1st hammock trip

**MamaCat** · 06-01-2010, 14:57

Hi All -- I hate to admit that I've had a hammock setup for over a year and haven't gotten to use it. I was into backpacking and then had some foot issues and got out of it for a while. But now I think I am back and looking forward to a lot more hammock nites.

I went for a car camp on some friends property outside of Cleveland GA last weekend and setup the hammocks. I should have listened about the ground pad for the first night, even in summer -- it was like ice on my back! Second night was great though, added a Big Agnes insulated pad slightly blown up and boy, I have never had a better night in the woods. No back or shoulder pain when I got up -- I will never go back to the ground now!

The setup was some diy tree hugger straps, the Skeeter Beeter Pro hammock and a Claytor diamond rain fly.

I want to Thank all of you guys for posting here -- over a year ago when I bought and formed my setup, it was from reading many posts here that got me to try this and helped to figure out what to get.

Here is a pic...

**Cranky Bear** · 06-01-2010, 15:02

Nice pic's, thanks for sharing, and glad you made it out!!!!!

**Cannibal** · 06-01-2010, 15:08

That property isn't off of Teel Mtn Drive is it? Looks just like Genuine Draft's dad's backyard.

Glad, very glad, you're going to give backpacking another go! It's a glorious life made all that much better by sleeping on air at the end of the day. Welcome back to the wilds!

**MamaCat** · 06-01-2010, 15:25

Thank you guys!

No, not off of Teel Mtn Drive -- this is place is between cleveland and dahlonega a little ways off of 52. It was a very pretty place!

Hope to hang around the forums more too -- just renewed my membership :-)

**gargoyle** · 06-01-2010, 15:35

Those claytor tarps are so stealthy. Cool looking set-up.

**krugd** · 06-01-2010, 17:28

Thanks for the report. May you have many happy hangs!

**Triggerhpy** · 06-01-2010, 20:55

Sweet. Welcome to HamAnon or Hammock-R-Us.
Looks good. Hang a lot and have fun.

**Shug** · 06-01-2010, 21:00

Looks fantastic .... I would love to be sitting under those tarps in those hammocks eating BBQ, hushpuppies and strawberry cake and sweet tea from Williamson Brothers in Canton!!!!!!!

Very covert!

Shug

**Miguel** · 06-01-2010, 21:13

This was on a hang a couple of weeks ago. There are four Claytos and a Clark NX 250 in the pic. One of the Claytors is behind another so it's hard to see. They remind me of some prehistoric birds nesting.

Miguel