How high do you hang your Tarp?

**djminnesota** · 03-07-2012, 21:21

fair weather i like the others mentioned go porch mode at about head height

**Catavarie** · 03-08-2012, 04:38

Fair Weather or just anytime in summer I hang ridgeline just above head hieght and pitch in porch mode. With a 12x12 tarp I can have alot of room even with sideways rain.

Winter time when it turns cold I bring it down as far as I can and will pitch it steep closing in the corners to act as make shift doors. This with a SB used as pod over the foot of the hammock and my DIY UQ/TQ (about 35* for each) had me warm enough to cause a bit of sweat in 24* temps with a constant breeze.

**ringtail-THFKAfood** · 03-08-2012, 08:40

Over a mile high.

More than two miles high every chance I get.

**exup** · 03-08-2012, 08:59

I usually shoot for about 6-8" above my hammock ridgeline (while I'm not in my hammock) when I get in I probably have a foot between my hammock ridgeline and tarp.

**born2roam** · 03-08-2012, 13:32

Foul weather, darn close to my ridge line.
Mixed weather, about head height
Good weather, about head height, often rolled up, ready to deploy into porch mode or steeper.

With a 'Dutch like' setup (hook on one end, fig 9 on the other it is relatively easy to lower in case it needs to)

Me being 6.1 and using a JRB 8x8....
Winter: eeh... looking for a new tarp, sold my old ones..... can still control my HG Cuben urge ...... barely.....

Grtz Johan

**woodhunter** · 03-08-2012, 13:49

Just above head height for myself. I also am 6'3' tall and getting to the point where I don't like to be hunched over anymore. I do enough of that in hotel showers :{( But I am going to try out DemostiX's idea since I also have a Clark hammock and tarp, except I went with the big tarp.