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    Kalamath
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    Hello from Johns Creek, GA

    Howdy folks,

    My name is Nino, and I'm glad to have found these forums. I did my first hang this past weekend on a short stretch of the Benton MacKaye Trail in North GA. It was a borrowed Eno double nest, and I rigged up some insulation as best I could, going off some of the great advice on these forums & videos on youtube. Super props to Shugmery! Love your vids man.

    So my first hang was a success. Super comfortable...even better than my bed at home. I used my old thermarest inflatable, very thin pad but I was limited in options. Temps were going to be in the 30's & we were right on the edge of the Toccoa so I wanted to do whatever I could. I set up my sleeping bag on top of the pad, both on the diagonal, and then used my jacket zipped up to make a sock to hold my feet on the pad during the night. I had no issues with being cold. Cool yes by the early pre-dawn, but not cold. One night and I was sold!

    Final result is, once I got home on Sunday, I went to Warbonnet and ordered up a ridge runner, cloudburst tarp and full length 3 season under quilt. Totally hooked, so I'm all in. Hope to use the hammock for backpacking, kayak & bike camping. I've rambled on enough so I'll end and say once again, glad to have found y'all!

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    Senior Member tri-pod bob's Avatar
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    Jul 2013
    Location
    Somewhere in the wilds of Western Mass.
    Hammock
    HH Explorer/BIAS Weight Weenie
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    HH Asym/HH Hex
    Insulation
    HHSS/0* Incubator
    Suspension
    HH stock/UCRs
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    Welcome....from the 'Wilds of western Mass'!!
    Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
    Chief Seattle

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    Senior Member 2ply's Avatar
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    Oct 2006
    Location
    Soco Gap, NC
    Hammock
    Clark DLX, ENO SN, BIAS WWM
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    OxPalace,Big Squid
    Insulation
    Oxgear, KAQ, WL
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    Whoopies/Dutchware
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    Welcome to HF from up the road in Athens. Looks like you're off to a good start with your gear.
    Everyone ought to believe in something....I believe I'll go set up the hammock!

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    STinGa's Avatar
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    Oct 2010
    Location
    Georgia, ^ of Atlanta
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    DIY standard gathered end (DL 1.1)
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    Chinook 12x9
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    Nada ... yet
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    Welcome to the site. We live in a good area ... plenty of places to camp within a few hours drive. TN, GA, NC and SC.

    Since no one has posted it yet ... without pics, your trip didn't happen.

    STinGa
    Sarcasm is a dying art.

    Eagle Scout September '85 Troop 339 Smyrna, TN

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    Senior Member halfastronomical's Avatar
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    Oct 2011
    Location
    Little River Canyon, Alabama
    Hammock
    DIY FLYING BUTTREST Bridge or WBRR
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    Leaves/Luck/DIY
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    UnluckyGeese of HG
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    Whoopiedyne Vines
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    Welcome from over here in NE Alabama. Nice setup!
    Trail information, photos, waterfalls and vistas on the DeSoto Scout Trail facebook page.
    https://www.facebook.com/desoto.trai.../photos_albums


    Soon I'll lose these rags and run, Returning to the wild where I'm from. -Chris Whitley

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    Member fgblueenohanger's Avatar
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    Dec 2011
    Location
    Lawrenceville, GA
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    ENO Doublenest
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    ENO HouseFly
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    poncho liner
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    Atlas Straps
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    69
    Welcome to the addiction from Lawrenceville!
    "A man's got to know his limitations," Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force

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    Kalamath
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    Blurry, but it should work. That's the doublenest, with the Toccoa about 10 feet away in back. Awesome sound to fall asleep to. Can't wait for my Warbonnet gear...


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    Member Squidbilly82's Avatar
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    Dec 2011
    Location
    Augusta,GA
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    WBBB XLC
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    Ketly Noah 12
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    UGQ all the way
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    Welcome from Augusta

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    Senior Member stevebo's Avatar
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    May 2009
    Location
    Moreland Georgia
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    WBRR
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    diy sil argon camo
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    lynx
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    Welcome from Newnan GA! (and congrats on your new hammock rig-----very wise choice--that combination is an excellent hammock rig!)
    FYI: If you want to know what type a certain bear is, sneak up behind it and kick it. Then,
    run like crazy and climb up a tree. If the bear climbs the tree and eats you, it's a black
    bear. If the bear just pushes the tree over and eats you, it's a grizzly bear : )


    Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either, just leave me alone.
    --unknown

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    welcome to the madness

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