Where's your pack?

[TATO]

I hang mine in a gear hammock that I made myself.


Really love it. Everything stays dry and up our of the way. Also, I don't have to bend over to get everything out. I then just use my plastic sheet on the ground as a "Welcome Mat"

Look forward to seeing what you come up with.

SN

I really like this setup. I like how the pack hangs from the gear hammock which allows you to put your items out for easy access. I may try this. Thanks.

[TrailH4x]

Carabiner to top loop, then run up through head hole of poncho. Hook carabiner to webbing straps on tree. Twist hood of poncho over and around carabiner to close off head hole. Access pack by lifting poncho.

[mrmike65]

I hang mine at the head end of my hammock.

[Lepmeister]

I have found that after hanging it in different spots around the hammock, I now use my pack cover to sit the bag on. In many cases it ends up with an empty pack in it at the bottom and what was in my bag in the pack cover.

Keeps it all dry, yet I can see everything and it's within in reach.

[mugs]

Place it directly under the hammock on a small sheet of tyvek or similar material.

That's exactly what I do. By the time I get "all" my stuff out my pack is pretty empty any way. so its almost flat and does not interfere with the UQ. Plus I can just reach out and under to get anything I may need during the night or in the morning the next day.

[FLRider]

If it's fair weather, I usually just shove it next to my sandals, on top of my sit pad, underneath the hammock, and let it be.

If it's looking like rain, but not a storm, I do the same as above.

If it's looking like a storm, I'll wrap it in my poncho on top of my sit pad (that way, I can get at my poncho quickly if needed) underneath the hammock.

If it's looking like a typhoon (the NE Florida hang comes to mind), I clip it to the loop at the foot end gather of my hammock with a mini 'biner. (It almost always pays to have an extra one or two of those on the trail, in my limited experience.) If I don't have an extra 'biner, I'll use some of my extra cordage to do the same. In this situation, I'll be throwing my poncho up to act as an impromptu Grizz beak anyway.

If it's cold out, and I'm going to want my sit pad for underneath my feet, I'll set it on top of the compacter bag I use to line it (remember, "cold" here in Florida means no precipitation nine times out of ten).

[affreeman]

I used my hammock for a six month At thru-hike in 2009, and all I ever did with my pack was to lay it on the ground underneath my hammock with the rain cover on it.

[zukiguy]

I have one of the Jeff's Gear Hammocks. While it works great as both a pack cover and gear hammock I did make one additional mod. I added a loop of webbing on the inside and outside about a third of the way from the top edge. So, now I clip a biner on the inside and hang my pack from that. A biner goes into the outside loop and it gets clipped to my hammock suspension.

The entire pack gets covered, it's off the ground, but still under my tarp. It's not as much of an easy access setup as it is in gear hammock mode. I normally have everything I need for the night in my ridgeline organizer so that hasn't been a problem so far.

[Derizen]

My pack hangs nicely on the toggle I use in my marlin spike hitch. It hangs by the included loop that comes on most packs - the loop that sits right above your neck when the pack it worn.