Aside from the high-tech, brute force solution of a bent spring steel frame as in the average freestanding backyard hammock, all I come up with is a tripod at each end lashed with half-hitches with ridge pole slung under the crosspoint of each tripod, with a webbing cap on each end of the pole tied to the tripod to take most of the load as two of the arms of each tripod lean inwards and compress the ridge pole. This seems to work in a breadboard trial and I like it because a windsurfer mast makes a workable ridge pole and I'll always have one of those handy. What I'm fishing for is some simpler alternative to the two tripods (right now, that looks like six six-foot poles - which I guess I could fabricate out of 6061-T6 tubing and make in 2-foot snap-together sections...but it seems like a lot of 'things' and I haven't the haziest idea of what diameter/wall thickness would be adequate or overkill... I'd like to stay away from depending on lines that transfer their load to ground stakes because deployment on a campground's concrete slab is a possibility. Seems like this is probably an everyday problem with a proven solution for some groups of nomadic people.... ----------------------- Pete Cresswell *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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