[at-l] Staying Dry in a Hammock

[bcalkins@disaster-relief.net (Bruce Calkins)]

No, Nylon doesn't "grab" the water to start the capillary action.

Black Wolfe


----- Original Message -----
From: "lbooher" <lbooher@adelphia.net>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>; <saunterer@jimbullard.org>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Staying Dry in a Hammock


> Why does everyone specify cotton string?  Wouldn't nylon string work as
well
> or better?  anklebear
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <saunterer@jimbullard.org>
> To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Staying Dry in a Hammock
>
>
> > At 10:22 AM 4/22/02 -0400, Draggin' Anchor wrote:
> > >Question for you hammock hangers...
> > >
> > >I understand you secure your hammock to a couple of trees and then, in
> > >inclement weather, rig a tarp over all to keep dry.
> > >
> > >Since the tarp does not encircle the tree, the webbing is exposed to
rain
> > >directly and also water running down the tree trunk.  What keeps the
rain
> > >from running downhill along the webbing and soaking your
hammock/sleeping
> > >bag from both ends?  Is wicking or osmosis a problem?
> >
> > It used to be with my pseudo-Army "jungle hammock".  The solution is
drip
> > lines.  Take some ordinary cotton string (6-8") and tie it around the
rope
> > before the hammock using a clove hitch (I think that's what it's called)
> so
> > that you have two ends dangling down toward the ground.  The rainwater
> runs
> > down the tree, then the hammock rope, gets to the string and true to
> > gravity goes down the string where it drips off.
> >
> > My Clark hammock has no such problem.  The ends are closed.  There is no
> > place for the water to run in.
> >
> > sAunTerer
> >
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