Spirit Bear
03-15-2013, 11:38
I am a newhiker and have only hiked about 100 total miles on the AT, all weekend trips.This spring I am planning on hiking from Neel's gap up to Standing Indian tofinish up the Ga section.
I have turned into a hammock guy now and have an Eno Pro rainfly for my tarp. Ihave a big Agnes air core pad I use under the hammock with a Car Sun screen Iput underneath. In addition I use a space blanket under the hammock for addedwarmth. I have two sleeping bags, an ultra-light marmot 40 degree and a marmot15 degree bag that is about 15 oz. heavier.
I do get a little chilled under 35 degrees at night hanging so my new thoughtis to just sleep on the ground with the air core using the pro rain fly as aground tarp with one trekking pole. Stake down one side of the hammock thenstake down all 4 sides to the ground as well then use my pole on the other endwith it low, just high enough for me to get my butt in there. I even consideredbuying some nylon to use as a flap with Velcro for the front end when I use itas a ground tarp.
That way when the temps dip below 35 degrees at night I will just ground it, ifabove 35 I can hang. Hanging is much more comfortable than the ground, but getschilly easier.
Any thoughts?
I have turned into a hammock guy now and have an Eno Pro rainfly for my tarp. Ihave a big Agnes air core pad I use under the hammock with a Car Sun screen Iput underneath. In addition I use a space blanket under the hammock for addedwarmth. I have two sleeping bags, an ultra-light marmot 40 degree and a marmot15 degree bag that is about 15 oz. heavier.
I do get a little chilled under 35 degrees at night hanging so my new thoughtis to just sleep on the ground with the air core using the pro rain fly as aground tarp with one trekking pole. Stake down one side of the hammock thenstake down all 4 sides to the ground as well then use my pole on the other endwith it low, just high enough for me to get my butt in there. I even consideredbuying some nylon to use as a flap with Velcro for the front end when I use itas a ground tarp.
That way when the temps dip below 35 degrees at night I will just ground it, ifabove 35 I can hang. Hanging is much more comfortable than the ground, but getschilly easier.
Any thoughts?