Winners of the 2006 Trail Days homemade gear contest can be seen here:

http://www.traildays.info/homemade.html

Next year Backpacker Magazine will once again sponsor this event at Trail Days.

Obviously I'm interested in the high-speed hammock hanging thingy - where can I get more details? Looks like a ring on a tree hugger, then pass that through a loop, then tie a figure-8 bend into it...anyone see it close enough to know if this is correct? I'm curious if I could leave off the metal ring and still accomplish the same thing...sounds much quicker than the HH/lineman's knot I use now.

Great to see a hammocker won something!

Just Jeff, I've added a photo showing the webbing and the ring:

http://www.traildays.info/homemade.html

I'm not sure, no pun intended, about the knott. He explained it to me but I am knott-challenged so didn't remember.

Good pic - thanks.

Geez, Just Jeff, I can not spell "knot." I cannot. Knott? Ah, well.

Regret that I didn't take some close-ups of the Tyvek tent. It is stitched and seam-sealed and has held up in hard weather.

Regret that I didn't take some close-ups of the Tyvek tent. It is stitched and seam-sealed and has held up in hard weather.
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I peeked inside and the only thing I could think of was that it might be a tad warmish, given the lack of venting. Otherwise it was well done.

'Slogger

Haha - I just figured his last name was Knott or something.

What did he use to seamseal it?

Local, you could have the people entering homemade gear write a brief description of their submissions and how they are made for next year's competition. The descriptions along with the pictures would be a great addition to your web site.

The tent looks like a tyvek version of the Hasty Hooch. Did Tinny get the credit?