Grand Trunk Hammock

[A.Quigley]

Happened to find myself at the Sportsman's Warehouse today and saw an ultralite Grand Trunk hammock for $19.99. Had been wanting to try a hammock before I spent big bucks on one so I picked this one up to try out. Course it's no frills and no bug netting but I really only hike in fall, winter and spring so don't really need one.
 Plan on giving it a try this coming weekend down at Sipsey.

[weathermansam]

I've got a Grand Trunk ultralight myself.  I made the switch to hammock camping back in August, and I've done 3 or 4 outings with it.  I buried myself in the sleeping bag, and with a fire nearby, had no trouble with insects at all.  I did have some issue with large black ants wanting to crawl down the rope, but a few spritzes of bug spray on the rope and where the rope meets the tree took care of that with no problem. 

[A.Quigley]

Ants!   Who would have thought about them climbing down the rope. LOL!

[weathermansam]

They didn't show up until the sun went down either.  I was more skittish about the 2 cottonmouths and 3 copperheads we'd seen late that evening near camp hopping into bed with me that night than those crazy old ants, though. 

[blisterbob]

2 cottonmouths and 3 copperheads!!!
Cross-reference to another post,
That'll do more than a whole squad of ridgerunners
to keep folks on a high visibility well trodden path.

happy/careful hiking

[weathermansam]

2 cottonmouths and 3 copperheads!!!
Cross-reference to another post,
That'll do more than a whole squad of ridgerunners
to keep folks on a high visibility well trodden path.

happy/careful hiking

This was at the one good campsite near Sougahoagdee Falls.  Back at the bridge/trailhead the day after we saw two more cottonmouths out sunning.  This was back in August at least, probably not out there in crazy numbers now that it's a little cooler at least. 

[A.Quigley]

I can handle the snakes, but I hate things that crawl on me in the night. LOL!