Originally Posted by
BlackTalon
I use a hybrid of this setup that works very well for me, maintaining a continuous ridge line.
Materials:
3 Dutch hooks
1 Dutch Stingerz
4 prussiks
40 Ft of Zing it
I have a hook on one end of the line, which clips onto a prussik sliding on the line. This would be my "fixed" end in your illustration. This allows me to set the perfect V for my hammocks suspension on that end, by adjusting its position. This is not used to tension the line.
Then the Stingerz is threaded onto the Zing it via the small hole in the end, and rides on the "adjustable" end of the line. The biner half of the Stingerz then clips onto a prussik that is riding on the ridge line (as per your example). The difference is, since the singerz is just threaded on the line, the tension is then added by using the line catch of the stinger and can be set extremely tight. The prussiks just set the V's on either end, not the overall tension.
The tarp is then simply attached by 2 more prussiks that have a Dutch hook captured in the loop. That allows use of a single ridgeline to be modular to any tarp. The hooks simply thread through the tie out of the tarp and clip back onto themselves. This allows the tarp to be tensioned and moved to properly cover the hammock.
I have spent quite a bit of time working on this setup, after reading many, many posts on HF. I can have my hammock from the backpack to properly tensioned on the tree in under a minute. I tie zero knots, and have unlimited adjustability to suit any hang. Plus, the setup weighs next to nothing and packs insanely small.
Hope this helps someone!
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