[at-l] The Gathering in Hanover, NH in the Rain

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 09:36 AM 10/11/2005 -0400, Bror8588@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 10/10/2005 9:13:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>jbullar1@twcny.rr.com writes:
>Analysis please. Why were you wet? Water running down lines/too small or
>poorly placed fly/condensation from chilly temps without insulation below?
>What kind of hammock?
>
>I've had problems with waking up with a wet butt in my Clark when temps
>drop in to the 40s. They made the bed of coated nylon (bad idea) so when it
>gets cool and moisture from my body condenses on the inside, it all runs
>down by my butt. A blue foam pad helps a lot by eliminating the condensation.
>
>BTW you should have gone to Ed Speers' hammock workshop if he did one. Very
>enlightening.
>I (Smart guy that I am) thought that I could improve on the Clark Jungle 
>Hammock setup so I strung a line higher than the hammock (about a foot 
>higher) and I found out that the line caused a steady drip onto the 
>Hammock itself.  Also it was really raining quite hard so everything got 
>wet (even with the fly).  I did use the Target Blue Pad in the hammock and 
>that did prevent laying in a puddle.
>
>Two years ago I attended Ed Speers workshop and learned a lot.  He was not 
>at The Gathering this year.  Because I didn't discover the problem of the 
>drip until I was laying in my hammock I don't think he could have 
>helped.  Mea Culpa!  All the way!
>
>Still, ALDHA's Fall Gathering was a great experience.  Lots of the 
>"pavilions" were well used by some smart campers.
>
>Wish you could have been there, Saunterer.  I would have enjoyed your 
>Photography Workshop.
>
>Skylander

We must have been there together then since I was at both the workshops Ed 
did 2 years ago.