the hammock hut: a easy to make hammock rain-fly

Step 2: Setting everything up part 1, the hammock

inorder to set up your hammock you must first find two trees of reasonable distance apart reasonable distance being 10 to 12 feet depending upon you hammock once you have found a appropriate spot follow these steps.....

1. set up your webbing this is very easy especially if you have looped webbing like me all you have to do is follow the picture.

2. tie your extension ropes to the webbing depending upon what type of hammock you have the length of the ropes may have to vary from mine.

3. tie a loop knot (see picture) at the end of each extension rope and hook your hammock's caribeners into it if your hammock comes with them if not just tie your hammock to the extension rope.

you are now done setting up the actual hammock proceed to the next step.

Comments

[Dockbob]

A South American native gave me this hint. When sleeping in a hammock, sleep diagonally. It will force support more in a straight line and your back will not be as sore in the morning.

[argentum86]

Thanks for the advise! Im argentinean and im planning a backpack trip to Brazil this summer, I'll give it a try!

[charlie.nourse]

I was told this by the person I bought my backpacking hammock from. This tip really does work!

[Fujo]

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[The Knights Of The Round Pie]

yes most of brazil sleeps in hammocks

[drums5150]

I don't mean to sound snotty or anything, just a suggestion. maybe I've just got an old man's back, but you show the hammock hung very loosely. If you do not string up your hammock tightly, you will probably have a sore back in the morning. I have an eno double nest and my girlfriend has a single nest and we go camping with them all the time. for a comfortable sleep, taunt is best

[Eromanga]

And level - so you don't end up drifting to one end.

[drums5150]

most definitely. Sometimes I do go a little angled on purpose to keep my head higher, bits only a slight diference, if at all.

[drop]

I'm a proponent of the 'hang it slack, lie at an angle' school.  
I personally find it more comfortable. I'll camp out for stretches of up to 12 nights at a time, never had back problems sleep like a log with a gentle sway.

Sometimes I like to sleep on my side or foetal instead of on my back and I cant seem to manage that unless there's some slack.

I have a thin rope ridge line set between the ends of the hammock so it always feels the same and hang the foot end a few inches higher to stop me drifting to that end.

But whatever works for you, 'hang your own hammock' :)

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[redsuit09]

shoot... i am just using wide rope to hopld up my hammock... good thing i only used it once so far... on my older hammock i had some webbing but i lost that since then

[jpedds]

I use a similar setup whenever I go camping and it works great. I made my hammock out of the sides of an old canvas tent and it works amazingly even if it is a little heavy

[tevers94]

how do you make that knot, its very confusing? jk