Hello...
Been lurking around here for a bit. I've been hanging for about two years, and got my wife into it about a year ago. She loves it. We're up in StL, the City not the County, but spend a lot of time playing outside down in the Ozark hills. Hence the name.
I do more canoe camping than backpacking, but I'm digging the hammock so much that is going to change some. It seems there aren't too many nice places to hang on the Ozark streams. The Current and Jacks Fork Rivers at least, the Eleven Point River not so much.
My set up:
Hammocks: Simply Light Designs 11' Trail Lair, and Hammock Bliss Sky Bed Bug Free
Tarps: Simply Light Designs Asym Simplicity Tarp, one regular and one extra wide and long; DD 3m x 3m; and Nemo Bugout Shelter 9x9 (it works great canoe and car camping)
UQ: HG 20 degree full length, and HG 40 degree 3/4 length
TQ: So far I've been unzipping my bags and using them like a quilt. So far so good.
Suspension: Tried the whoopie slings first, then went to cinch buckles. The weight difference is not worth the fiddle factor for me. I'll probably get some lighter straps and titanium buckles some time soon.
If there's ever a Missouri hang, or one that's somewhere close, count me as a definite probably.
Ciao,
Ozark
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