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Hi All
Last weekend Mark and I hiked out to a Helena hut along the Bibbulman
track. We left after work on Friday and got into the hut after dark.
We got a nice fire going and then looked for a spot for him to pitch
his tarptent but was not able to because of the how steep and hard the
ground is here.
So while I set up my hammock he went and setup his mat in the hut. In
these photos I am using my DIY under quilt for the first time.
In the morning we had a nice chat with the other guy who had camped
also in the hut and was walking the 1000 km to Albany.
We left the hut and headed back to the car but followed old disused
tracks through the bush instead of just retracing our earlier track,
finding some interesting things along the way. One of the things I had
hoped to find was an old abandoned cellar in the bush some place.
After hiking out the the spot where I thought it may have been and
coming up empty we head back up this hill only to find it hidden in a
stand of trees.
I stopped to take a few photos and to make the spot on my gps so that
I may return to give the place a closer going over.

The photos are HERE http://tinyurl.com/3xlmsf




Thu Nov 8, 2007 5:41 am

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Hi All Last weekend Mark and I hiked out to a Helena hut along the Bibbulman track. We left after work on Friday and got into the hut after dark. We got a nice...
Andrew (not Kiwi)
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Nov 8, 2007
5:41 am

Thanks for that Andrew. Looks like you had fun. Is the hammock part different to the one that you used at Lake Indoon? The Hennessy top part is the same by the...
Ralph Ditton
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Nov 8, 2007
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Hi Ralph The hammock itself is the same as I used before, including the tarp over the top. The difference with this setup is I made an under quilt to go under...
Andrew Preece
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Nov 8, 2007
11:57 pm

Ah, the quilt threw me. Looks like I will have to look into this Hennessy Hammock set up. Ralph _____ From: aushiker@......
Ralph Ditton
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Nov 9, 2007
4:25 am

Was a great hike, first time ever I have suffered from blisters....don't know what happened there. Little disappointed I was not able to use the tarptent...
Mark McLauchlin - Swa...
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Nov 8, 2007
11:23 am

Hi The hennessy hammock is different than mine, mine I made my self and is based on the Speer style and is top loading, where as the Hennessy is bottom...
Andrew Preece
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Nov 9, 2007
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Ok, what is top loading and bottom loading with a hammock? Ralph _____ From: aushiker@... [mailto:aushiker@...] On Behalf Of...
Ralph Ditton
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Nov 9, 2007
5:39 am

Top loading means you enter the hammock from the top, bottom loading means you enter from the bottom. I think just about all Hennessey's (I could be wrong)...
Andrew Preece
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Nov 9, 2007
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I don't know if I like the idea of having a split in the centre of the hammock held by a hook and loop system. Nasty things can happen with the likes of one...
Ralph Ditton
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Nov 9, 2007
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