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Tips (continued)
Tip #1 - The Vestibule
Tip #2 - The Chair
Tip #3 - The Bivy Tent
Tip #4 - The Heat Reflector
Tip #5 - Hammock Campsites
Tip #6 - Setting up in the rain
Tip #7 - Tear down in the rain
Tip #8 - Tying the hammock knot
Tip #9 - The Snake Skin
Tip #10 - Poncho/Tarp for a fly
Tip #11 - Sleeping Pads
Tip #12 - Underquilts
More to come...
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Tip #8 - Tying the hammock knot
The instructions for the knot on the side of the Hennessy bag can be
confusing.
Picture and instructions from Hennessy Hammock Web Site. |
Knot detail
Detail of lashing to webbing straps using four figure-8 wraps around main
supporting rope and behind webbing strap loops plus 2 half hitches. This is
very similar to the figure-8 used when tying a rope to a cleat.
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After some practice at doing it, this is my technique:
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| 1. Start by selecting your trees,
preferably a tree that the "Tree Hugger" strap can wrap twice like so. |
2. Run the cord thru the loop on
the second end. |
3. Loop the cord around the main
line, then back behind the tree hugger strap as shown. |
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| 4. Pull it tight now. |
5. Wrap the cord back under the
outside strap and then back around the main cord from the bottom and back
out the bottom. |
6. After doing step #5 a couple
of times, wrap the cord back around the main line and then wrap the cord
back under itself as shown. |
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| 7. Finish off the knot with a
quick release so it comes down easy. |
8. If a tree is too big for two
wraps, then try this method. Star the hammock knot the same way. |
9. Wrap he cord around the main
line then back to the tree. Take up all your slack now. |
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| 10. Tie using a figure 8 type
wrap. The cord goes in and out on the same side. |
11. The last loop brings the cord
back around and behind the loop on the main line. |
12. Finish off with a quick
release. |
To make the hammock easier to tie out, I also have permanently put a loop into
the shock cord. This way you just pull out the sides and stake them quickly and
reduce wear on the shock cords from friction.
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