Status update: live from the hammock.
Difficulties faced: foot end too low.
Tactical response: can't be bothered getting up to fix it.
New gear: dad's sea to summit down bag as TQ - WAY too hot!
Old gear: WBBB webbing frayed and needs replacing, which is why the foot end is too low
Conclusion: all secure in sector 8 (is this sector 8?) - pending possum invasion.
Footnotes: will post a pic in the AM.
Cheers,
bunaka.
I think your in the teens as far as sectors go... based upon your distance from minnesotaNice report, hate possums.
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. - C.S. Lewis
Yeah, isn't NZ overrun with possums or something? That's part of why they are exporting possumdown gloves and such. Too bad that stuff made me itch.
Looking forward to a morning update to see how you slept. With the foot end too low, I find myself scrunched up at the middle of the hammock.
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how many times have I layed there thinking "dang, the foot end is too low. Do I really want to get up and fix it?" hahaha....
Looking forward to hear tales of your defense from the hammock from the invading critters!!
I had to get up and adjust the foot end - was driving me crazy. Now stuck in here with this massive sleeping bag. There's down everywhere man!! Wish the temp would plummet 10 deg., so I could snuggle into the lofty goodness... - lol.
...... Live Update.....
I feel like I am watching a siege on CNN.
We now take you LIVE to our correspondent Bunaka who is embedded in his hammock in Sydney where the possums are circling. Over to you Bunaka......
Oh, and ya best remember, those possums is only playin' dead!
"embedded in his hammock"Originally Posted by bodhran4me
I like that. I only wish the possums around here would play dead. We have mean ones here that hiss, bare teeth, and sometimes charge.
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
The reason I was keen to hang here (one reason anyway) was that I hung here once and had the best nap ever!
I am sad to say that last night was not a repeat performance. After a couple of hours I gave up and went inside. I will get my own bag, replace the webbing and try again.
No possums attacked.
The prayer flags didn't help?
Brilliant post! I am stuck at work late in my 14th straight hour. I needed a good laugh.
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