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I make a point of marking my territory at likely access routes to my hang spot. I refresh this scent marker if I need to get up in the night, just to let the critters with the big teeth and sensitive...

Keep your eye on Craigslist - there's occasionally decent used gear from the "tried in once, didn't like it" brigade. Also, I've seen Hennessy hammocks in MEC if you are willing to pay the premium...

I use an ID lanyard clip on the top left shoulder side. Plastic loop goes onto the UQ shock cord, clip gets attached to the base part of the bug net zip (so not touching the hammock fabric). Seems to...

All year round.

When I have taken it off, stuff inevitably falls out when getting in/out or shuffling around to get the sweet spot. Also, I would also miss the shelf on my xlc as it's far too...

Hung mine up to dry after a cold night in the mountains. No rain, just lots of damp mist rolling in.

Despite that, must have slept for 10 hours. Luxury

Like most animals, they're after food. Keep this locked up and away from expensive gear is the answer. Not as persistent and destructive as bears, but very opportunistic and will come at you from all...

Overlooking the Howe Sound, Vancouver BC
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I have a similar setup, but have angled the bolts along the line of hang in order to minimize the shear forces. 200lbs on a good day (in denial- probably more)

Another piece of kit that instantly goes into stealth mode when put down is my titanium spork.

Solved this by painting a strip of the mid point with my wife's expensive pink nail varnish.

That...

Usually OCD with remembering the fundamental gear, but once forgot about 30ft of newly purchased cord that I'd used to tie back a branch that was in the way of an otherwise perfect hang position.
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To minimize weight, and to optimize use, I join my gaiters together and use them as a foot mat below my hammock. Just enough room to stand on when I step out of my boots, or get out of the hammock to...

Just realized, should've posted in this thread as it directly relates to the bushwack camo:
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Currently lying in the yard looking up. Guess who I see lurking in the bushes of my new tarp?
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Nice touch

I get the impression that the R&D and production effort has been taken up by the wooki.

Camo not my priority until spring now. Would like this to be a warbonnet product, but can anyone recommend...

Already addressed here:

https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php/126853-Nemo-Tetrapod/page3

Exactly - stops stuff falling out. Retains the shape for the shelf and footbox and in the cold it keeps the fleece over the ridgline away from my topquilt

I've some custom fit hard resin earplugs that are great (for work). Cheap foam ones are good, but I picked up a bad ear infection from prolonged use - I was using them to try to get to sleep in a...

Didn't say which summer!

Checked their website and it has this:


Mmh. Plan B?

As predicted, the poor bear is now dead:



http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/euthanized-west-vancouver-bear-may-have-been-fed-says-conservation-service

So a few days after the guy fed the bear smoothies:

http://www.nsnews.com/news/black-bear-chases-hiker-through-cap-river-park-1.2323089

http://www.cknw.com/2016/08/10/video-of-close-encounter-with-bear-garners-criticism/

This occurred not far from where I live. (Language warning). Not only was this guy camping illegally, but he allegedly fed it a smoothie!!

Today, a bear (possibly the same one) aggressively went...

Howe Sound Crest Trail BC (again)
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Hanging on the Howe Sound Crest Trail, Vancouver. Spotted:

1 meteor
1 ISS
3 bears (mother & 2 cubs)

Really easy (was in a family group so took a helicopter up !)

Don't think they'd like to cross by dangling from the cable

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Lake Lovely Water, BC, Canada.
...guess how it got that name!

Cool - Sarawak was where I first started hanging (Turtle Beach in Similajau Park)

Gambier Island BC
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1. Extra lengths of cord for tying up wayward branches that would otherwise get in the way of a perfect hang location.
2. Some fishing line ( nice and light) for setting up a knee high trip wire...

Received an email from them a week back saying that they are currently in the process of getting the fabric made and will have a better idea of the release date soon.

Agree with all the above - dose any access points with whatever bug spray you have around. Another trick is to put a coat of petroleum jelly on a 1" long section of tie-out or suspension - just...

Ok, I'll bite.

Flames?

The only hangers that I've seen in the woods are ones that I've converted. Most ground dwellers on the trail are very curious and many take photos of my set up.

I find it strange that it's not...

Last night was my first sub freezing hang. All very snug and warm when I got in, but it's getting in withought getting a dusting of frost falling off the inside of the tarp onto my clothes or on my...

Received my yeti yesterday and of course tried it out last night in my basement hang spot. I was anticipating a prolonged dialling in session, but it went straight onto the XLC, got in, adjusted to...

Has anyone tried using a vapour barrier (such as a waterproof bivi bag) as a primary layer below a TQ?

If the moisture laden air can't get out and get to the dew point temperature, and assuming...

While hiking through the woods in northern BC (for work) we had a black bear circling us about 30m off. We blasted off the air horn but he didn't even flinch. We eventually radioed in the helicopter...

i usually eyeball it in, or use the ridge line tension as a guide, but there's plenty of free smartphone apps available - search for clinometer and spend hours getting it dialled in to 30.0 degs!

...and here's me thinking that I had a hammock problem with only 4 of them. I'm clearly at the early stages of what some people ( generally spouses) perceive as a problem.
..a couple of Hennessys ...

I've had a few incidents in the wild:

1) whilst camping (I know, sorry) on the eastern edge of the Masai Mara in Kenya, being awoken by the a lion roaring just outside the tent. It's a sound...

6'2". With the XLC footbox, it doesn't feel as squeezed as the HH Expl.

One of the big differences is that I'm finding the side zip so much more convenient. My HH is an old one, from the time when...

As a lifelong HH devotee, I'm feeling as though I'm having an illicit affair as I'm currently lying in an XLC and I like it. Lots.

Seems wider, longer, flatter than my HH. Visibility is better...

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Howe Sound Crest Trail, north of Vancouver, BC
(Hammock in trees on right hand side)

I've had similar problems - if it's one specific point on your shoulder and knee, then just MacGyver it with some duct tape.
If you are as hirsute as me, there's a downside in the morning, but it's...

To stop the over flexing of the hammock stand, or over tensioning of the ridgeline to compensate for this, I pretension the stand with a length of cord before hanging the hammock with the correct...

Reminds me of something I read in one of Spike Milligans war memoir books - he would bet he could stay in his tent for longer than his buddies, so he would get an old bicycle tire inner tube, make...

Explorer and HHSS (without pad) in skins. Hex fly in bag that HHSS came in.

I would try to use my hammock inside jungle huts & budget hotels as it:

A). Gets you off the flea ridden mattresses, and
B). Keeps the mozzies (cockroaches, lizards and snakes) away with the bug...

Ok - I think I've answered my own question. The problem is that I've had the pad too parallel with the ridge line.
In this orientation, the tie out loops on the pad are 8 to 10" out from the side...

About 10 years ago I was working in Southeast Asia and fed up with mosquito filled huts in the jungle, so I did some googling and came across some guy called Tom Hennessy. Several emails later and...