Hi folks. I'm still learning the art of hammocking. I recently went on a trip with my son (who hammocked for the first time) and we had a couple of tight spots to hang. In both sites we actually had to share a tree on one end. So this got me to thinking about ever having to use the same two trees and having the hammocks right next to each other under the same tarp.
We use becket hitch with tree straps for suspension.
I figure in such a case if the trees diameters are wide enough we can just hang each hammock off of a side of the tree and this would probably give us enough space from each other.
But in the event of a smaller set of trees this would be a bit more problematic. I found a Youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL8eZ6j69aI&t=34s) in which he used four loops of cord larks headed to the four continuous loops of both hammocks and then tied some sort of loop knot into this cord to attach to the trekking poles.
Has anyone done this and had success? Is there a "best" length of loop of cord to use? Any issues with to much pressure being exerted to the poles? I'd imagine the longer lengths being used the more the trekking poles would need to be extended which could possibly lead to some kind of failure?
Any other options I could consider?
Thanks a bunch!
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