Last night I sat up at a local county lake for a quick over night hang. About 10:30 last night a storm rolled in that I thought would miss me too the south. Well I was wrong! I’m not entirely sure what happened to cause the catastrophic failure, but I was asleep peacefully in my hammock with my tarp over me staked out low to the ground. Than I was rocked by a gust of wind smashing the tarp into me. I quickly grabbed the bottom edge of the tarp to give it support before I was hit again. Bam second gust hits me and a split second later my tarp was split down the ridgeline in half. Stakes keeping one side from flapping away and the other being held by the ridge line. Seeing my 950 down under quilt take on wind like a sail had me jumping out of the hammock faster than I have ever done before. Emergency bailing to the car grabbing everything up as fast as I possibly could. (Pics to follow once daylight comes out) The National Weather Service said that the “gusts” were 45 mph with sustained wind of 25. Lesson learned about setting up in the open when a storm rolling in. The positive is I know what my gears limits are now.
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