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    I am thinking of trying hammock camping. I always kept my pack with me in tent. Is there room for a pack in hammock. Would it be safe or should I hang pack each nite?

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    I use a torso length UQ and pack in my hammock to supplement for my legs. Never had a problem. Hang your food and things that attract animals to keep from being a bear burrito

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    Depending on the site and weather I either laid my pack under the foot of my hammock on the pack cover or hanging from the tree strap.

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    I always hang my pack at the foot end of my hammock under the canopy. Then I pull the pack cover over it from the back (outside). That way it's protected from the weather and I can still get into it easily during the night if I need to.
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    I have a bridge hammock, and tend to clip the pack onto the spreader bar at the foot end and hanging out of the hammock. I attach my food bag to the spreader bar at the head end of and in the hammock so that it stays put and I dont roll over on my food.
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    I've really been enjoying my ENO Underbelly. It's a mini hammock under your hammock. Necessary? No. Extremely nice to have when everything's sopping wet? Yep.
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    Yes, as with other I have used three options depending on the situation...

    1) Under my legs in the winter for a smudge more insulation.
    2) hung on the tree or my tree straps
    3) under my hammock

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    The reviews are strange. Just clip it to your suspension and be done with it. Also, I just toss it up in my hammock while it's still clipped to the suspension, zip up my hammock, and stow it all away in the stuff sack. Simple.
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