I’m a dedicated hammock camper, w >1000 off the ground for comfort. Theultimatehang.com and Derek Hansen’s book will help you lots. He’s a veteran Boys Scout leader, so his advice for and experience with newbies is outstanding.
You must underquilt , as a Bike packer, for space and weight. Kludges are akin to lifting your chain between chain wheels with a coat hanger. A partial UQ for your torso will do. If down-filled , it will weigh<1lb and compress to large grapefruit size. A sleeping bag is too much and too hard to enter and exit unless left mostly unzipped . A top quilt replacement for temps to 35F will weigh <20oz. Total kit, down UQ and TQ, hammock, straps, and tarp, will come to 5-6lb. Hammockforums.net is a good source for discussion, info, and gear. WARNING: Hammock campers there include weight weenies to rival mountaineers and CF aficionados. Harry Travis PDX, OR USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
