I've hung my hammock, what about my gear?

[Shewie]

I run a second continuous ridgeline under my tarp in winter and wet weather, it's a handy place to hang everything without upsetting your hammock rig. A handful of mini carabiners and a few prusics and you're good to go.

[turnerminator]

I tie a second ridgeline, too.

I clip everything on it, and it makes a good steady for those wobbly 'I left the bug net zipper at my foot end' moments.

When it's proper cold or wet, I hang a poncho over it, and my hammock-it makes me much warmer and stops the windblown rain, whilst keeping everthing dry and accessible.

[Tikki-Tavi]

A quick and easy ten-gram hammock "basement" if you have a frame pack (internal or external) is to make one out of a 24' length of mason line.

1) Tie the ends of the line together making a 12' loop with a Rolling (Taut Line) Hitch (see http://www.animatedknots.com/rolling...ting/index.php )

2) Either S-carabiner, nacrabiner, etc. the loop to the suspension line at each end of your hammock, or just drape it over the suspension line so half of the loop is on each side of the suspension line and it crosses over at each end of the hammock.

3) Set your backpack on the two halves of the loop that hang below your hammock.

Knottier people than I may know a better knot to use, but this has worked well for me.

- Tikki-Tavi

4) To raise the back closer to the hammock shorten the loop at the Rolling hitch, to lower, lengthen it. I set my shoes on my pack (on a small piece of tyvek if they're muddy).