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    Quote Originally Posted by hammock engineer View Post
    I put my hammock, underquilt, and ridgeline all into the skins. That way the ridgeline will not get tangled. I found that I can put my underquilt into the hammock before the skins. That gives it a little more mosture protection in my pack.

    I am playing around with using 1 40' piece of webbing for my straps. I am going to tie loop in it and hang the hammock of the loops. That will give me a about 16' of webbing on each side of the hammock. The downside is it is going to weigh more than a simple ridgeline.
    don`t forget to take into account that the knots may reduce the strength of the webbing... according to how you do it. ...tim
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    Right. I wonder how much a knot weakens it vs sewing thru it. The webbing as something like a 4000 lbs breakage strength. I'm not too worried about the stuff I am using.
    Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
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    wow... that`s strong stuff. were did you get it? do you know the weight (silly question). ...tim
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    40' weigh 16.6 oz, the same length of webbing from Ed Speer's site would only weigh 8.3 oz. Looking at it that way I will probibly order some from him and switch it out. I was just did not want to wait shipping. I got it from the local outfitter. It was in the climbing section.
    Is that too much to ask? Girls with frikkin' lasers on their heads?
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