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 the
hammock to keep my back warm and to do away the the blue ccf pad that I
had to carry strapped to the outside of my pack.
The pad moves around too much while I slept and now I can pack the quilt
into my pack.
By the way, talk is under way for me to make a hammock for Mark after
he tried mine out and saw how easy it was to set up on the very rocky
and steep ground up at that hut.
I would never go back to sleeping on the ground now after using my
hammock a lot of times, it is just so much more comfortable.
AP_2


Ralph Ditton wrote:
>
> 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 looks of it.
>
> Cheers
>
> Ralph
>
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> From: aushiker@...
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> [mailto:aushiker@...
> <mailto:aushiker%40yahoogroups.com.au>] On
> Behalf Of Andrew (not Kiwi)
> Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2007 2:41 PM
> To: aushiker@... <mailto:aushiker%40yahoogroups.com.au>
> Subject: [Aushiker] Helena hut/Mundaring weir
>
> 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. <http://tinyurl.com/3xlmsf
> <http://tinyurl.com/3xlmsf>> com/3xlmsf
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