I have been playing around with the idea of making a gearskin-hammock combo... ie make a homemade hammock, and then sew onto the bottom side some shoulder...
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mommyveggie27511
mommyveggie2...
Mar 9, 2006 7:44 pm
Has anyone shared a hammock with their mate for more than one night? ? How did it go?? What brand and style did you use? He is six ft 200 lbs. I am 5'3...
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Paul V.
cruisenewsnet
Mar 9, 2006 8:42 pm
... I put the pad between the layers. I have tried it for a short time with nothing connecting the long pad and the cross pads. I assume that the cross pads...
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jwj32542
Mar 9, 2006 8:42 pm
... hammock ... Sounds like a plan...be sure to post pics! :p You'd have to be careful about snagging it on brush and rocks...a little hole in a pack isn't a...
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Scott Schroeder
schrochem
Mar 9, 2006 9:13 pm
Well that was easy. I made one up last night in about half and hour. Granted it's just a simple hammock but it's pretty easy to build. \thanks rick for having...
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Rick
geoflyfisher
Mar 9, 2006 9:15 pm
Glad it helped. Risk...
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tim garner
slowhike
Mar 9, 2006 9:48 pm
paul... on another site i read about people having good results gluing differant types/thickness CCF pads together for differant tempertures. they suggested...
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Phil
myamiphil
Mar 9, 2006 9:54 pm
Hi all Ive camped in hammocks a whiel back, Id say before it was popular....(60's) thats a story in its self....I have two net hammocks, ok for day hikes, but...
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Rosaleen Sullivan
rosaleen43
Mar 9, 2006 10:30 pm
Paul- I haven't looked at that part of Sgt. Rock's site for a couple of years or more, but didn't he SEW the pads together? Rosaleen From: "Paul V."...
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jonas4321
Mar 9, 2006 10:39 pm
Have you tried putting them in without anything to keep them in place? My experience with the ZHammock is that the pads pretty much stay where they are in...
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dawnhark
Mar 9, 2006 11:16 pm
Hi all, this is Dawn in Tahoe, haven't been here for a while bc I was waiting/hoping for a lighter-than-air warm hammock, lol. Since none have appeared, I have...
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john hill
nil_dog
Mar 10, 2006 2:01 am
I don't know how a zhammock is made so I can't comment on that. I do have an SPE and you can slip two pads in the main section to double the thickness. On...
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john hill
nil_dog
Mar 10, 2006 2:07 am
When we built a monkey bridge in scouts we tied the bipods back with a series of stakes. Each side of the "X" had a line running back to a stake. That stake...
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Thomas Vickers
redroachhome
Mar 10, 2006 2:53 am
I have spent nights down to at least 30 F in an Ultra light Backpacker, undercover, underpad, with a reflective blanket over the pad. My bag was a 45 F rated...
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tim garner
slowhike
Mar 10, 2006 3:02 am
dane... sounds like it has great possibilitys. one thing that comes to mind is that any sewing that`s done to the hammock (other than the hemed edeges), could...
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tim garner
slowhike
Mar 10, 2006 3:10 am
others here can tell you more, but that subject has been around the block a time or two & i think most people decide that a better solution may be to hang two...
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Dawn Harkins
dawnhark
Mar 10, 2006 3:30 am
Hi, Thomas! Thanks, good info, I'll save it in my hammock data file. One question: with the space blankie on top of the pad, was there condensation? ... ...
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chcoa
Mar 10, 2006 7:00 am
Hi Dawn, We've already tested this at BGT, well at least the original version. I'm pretty sure Mr. Hennessy has made some adjustments to the SuperShelter...
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Dawn Harkins
dawnhark
Mar 10, 2006 8:16 am
Cool, thanks Jamie for the info, I sure hope it works well below 50F for me! ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of...
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Craig
newhampshire...
Mar 10, 2006 1:35 pm
... night? ... it on ... buy ... I have tried to accomplish what you are looking into over a weekend hike in a Hennessy Safari (the largest Tom makes) and I...
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joei4515
Mar 10, 2006 3:59 pm
Paul, Here is what I did for the configuration you want. Based on using a 20" wide by 1/2" thick CC pad, I cut two pieces of material to 22" wide by 5' long (I...
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karens62@...
pog_karen
Mar 10, 2006 5:05 pm
If you do a search in the archives on "for two" and "for 2", including the quotation marks, I believe you will find a couple of lengthy threads on this...
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kbwaddy
Mar 10, 2006 9:07 pm
i'm confused, are you talking about real silk? is that expensive? and what about the 5mm 8mm 10mm, thats not the thickness of the fabric? please clarify....
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Rosaleen Sullivan
rosaleen43
Mar 11, 2006 4:29 pm
This place IS about hammock camping. What you picked up on is SPAM, and is likely to be deleted quickly by a moderator. I didn't click on the link, nor did I...
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Buck Link
cincinnatibuck
Mar 11, 2006 10:22 pm
Have done two recent trips w/ my HH and SuperShelter underpad. At the Red River Gorge, KY, in early January, my shoulders and feet were cold while wearing...
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Thomas Vickers
redroachhome
Mar 11, 2006 10:31 pm
< ... None that I saw TV...
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Paul V.
cruisenewsnet
Mar 12, 2006 2:22 am
... That sounds like a good solution. I may try to sew something up tomorrow. The other issue to deal with is the bulk of the closed cell pads. I roll them...
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Dawn Harkins
dawnhark
Mar 12, 2006 3:05 am
This is awesome information, Buck, very encouraging to me!!! thx, dawn ... "http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Camping+hammock&w1=Camping+hammock& ... ...
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rollerblaz123
Mar 12, 2006 7:25 am
... what ... hey sorry about my lack of discription... i just get bummed out with failed prototypes... yeah i learned about silk from Bill Fornshell over at...
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marta_clark
Mar 12, 2006 12:59 pm
I haven't tried a silk hammock myself, but I'd be a little concerned about sudden failure of the fabric. I've had a number of pairs of silk long underwear and...
