Re: [Paddlewise] Tent (now hammocks)

From: Steve Jernigan <jernigan_at_chester.uccs.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 15:35:01 -0600
At 09:23 AM 4/28/99 -0400, Jim Champoux wrote:
>Larry wrote:
>
>>I knew this tent thread would finally get to the use of a hammock....snip
>
>many years ago I fell asleep accidentally, in a hammock. It was a terrible
>experience. When you camp with a hammock does it get stretched tight enough
>so that you can actually lay flat. Say, flat enough to lay on your stomach?
>That one experience turned me off to hammocks but perhaps it was just a
>seventies macramé thing?

I've been told the "correct" way to sleep in a hammock is crossways rather
than lengthwise. This eliminates most of the sag and will keep you from
rolling out. Fairly comfortable with both the Ms and I in a large fishnet
sorta hammock we tried in a (believe-it-or-not) hammock store last year. As
I recall we were a bit deterred by the $250 pricetag tho. . . I'd forgotten
about it til this thread, but it would seem to be a reasonably simple DIY
project for someone with a sewing machine. Now where's that bolt of rip-stop?
ByeBye! S
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