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    What do do with your stuff

    I don't think that I am the first person to run into this problem. I went on a canoe trip with friends and ended up having to put all of my stuff in a tent while I slept in my hammock. I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas or suggestions of what to do to keep my stuff out of the elements.

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    Simple: A gear hammock under your normal hammock
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    I put my stuff under my hammock on a small ground cloth. If the elements are bad I put it all in a plastic trash bag under the hammock. I often hang my pack on my suspension line at the end of my hammock.

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    I hang my gear from either my suspension or my tree huggers.

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    I don't have any "do do" on my stuff!

    I just carry a piece of sturdy plastic to place my pack and my gear on under my hammock. My pack is waterproof cuben so all my gear goes into it. Other than that a gear hammock is really the best. I think JRB sells one.

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    I hang my pack from the hammock suspension.

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    As someone who is about to get a hammock and all the fixin's, this question is of great interest to me as well.

    I was under the assumption that the majority of the items that I carry in my pack will be the hammock on associated materials. Thus, when I set up camp, I should be able to hang my pack and what is left of my gear on the hammock suspension.

    If I need to start thinking about something different, do tell!

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    I have the JRB backpack rain cover that also does duty as a water tote, rain catch basin, gear hammock and any other thing I can think of at the time.

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    You are exactly right, Avenger. If your pack isn't essentially empty after you set up your hammock and hang your food, you brought too much!!
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    The old Boy Scout method

    Place rain cover over backpack then tie backpack to a tree. Now that I hammock I started hang the backpack from the tree huggers and then place the rain cover over it.

    Because of hanging and not being able to take gear into the hammock with me I also carry a 3xxL Ziploc bag with me. Gear goes into it and lays under the hammock. This is big enough for my boot to fit into also.

    I have only had one time the wind got ahold of the rain cover and blow it half way off of the pack and the pack got wet from the rain.

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