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All really good points. Peter_pan... Thanks for the reply. I've camped out in -20 before, albeit in a tent, and a worse thermarest than the one I've got now, with only my -12 sleeping bag and a couple of extra small peices of closed-cell foam pads (cheap blue kind, cut into three parts, and I...

Thanks for your comments so far... and thanks for the welcomes – it's great to be here. I probably wasn't clear that I didn't intend to use the hammock in the usual lofted position. I'm well aware of how cold it sleeps, even in fall. I was looking more for techniques such as how to...

Hi, all... I wonder if anybody has any tips for using a hammock (in my case, the Hennessey) as a bivvy-like shelter in the winter. I'm in Ontario, and I'm talking about a lot of snow, and a lot of cold (temperatures down to -20C at least, not counting wind chill). I've used it (somewhat) on...

Hi, Abbe, Just wondered what proportions you use with these tinder bombs – and at what stage do you use them? I would think the wax would make them more useful as a type of kindling, but dryer lint is so great as tinder, I suppose it wouldn't matter. Any pictures? PS: this was my first...