Greetings from Alaska

**JP_dog** · 12-14-2013, 13:00

I would like to introduce myself and get some advice on an 11' hammock to take out and hang in January in Alaska.

I am 6'2" and weigh around 350 max with clothes and gear and dog. I will also HANG while moose hunting this summer and backpacking.

It rains a lot, and is windy a lot, and there are bugs. So I will need a bug screen nore often than not as well as a big *** tarp like the wb one with the doors, the super fly I think.

Given the temperatures, I am partial the wbbb xlc with its cover for winter, as well the the dangerbird, with the cover as well, which also as innovative all get out, pure genius.

I have hammock camped before in a double nest but it didn't lay right forme, too short I think. I was above the tree line and tuts one end off to a stand of Alders and the other end to my 4 wheeler, it was not ideal but I was having nonetheless.

I am hoping to get something by the beginning of January (wife leaves the 8th so I can play), if that is possible. My goal is the good hammock first, I am set with a sleeping bag I can use as a quilt, then I need a tarp but I am sure I can get away with a big blue one till spring.

**doc17th** · 12-14-2013, 13:03

Welcome from Philly.

**chris0895** · 12-14-2013, 13:11

I highly recommend the Clark NX-250.

**chris0895** · 12-14-2013, 13:11

And...Welcome from South Alabama!

**fallkniven** · 12-14-2013, 13:23

Welcome. I still 'hot tent' with my hammock, and it's even colder by you. I use the superfly you mentioned for the rest of the year.

**Law Dawg (ret)** · 12-14-2013, 14:51

Originally Posted by JP_dog

I would like to introduce myself and get some advice on an 11' hammock to take out and hang in January in Alaska.

Welcome from California!

I just got the WBBB XLC in 1.1 dbl skeeter net only. Coming from a 10' WBBB to this one made for a substantial increase in comfort (6-2ish and 275ish). The view is much improved too...very pleased with this hammock and recommend it.

I'd say a 1.7 dbl for your weight and the ability to put in a ground pad for extra insulation. Looking forward to your hang report...Alaska in January, makes my California bones hurt just to think of it.

**donig** · 12-14-2013, 16:59

Welcome from Virginia! I thought it was cold here...

**JP_dog** · 12-14-2013, 22:19

[QUOTE=fallkniven;1153554]Welcome. I still 'hot tent' with my hammock, and it's even colder by you. I use the superfly you mentioned for the rest of the year.

What kind of hammock do you hang underneath that super fly? Do you see any reason why I couldn't hang an 11 foot underneath there? I think I see snake skins up there, do you wrap your hammock and your tarp in the snake skins?

I like the idea of the snake skins but it doesn't seem like anybody uses them with the danger bird. I made a bishop bag for my first hammocks, but I wasn't really impressed. The idea of snake skins is really appealing to me. Do you think I can get that danger Bird and the super fly into a set of snake skins?

**JP_dog** · 12-14-2013, 22:39

Originally Posted by chris0895

I highly recommend the Clark NX-250.

Thanks for the welcome. I saw the jungle hammock line, and I know when all is said and done I will be close to the cost, but it just doesn't look like what I am looking for, I can't really say what it is but it doesn't get me excited. The advertisement sounds to me like the opposite direction I want to go in, which is simple and light. Although the super fly is probably just as complicated to hang as the Clark. So maybe I am contradicting myself.

If I weighed under 200 and was under 6' I would have a 10lb pack just because I could. But being 6'2" I have to cut where ever possible because everything built for me weighs twice as much. I was in the best shape of my life at 275lbs playing football, I am built like a middle linebacker. I just don't have the endurance I did a decade ago, so I am getting into lightweight swing of things so I can forget pains of camping and go further.

**fallkniven** · 12-14-2013, 23:03

[QUOTE=JP_dog;1153851]

Originally Posted by fallkniven

Welcome. I still 'hot tent' with my hammock, and it's even colder by you. I use the superfly you mentioned for the rest of the year.

What kind of hammock do you hang underneath that super fly? Do you see any reason why I couldn't hang an 11 foot underneath there? I think I see snake skins up there, do you wrap your hammock and your tarp in the snake skins?

I like the idea of the snake skins but it doesn't seem like anybody uses them with the danger bird. I made a bishop bag for my first hammocks, but I wasn't really impressed. The idea of snake skins is really appealing to me. Do you think I can get that danger Bird and the super fly into a set of snake skins?

I have a double sided stuff sack that I cram my hammock and uq into, the tarp stays in the skins, separate from my insulation. If it rains, I don't want a wet tarp packed with my down, I leave it in te front pocket of my pack. There are skins for the hammock and quilt called the lazy slug tube. Me, I leave the uq and uqp on the hammock, and shove it all into the stuff sack. Cram it into a drybag, then my tq and pillow goes ontop. Your 11' will be just fine.
I use jrb's bridge, fit's nicely under the superfly as long as the sides are pulled out.