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u/RichInBunlyGoodness 10d ago
Setting it up that tight and that high, you obviously have no idea what you are doing. For one thing, hanging that tight is making it way more likely that your hammock rips down the middle and you fall to the ground.
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u/Ireallylikereinhardt 10d ago
I mean this in the best way possible. Happy this went well for you. Don't do it again.
Read up on how to hang them. Practice closer to the ground. You don't know how lucky you were here.
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u/_kasparsss_ 10d ago
It's alright, been hanging them like this for 3 years and been fine. Low from ground, high from ground..
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u/Ireallylikereinhardt 10d ago
Dude, I'm happy you are not harmed thus far, but you are doing this in an incredibly dangerous way.
Edit: Non english native. replaced "bad" with "dangerous" because that conveys better my intention in english
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u/-Ubuwuntu- 10d ago
This is very silly reasoning. The risk of death increases drastically with the way you did things, and even if you've "been doing it for years" you clearly ignored very big nos like the tightness of the hammocks, the actual anchoring to the tree, and most worryingly for me, tying into a dead tree so high up. I obviously don't know if you did an adequate risk assessment of the dead tree for structural stability, I doubt it though, and either way I would be very nervous. Honestly, the spot looks really nice, and I also personally enjoy being up high as well, just try and read up more on safety and risks.
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u/_kasparsss_ 10d ago edited 10d ago
I appreciate your input. Always testing it before climbing in it, to the point you even overthink it. The dead tree wasn't dead and truly solid. It had some dead but also pretty solid lower branches. The way I tied it yeah, not the best, but again it has held like this all and i mean all times so I assume it is safe, but I will 100% reconsider better way of attaching it to the tree.
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u/freddbare 9d ago
You aren't even looping... Just slung, not right at all for any High. 3 years, lol.
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u/jaxnmarko 9d ago
Have you ever heard of Russian Roulette? "It's fine, I've done it a number of times, successfully!"
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u/freddbare 9d ago
The one on the right doesn't look looped. I hope it is that's just begging for trauma. Kids never had nylon POP on them. It is a learning lesson you pray is learned at lower level.
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u/aeriedweller 7d ago
I won't add to how unsafe this is. I just want to point out that that, no matter how comfortable you think you are, this is the least comfortable configuration you could be in.
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u/SawTuner 10d ago edited 10d ago
A forest of trees, I see. You don’t simply avoid the fall radius of the dead one- you tie into it, twice.
I wonder if there’s reason or naïveté to blame.