Continuing Thread on #HammockCamping

Some #hammocks have an absurd number of lines IMO. The fly in the first photo has eight lines! The netting examples in the second image have four or more lines *before* we even get to the fly!!

I quickly discovered that the netting and fly should be attached to the main straps (so you don't have to round the tree a second time). Exactly how this works will vary depending on the hammock design.

https://mdpaths.com/rrr/camping/hammocks/hammock_guide/index.html

Continuing Thread on #HammockCamping

Pitching on the Ground

I carry a 3x6 foot piece of "house wrap" plastic to use as a ground sheet in a pinch. Unless your hammock was designed to be used as a tent, the material does not benefit from being laid on the ground! I took this photo the first time I was forced to camp this way.

After moving the heavy picnic tables into position, I pitched my tent. I used my bath towel as an impromptu ground cloth. Notice the foot end is slightly higher than the head (see above). Also notice the vertical stick holding the netting away from my feet. This was remarkably comfortable considering no preparation and no sleeping pad!

Continuing Thread on #HammockCamping

I prefer hammocks with a "spreader bar" at the shoulders.

These hammocks use a short, flexible tent pole. They can be pitched without additional staked-out lines. The pole supports the bug-netting, keeping it away from your upper body. It can also support the rainfly as is the case with the hammock on the right. The extra weight is minimal. It can be hard to find this configuration.

https://mdpaths.com/rrr/camping/hammocks/hammock_guide/index.html

Any kiwis know of a place I can get replacement poles for cheap tents?

Navigator South in particular (this time). Poles are the standard elastic-in-plastic, fold-up jobbies. I just need them the right length, with the right fittings on each end, for the canopy I have (poles it came with are munted).

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In preparation for today’s #SuperBowl in #NewOrleans, state #police forced over 100 #homeless men & women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. #Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.

The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/louisiana-unhoused-people-warehouse

Halifax encampment resident calls for better supports after ‘terrifying’ tent fire
Andrew Goodsell was settling into his tent at the Lower Flinn Park encampment in Halifax for the night when he heard a large explosion go off nearby.
#fire #housing #support #Halifax #LowerFlinnPark #Canada #Encampment #Homelessness #Tents
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951212/halifax-encampment-resident-calls-for-better-supports-after-terrifying-tent-fire/

Halifax encampment resident calls for better supports after ‘terrifying’ tent fire
Andrew Goodsell was settling into his tent at the Lower Flinn Park encampment in Halifax for the night when he heard a large explosion go off nearby.
#fire #housing #support #Halifax #LowerFlinnPark #Canada #Encampment #Homelessness #Tents
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951212/halifax-encampment-resident-calls-for-better-supports-after-terrifying-tent-fire/

Halifax encampment resident calls for better supports after ‘terrifying’ tent fire
Andrew Goodsell was settling into his tent at the Lower Flinn Park encampment in Halifax for the night when he heard a large explosion go off nearby.
#fire #housing #support #Halifax #LowerFlinnPark #Canada #Encampment #Homelessness #Tents
https://globalnews.ca/news/10951212/halifax-encampment-resident-calls-for-better-supports-after-terrifying-tent-fire/

Business owners react to homeless sweep https://www.byteseu.com/633894/ #business #CAMP #camping #Colorado #Fox #FOX4 #FOX4 #GrandJunction #GrandValley #homeless #KFQX #KREX #KREX5 #KREX5 #local #LocalNews #News #Syndication #tent #TENTS #unhoused #video #WesternSlope #WESTERNSLOPENOW #WHITMANPARK