Many of us have already put up a hammock, utilizing trees, straps and, depending on your preference, making or purchasing either a canvass or nylon hammock. Yet there can be problems when it rains.
It is not just needing to set up your hammock under a shelter or even worrying about your straps letting loose do to water saturation.
The big problem is over time, maybe in just a few hours of constant rain, your ties or straps can get soaked and slowly the water drips and slides down into the hammock while you are sleeping.
No, it’s not a very comfortable way to wake up in the morning!
On the next page, we have a great tip for avoiding this problem. It’s simple and we really are surprised we did not think of this before!
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The rain is louder than the dude’s voice! He mumbles!
Sometimes you do not see the forest for the trees! Excellent tip by the way!
Great idea!
It is very old solution and it works.
Hey was happier about the girth hitch!
Toni Garner
This has been a common practice among hammock owners for years. How is this news?
Big surprise! Tell us something we don’t know city boy
Wish we all knew everything some of you do
Choad!!
Ethan Casuccio
It’s called a prusic knot. Been doing it for years.
Interesting vines
Duh. How many wet sleeps did you have before you figured that one out?
We’ve called them rain knots forever.
Josh Heitmeyer
Caleb Knowlton
I knew this was I was 6 yrs old and camper with a little bit of experience know this trick
Boring
ALot of people that used hammocks once and got soaked may not have known…
Nick Greer, Lori Holt Greer
Favorite part about this site is reading these comments from these know it all assholes.
Was that poison ivy on the tree he was using. ?
Can’t believe I watched this I want that min of my life back
Looks like Virginia Creeper
I see you are definitely going to have problems with ants.
Learned this in Vietnam.
Sam Maedke good tip here
It works like a dream!!!
I’d be wary of camping so low/close to a river in heavy rain! Can quickly become trouble. .
Brandon Coffey
Looks like he’s in poison ivy
I already have the eno rain drips brother.
Psh 550 cord all you need.
Good for the new guys!
Shannon Mckinley
Excellent I would have not thought of this.
There are better ways than this design. This one’s really not that great.
I’d be more worried about that Poison Ivey..
So common #boyscouts
Yw.
driplines?
I get a little kick outta some of these “survival” tips.
But as a camping idea, it’s a good one. Done it years ago.
After freezing my balls off in a cramped hammock I said never again. Tent works fine, thanks
It’s an idea that’s been around for a long time. Tarp guys will even put a bottle under the cordage to collect drinking water.
Michael Wheatley
Thought I was the only one that noticed. Thanks
John Sharp
Hahaha thats not poison ivy… it clearly has 5 leaves….
Thats a cow hitch. Not a prusik