[at-l] Hennessy Asym

[askowronek@mindspring.com (Amy)]

On Thursday, June 20, 2002, at 10:22 PM, Susan Buchanan wrote:

> Amy -
> I have the ultralight model, but saw an Asym on the trail in April.  I 
> like
> it a lot - wish I had held off a little longer before buying one so I 
> could
> have gotten that one.  But oh well.  I still love mine.
>
> What in the world is a "sleeve thingie"??    Help me out here
>
> suz
>

Rather than packing the hammock into a bag like we do with the 
ultralight,
there are two sleeves on the Asym.  When you're ready to pack up, you 
slide
them down over the hammock and the still attached tarp, squishing 
everything
up inside the sleeves.  There's one at either end of the hammock and they
meet in the middle when fully extended.  So you end up with a sort of a 
fat
snake rather than a stuffsack.  It's supposed to make for faster setup 
and teardown.

It's kind of neat, really.

-amy