Worried about peeing on your boots? A gear hammock will do you good. Mine is just large enough to hold my boots & a 1L water bottle. One end is attached to my hammock at the head end, the other goes to one of my trekking poles. Both ends are attached by mini biners. The trekking pole end has a guy line pre attached & that is usually just staked to one of the tarp stakes. I have tried the "tie your boots to the hammock / ridgelne" & dont like doing that, the gear hammock is easier & I like easier.
Instead of snake skins, I use a Black Bishop bag with double openings to store my hammock gear. Everything fits inside: Hammock, underquilt, overquilt, sock, gear hammock & suspension webbing. I can fully set up my hammock this way in under 30 seconds. Taking everything down is about 1.5 minutes, but I don't have to pack the quilts seperatly, it's all in one.
My hanging straps are pre attached to my hammock via ring buckles. At the far end of each strap is a climbers carabiner for ease of attachment around the tree. On a nice day, with plenty of light left, this and the Black bishop bag are simply conveniances, on a Cold rainy night, with little or no light, it is (to me anyway) vital.
Figure 9s for attaching tie outs to your tarp! I have 12 on my tarp, (2 on the ridgeline, 10 at ground level) all pre attached. As with the Biners on the straps & the Black Bishop bag: on a nice day, simply a conveniance. Where they really shine is on a dark & stormy night.
I have a small generator light, weight 0.75 Oz dedicated to the hammock ONLY. It is attached to my ridgeline by a JRB mini biner & is great for reading by or checking on stuff without having to look for my headlamp. And I never need to worry about changing batteries.
In cold weather: I hang my water bottle inside the sock, from my ridgeline at my feet. This has kept it from freezing down to 11 degrees.
Bookmarks