Perfect... that helps alot. Thanx so much again
I need something like this. I fear the NA is going to suffocate me in my sleep
Maybe I'm doing something wrong... definitely wouldnt be a first
very nice...
my first "out in the big woods" camping trip, I woke up with the netting/weathershield more or less laying on me. As I camp more and set it up more, the netting is looking better and better. Last weekend's trip, I woke up (slept from 10:30pm - 7am) and the netting was where it was supposed to be!!!! My clark is still in it's "original" form though I have taken the tarp off of it.
don't feel that way you will get the hang of it very soon one thing I look at when tying the tarp up is when i set down in the hammock what are the bungee doing. after I have sat down in the hammock I grab the hammock where the bungee are and pull if i have about 2-3 inches of stretch to them I feel like that is a good hang. Once you have done this a dozen times or so you will be able to just look at it and a tree and figure out just how high each piece needs to be. Tying out the tarp can be just important as the hammock as far as height goes. Make sure each end of the tarp is pulled tight because if it is loose it will allow the hammock to fall in on itself or you. If your hammock is setting at the right level under tarp when you lay down you should still have some slack in the bungee's. if it is setup to loosely it will allow it to collapse into the hammock and you.
If you have some trees or a close line pole and a tree which is what I use try to set up at home. But of course if you don't then it's just a reason to get out of house and enjoy the outofdoors.
I also think that before one should start doing mod's to there equipment that it should first be done the way it was designed and get that right. Once that is accomplished then you could start making mod's to it. I teach TECHNICAL DIVING and that is just how I train divers. Mod's are and some times a great thing and some times our Mod's make the equipment even better but one should know who it's suppose to work before you start changing things around.
I am sure I am going to get some backlash on that statement but if the manufacture of said product didn't design the hammock the way it was suppose to be then all the R/D would be just a waste of time.
just my 2cents worth.
Don't give up the game just yet.
"Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it"
Cavediver2
CLARK HAMMOCK HOW TOO VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD2pPSXdHTg
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery...&imageuser=826
http://www.junglehammock.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Clark-Hammocks
lol! That's encouraging.
I hung again last night and it was much more comfortable. Low was 37 and windy. I used my thermarest this time, and I actually think I prefer the thermarest to nothing...go figure. I thought I would be wrestling with it all night and I wasnt.
But yeah not to get off the subject I need some sort of ridgeline...
Thanks for the advice. I will pay particular attention to the bungees this weekend when I set it up again. I'm definitely not going back to the ground. Just gotta find out what works for me. I'm definitely going to keep the manuf. rope.... There's soooo many good ideas on this forum that it's tempting to try them
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