Hello fellow Hammockers...
Although I am a regular reader (as in every night) of the forums, I rarely post. This is a topic that I have not seen before, although those with a better memory might quickly correct me.
I am searching for the easiest, surest way to store (attached to your equipment) cords, lines and such. It is so dang frustrating to unpack your tarp, get ready to attach to a tree, and then have a ball of tangled zing-it in your hand that takes 20 minutes to unwind. This is much more frustrating (think a string of deleted expletives) when you have hiked 15 miles, or shudder, it is starting to rain.
I have seen posts on tarp tie-outs (shock-cord or not, line-locs, etc.) but don't recall seeing how to best "wrap" ridge lines, either split or continuous, for quick deployment. There are several you tubes on how to wrap cords for keeping them untangled, but they are nor really tarp or hammock specific, and often don't apply to such slippery rope as Zing it or Amsteel.
I guess my question(s) could be broken down to the following:
1) What is the best way to organize the long lines attached to a tarp - currently I just wrap it continuously around the end of the snakeskin and secure it with a brightly colored elastic hair band (more durable than rubber bands)
2) What is the best way to organize the loose end of a whoopie sling such that when you need more span, it is quickly available.
3) Tree straps - not as big of a problem, but folding over and over is rather slow, especially 12 ft kevlar. Is there something quicker?
and finally
4) Bear bag lines (in my case Zing it). Wrapping it over and over around a stick causes nasty twists in the line (as I recently found out). There must be a better way.
This post is kind of a corollary to the recent posts of "The Need for (set up) speed" https://hammockforums.net/forum/show...-(setup)-Speed and Quickest Hang Method https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/...mmock-and-Tarp, but I think this is a little more specific, and will hopefully help someone - like me!
Thanks for any input
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