Hi hangers,
I didn't know how to search for an answer to my problem.
Noob am I. For your help, I implore you. Using 1/8" Amsteel from diygear supply, I made three whoopie slings for two hammocks, but cannot, after two or three tries, finish the fourth. With the first three I struggled to get the amsteel to pass through the buries. With the fourth, I just could not make the long bury. I might have tried to convert to a Utility Constrictor Rope but in frustration, I just cut off the offending rope section, made a 12" long Amsteel loop with a fisherman's bend to connect the hammock to a pair of SMC rings, from which a 15' long polyester webbing would connect to a tree. Diagram below:
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That said, I'd like to temper my defeat at the hands of the whoopie sling deities and still keep things light. In the following set up,
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the suspension looks more complex than it really is. from left to right: Hammock (black), linked by Larkshead to Amsteel loop (also black), linked by larkshead to one SMC descender ring (blue) to allow for rain drips, Amsteel (light blue) with a trucker's hitch to tree hugger (green).
Please tell me if you think this would work in practice. I welcome suggestions for improvement. I don't want to fall.
I don't know why those online videos make burying the rope appear so easy, while it takes me >45 minutes to complete a single whoopie sling with the 1/8" amsteel.
thanks
Jeff
edit: To view the diagrams in their full glory without obscuring the text, I click on a thumbnail above then click on the enlarged image--it then appears in a new tab (in Google Chrome). Then I can move that tab to another part of my screen and view both. baby steps.
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