Pete, > Functional Equivalents? > > Intrigued with the idea of a sleeping hammock, I > bought one of these things at > REI a couple of months ago. > > For me, the idea still shows promise, but the > Hennessy implementation doesn't > suite me. The bug netting is too fragile - I > ripped it in several places just > practicing entering/exiting in my back > yard.....and I'm 6'5" tall and the > hammock about a foot too short. I suspect it > could also use some sort of > mini-spreader up around the head....but wouldn't > bet too much on it... > > Anybody know of something bigger/tougher? Hammocks .... I've been living in Brazil off and on for the past 20 years ... and everyone sleeps in hammocks. When you travel to visit someone or go to the interior, you take your hammock with you. They even make custom hammocks for about $ 25 - 30 that are 'double' for couples. Brazilian hammocks do not use spreaders. And they rollup into a roll that is smaller than most sleeping bags. They also sell in every hardware store a 'chain' that is very handly for wrapping around a handy tree limb, rafter, etc. (Most Brazilian houses have built in hooks that fold away into a wall fixture ... my beach house could accomodate 70 hammocks). In the 1970's I spent 8 months traveling down the Brazilian coast ... sleeping in my hammock every night ... sometimes on the veranda of some fisherman's house ... sometimes tied up between two coconut trees. Most Americans do not know how to sleep in a hammock ... attemping to sleep lengthwise .... the secret is to sleep 45 degrees across the hammock ... your back is straight and they are very comfortable. Bug netting is available also (we used in the Amazon) ... I am not in the 'hammock' import business .. but I might be willing to purchase and ship by mail an occasional hammock or two for fellow kayakers at cost. We have dozens of hammock shops around town and they are available even in the street fairs. They even have street venders passing along the beaches with dozens of hammocks over their shoulders. Andetur Brazilian Travel Club - Capt. Donald R. Reid TOUR OPERATOR & COORDINATOR - NATAL, RN, BRAZIL Website: http://www.andetur.com/ Email: mailto:dreid_at_andetur.com SEA KAYAKS DO BRASIL - http://www.andetur.com/Brazil/Projects/sea_kayak.htm) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 16 2000 - 08:50:41 PDT
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