[at-l] Hammock Camping---

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

Does that 1.5 lbs. of hammock include whatever it takes to fasten it to the
tree?  anklebear

----- Original Message -----
From: Amy <askowronek@mindspring.com>
To: Leslie Booher <lwbooher@halifax.com>; at-l
<at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Hammock Camping---


>
>
> Leslie Booher wrote:
>
> > Doesn't carrying all this stuff (sunshield with fleece glued to it, or
> > thermarest, or whatever) negate the weight reasons for carrying a
hammock in
> > the first place?  It would seem to me that by the time you'd gotten
enough
> > gear to make you warm and comfortable, you may as well have carried a
tent.
> > Am I wrong?  Am I missing something?
>
>
> I've been considering that too.  I wrote up some gear lists to compare.
>
> tarp
> 15 oz
> guyline
> 1 oz
> bivy
> 8 oz
> thermarest
> 1 lb 5 oz
> 45 oz
>
>
> or
>
> ultralight hennesy hammock 1 lb 8 oz
> Zrest
> 10 oz
> 34 oz
>
>
>
> This assumes that I'm using the Z-rest rather than the sunshield.
>
>
> -amy in md
>


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