Re: [Paddlewise] hammocks

>Check them out at http://www.terrelogic.com/. Cost was $400 or so, as I
>recall. I'd love to hear from someone who's tried one out.
>
>--
>Rob Gendreau

Hi Rob,
It was one of Terrelogic's units I was referring to in my earlier posting, 
copied below. As noted, they're solid, comfortable, and fun, but heavy and 
bulky.

Cheers
Philip T.

I field-tested a sleeping ledge with a built-in tent for my employer a 
couple of
years ago. Propably the most comfortable sleep I've ever had in the 
outdoors,
plus a great "tree-house" feel that takes you back to your childhood. I 
toyed
with the idea of getting one, since it would have been great for those areas
where salal makes setting up a tent impossible. I even had visions of 
extreme
West Coast sea kayaking, where you'd come into a sheltered but unlandable 
cove
at high tide, place a couple of "Friends" (spring-loaded climbing 
protection)
into cracks, suspend your ledge, tie up your boat, and camp til the next 
high
tide. What brought me down to Earth (metaphorically only, fortunatly) was 
the
sheer packed size of the unit. A frame that's strong enough to take the 
tension
required to make fabric "solid" is heavy steel, and doesn't fold any smaller
than a golf bag. Ah, well, still a good idea, once it can be made to pack 
small.

Hanging around in Vancouver,

Philip Torrens


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