[at-l] sleeping safety while in the hammock

[quoleldil at yahoo.com (Quoleldil)]

I'm thinking after reading all these posts about hammocks placing the buttocks at a convenient
height for bear nipping I should paint a mean and fang-toothed gapping mouth in glo in the dark
paint on my tarp's two out sides, and mount a pair of double sided, meaner glo in the dark eye
balls above the threatening jaws at the tarp's apex. No doubt my snores will lend a convincing air
to the horror for any bear encountering me well hung and sleeping soundly betwixt two trees ...
;-)
--- Curtis Balls <cballs@verizon.net> wrote:
> The bears were terrified of me when I was in my hammock last year.  I must
> have looked like a cartoon, spinning round and round, twisted like taffy,
> nearly strangled to death in the cords and the sleeping bag. ...
> Strung-up Balls
> <<Last weekend, I was talking to the ranger at big creek campground in the
> smokies.   He related a story of a bear that recently did just this.  It
> nipped a hammocking camper in the butt.  Not hard mind you but, just enough
> to scare the begebas out of the guy.>>
> >From the bears point of view, what's the difference between a bear bag and
> a hammock, except that the hammock is hung at a more convient height?
> skeeter


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David Addleton
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http://dfaddleton.home.att.net/

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