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    Creative storage ideas on HH ridgeline?

    When I did my last shakedown, I cut my rideline inside (for more lounging comfort) and discovered the little mesh pocket comes right off. Has anyone ever put their own little storage pocket or some other storage thing on the ridgeline and just removed the stock one?

    I'm specifically trying to figure out how to have my water available inside of my hammock and was trying to figure out how to hang my canteen from the ridgeline using some sort of pocket or something. I use these as my hydration system, just to give you an idea:

    One of my canteens has the top in this picture, the other, I just screw on the hydration tube, and that loop is not on it.

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    That's what I use for water, too. I usually put it in a fleece stuffsack and use it as a pillow. Keeps it from freezing, too.

    Also, at the ends of the ridgeline, where it connects to the hammock, there's a loop. You can tie a cord or clip a biner up there, then use that to clip stuff sacks or whatever and they'll stay above your head within easy reach.
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    Get the ridge tight enough and you can clip stuff anywhere along it. Then you can slide it around wherever's convenient.
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    A side note on the nalgene canteens. I used 2 of them on my hike this month. I put them in the water bottle holders on the sides of my pack. On my pack they are a mesh material. I had a stick break off inside the pocket and put a hole in the canteen. Other than that they worked great. I am still using the 2nd one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Just Jeff View Post
    That's what I use for water, too. I usually put it in a fleece stuffsack and use it as a pillow. Keeps it from freezing, too.

    Also, at the ends of the ridgeline, where it connects to the hammock, there's a loop. You can tie a cord or clip a biner up there, then use that to clip stuff sacks or whatever and they'll stay above your head within easy reach.

    Where do you put the hydration tube, or do you not have it connected to the one you're using as a pillow?

    You all should have seen me when my ridgeline got pulled half way out of the that little mesh pocket. I decided to make this modification on my last overnight, so my resources for getting the ridgeline threaded back through the pocket, were very limited. I ended up using my dental floss and several small sticks to pull the ridgeline back through and tie the end to a biner. I felt like Macgyver for a second.
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    I don't use a hydration tube with the cantene. I have a Platy with a tube that I use sometimes...I usually leave it inside my backpack, and I clip my backpack to the hammock support just outside the hammock.
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    Why use a clip or a biner to hang a small stuff sack? It already has a draw string with a knot in the end of it. A simple overhand knot around the ridgeline and it's there. Easily slides back and forth and easy to untie.

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    with all the stuff you are hanging from this line won't that cause sagging problems. How much weight can you hang before you start to have problems?

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    I made a small sack for my nalgene so I could carry it slung on one shoulder. The sack was just a tube with a strap. I think if you made a bag..... Well I thought a picture was worth a thousand words.


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    Nice art work. It looks a couple steps up from what I could do.

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