by day with poncho and by night with the tarp. They both dry fast when the sun comes out. Cuben works even...
My Neo is 21 inches wide, I believe its good to 32 deg on the ground so it would have to be supplemented with something if used in the hammock.
Perhaps I need to try a night on an EVO pad but I...
I thru hiked the AT with my Hennessy Ultralight explorer with sil hex tarp, Mt Washington 4 underquilt and WM 20 deg Alpinlite sleeping bag. They served me well and I know they would suffice just...
Busky2: My Neo was the original Yellow and silver one, I think its been superceeded by a more robust but heavier mat. I always folded it flat and it took very little space in my pack. It came in...
I thru hiked the AT in 2011 with a hammock. I had a NEO air mat shipped to me at Fontana and carried it for the rest of the hike.
I had to use a shelter for two nights in GSMNP as they did not fill....
If your bag has a zip that can also be undone from the foot end, (mine does). Unzip a foot or so from foot end of bag, put feet through and put bag on while standing or sitting, Since your feet are...
Are there a goup of site numbers for the group hang. I am coming a long way and will probably leave Thursday and camp on the way so likely will arrive early Friday afternoon, likely before those of...
I have never been to one of these hangs and it looks like I will be able to make this one. Its an all day drive for me but I believe I can make it. Through looking at the dates and times of the posts...
Thanks Chop.
I have an old ZRest, I will try it to see if its comfortable enough for a few nights, I would rather use my underquilt with the hammock so the Zrest might just do the job without too...
Congratulations.
I have some questions, I plan on a PCT next Summer and plan on using a hammock the whole way. Is it likely that I would have to go to ground much South of the Sierras. My quandry:...
I thru hiked with my hammock last Summer, I used a Mount Washington 4 and my Western Mpuntaineering 20 deg bag from Springer to Pearisburg and from Hanover to Katahdin. I purchased the MW4 for this...
I just reread the OP and see its a question on top quilts not underquilts so my last post is off subject.
I would carry the top quilt that keeps you warm in the lowest expected temperature for...
My experience last Summer was that my 32 degree Nest did not add significantly to how hot I felt in my hammock on warm to hot Summer nights.
I used a Mt Washington 4 from Springer to Pearisburg and...
I would say I was quite lucky just to have the tree tip, it did not wake me, I discovered that it had given way in the morning. It was almost the end of my thru so I was really quite skinny. My...
I have and it still bothers me.
Towards the end of my AT thru I was caught late in the afternoon in fading light and set up my hammock near Crescent Pond, Maine. We picked a spot where my hiking...
I did not use one, I used a Hennesy hex tarp and my underquilt only occasionaly had moisture underneath, the DWR was quite sufficient to keep the down dry on these rare occasions.
The JMT is a very spectacular trail, about three weeks for a thru at a slowish pace. It does require quite a lot of advance planning, you need a permit and it would be to your advantage to get one...
I used my hammock on my thru last Summer. I had a NEO for the Smokies and needed it for two nights. The shelters did not fill for two nights and there was a ridgerunner at the shelter. He made it...
I hiked the JMT with hammock in the Summer of 2010. It worked really well, I set up on the ground one night when I was above treeline otherwise I found hammock spots very prolific.
The weather...
I completed the AT just over a week ago, my hammock served very well. Only one near mishap, a tree (about 10 inch diameter) uprooted on me and in the morning the hammock was almost on the ground. The...
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I have not had my sil Nylon tarp let in spray but I have not been in it in particularly heavy downpours. Not so on my sil nylon tent (Tarptent Rainbow, prior to switching to a hammock). On several...
Sometimes the rangers like to make up their own rules.
Last month at the Backpackers camp in Yosemite Valley a ranger came over and told me that I needed to carry cardboard to pad the tree when...
Thanks for the info.
I have the zipper mod on my HH and I really like it. I believe I have the suspension set right for the nest, it is easy to check with the zipper mod.
I caried a NEO with me...
The JMT was magnificent!!
Yes both times it was windy and I could feel a temperature drop underneath me when a particularly strong gust hit.
I do have a supershelter, which I don't like much, but...
I have just finished the JMT using my Hennessy with a nest Underquilt and WM 20 degree bag. Two nights the temperatures fell to somewhere around 20 degrees and I was too cold to sleep well.
I slept...
We are looking for a pattern for an underquilt for the Hennesy Scout. My sister has decided she will hike the JMT with me next Summer. We hiked most of Virginia on the AT last Summer, me with my...
I like the idea of a small led in the Hammock. During the Summer on at least a couple of occasions I had trouble finding my hammock after a nightime "call of nature". Leaving a small light on would...
Thanks for the replies.
I found that in windy conditions, earplugs effectively mute the sound of a noisy tarp and the swaying of the hammock sends me to sleep.
I had not paid much attention to...
This was my first Summer of backpacking with a hammock. I hiked seven weeks on the AT and one on the Colorado trail and love the comfort of my hammock.
I was quite concerned with how to safely...