Well a while ago I mentioned that I hang my hammock with a simple single bow at each end. Well I finally got around to taking a pic to prove it thus:
and a close up:
As can be seen, the lines are passed around the poor unsuspecting tree at chest height and carried UNDER each other then tied in a simpe bow. The hammock is then unrolled and the other end tied the same to a tree approx three strides away ( I have long legs, adjust to suit various degrees of dwarfism). You then adjust the position and tension and re-tie using the same bows at each end. That's it. Simple and very quick and easy. Quick release is simplicity itself, and then you just roll up the hammock along the straps to the other end then release that bow too. Job done.
This is how I always hang my hammock and it has never even come close to 'letting me down'. The tension of the hammock holds you in place and the bow is merely to stop the straps sliding around the tree, as there's no real pull on the knot itself. Tied in this manner the hammock will barely rock and is super stable if you practice gymnastics in your sleep. It is worth mentioning that I prefer a tight hammock as opposed to a droopy one.
For more pictures it's off to the gallery as Tony Hart would say: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=1713
and a close up:
As can be seen, the lines are passed around the poor unsuspecting tree at chest height and carried UNDER each other then tied in a simpe bow. The hammock is then unrolled and the other end tied the same to a tree approx three strides away ( I have long legs, adjust to suit various degrees of dwarfism). You then adjust the position and tension and re-tie using the same bows at each end. That's it. Simple and very quick and easy. Quick release is simplicity itself, and then you just roll up the hammock along the straps to the other end then release that bow too. Job done.
This is how I always hang my hammock and it has never even come close to 'letting me down'. The tension of the hammock holds you in place and the bow is merely to stop the straps sliding around the tree, as there's no real pull on the knot itself. Tied in this manner the hammock will barely rock and is super stable if you practice gymnastics in your sleep. It is worth mentioning that I prefer a tight hammock as opposed to a droopy one.
For more pictures it's off to the gallery as Tony Hart would say: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=1713