... Rick laughs at the cold!!! was minus 10F the coldest temp for that night? Sounds like your gear performed beautifully. one question: your overlap pad is...
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Rick
geoflyfisher
Feb 1, 2004 3:08 pm
... Hi Ray, I took a standard Target Pad, 27x72 in and cut it into two pieces that are 27x36 in. For a standard hammock with no attached insulation, I usually...
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Coy
starnescr
Feb 1, 2004 8:15 pm
Rick Why not just use 2 full pads. Dont weigh that much and you dont have to worry about any cold spots. Yes it is a little bulky but I tie mine vertacally...
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Coy
starnescr
Feb 1, 2004 8:48 pm
Thanks Ed, enjoyed the newsletter. Good tips on the hunting season safty and fire damage as well. The down peapod sure sounds like a winner! Which outfitter...
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Ed Speer
edspeer2002
Feb 1, 2004 10:40 pm
Hi Coy, glad you liked the February newsletter. In March and April, I'll be working for the Neel's Gap outfitter--Winton Porter, Mountain Crossings at ...
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chcoa
Feb 2, 2004 6:53 am
Brian, Not to give you any kind of ego here but I love how motivated you are. Ambitious teenager is all too often an oximoron!!! Keep up the good work, your...
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Brian MacMillin
brian_goatqa...
Feb 2, 2004 11:54 am
Thank you for your kind words!! I really am motivated to have money going into college. The material is of course silnylon, and I use silnylon which is of a ...
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firefly
canoetrip_2000
Feb 2, 2004 2:23 pm
Brian, you're going to make mine wider than that, right? Folks, the reason I want it wider is I want a place to hang out for awhile, cook, sit in a chair, jump...
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Randy Saylor
barcovan778
Feb 2, 2004 3:25 pm
With all the discussion about under hammock insulation I wondering about the current thinking of the old ensolite and car window reflector solution. For the...
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jlevans7
Feb 2, 2004 4:47 pm
http://www.bigagnes.com/str-rempads-aci.shtml The above link is to a new air pad by B.A. filled with primaloft---72 inch long mummy weighs 20oz. however is...
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Ed Speer
edspeer2002
Feb 2, 2004 5:05 pm
Several folks on the list have contacted me looking for help--they receive two copies of every email message from the list. Unfortunately, I don't have an...
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firefly
canoetrip_2000
Feb 2, 2004 5:50 pm
Just delete the dang things and stop worrying about it. That would be my solution. <G> Marsanne Several folks on the list have contacted me looking for...
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Brian MacMillin
brian_goatqa...
Feb 2, 2004 8:35 pm
Correct, yours will be wider than the 42". I am thinking somewhere along the lines of 50"-52", but need to do some more scaled models to be sure. I make models...
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tcoug7
Feb 3, 2004 6:27 pm
Do you have any pix of your hammock setup with the 10 x 12 tarp? It sounds like you could throw a party under there! If not, can you paint a word picture? Tim...
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subypower
Feb 4, 2004 3:52 am
hay rick i am glad you are keep some safty equipment with you ie your knife i bet the first time you had the thought of the zipper freezing and then remembered...
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Ralph Oborn
polecatpop
Feb 4, 2004 4:36 am
cell phone can also order in a pizza :] Ralph i ... case...
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chcoa
Feb 5, 2004 5:46 am
So you are saying it usually 42" x 130" which is basically a 3.5'x10.5'? How does the 3.5' part work? That doens't seem like much coverage at all. Jamie in...
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Brian MacMillin
brian_goatqa...
Feb 5, 2004 11:50 am
No, each side is 42" long, so the tarp is 10.5'x 7'. The hexagon shape combined with the catenary curves makes for a very efficient use of material and allows...
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Shane
sssteinkamp
Feb 5, 2004 4:16 pm
... Oh, definitely! I thought I had some good shots, but I only found two. I have uploaded them to the Photos section under Shane. http://tinyurl.com/ys57b ...
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tjarrell@...
tomjarrellva
Feb 5, 2004 6:49 pm
Recently purchased a Hennessy Expedition ASYM. Interested to learn tricks in using the hammock and techniques for cold weather camping. I am a Boy Scout...
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Shane
sssteinkamp
Feb 5, 2004 7:01 pm
... in ... Scout ... Hello Tom... We need to put together a links resource for new people... Here's mine: ...
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Bill Fornshell
bfornshell
Feb 5, 2004 7:12 pm
Hi, I would say that if new members or any member took a little time to read some of the back messages they would answer most of there own questions. But I ...
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Shane
sssteinkamp
Feb 5, 2004 7:29 pm
... Well, I was thinking about putting together a link resource for the newbies, but there already is one... http://www.hammockcamping.com/Links/Links.htm ...
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Ed Speer
edspeer2002
Feb 5, 2004 7:43 pm
Hi Tom and welcome. Our archives have a lot of info on cold weather hammocking. However, there is also a lot of compiled info available. Check out the free...
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Carl Iobst
iobstce
Feb 5, 2004 7:44 pm
Greetings Tom, My suggestion is to go to Sgt. Rock's hammock camping 101 at http://www.hikinghq.net/, Shane Steinkamp's site...
... tricks in using the hammock and techniques for cold weather camping. I am a Boy Scout leader and will take it into the field for the first time in...
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subypower
Feb 6, 2004 4:13 am
has any body tried a GI type bag hanging from the bottom of a hammock with a candle lantern in it. it would not be hard to do safely with a light cage ( think...
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chcoa
Feb 6, 2004 5:54 am
Oh, gotcha. That makes way more sense, thanks for clearing that up. Jamie in AZ ... shape...
