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raianet2021-06-07 05:37 pm
cryptoherpetology) wrote in raianet2021-06-07 05:37 pm
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Hey, I don't want to make too many assumptions, but I imagine a lot of people here haven't slept in hammocks before. If you're not used to them, they can be pretty uncomfortable, so here are some tips I've picked up while camping that've kept me from too many sleepless nights in the woods:
- Sit down when you get in instead of trying to climb in horizontally. This will make it easier to avoid tipping.
- Lay diagonally so that your knees don't hyperextend while you're on your back. After that you can shift up or down to where you're most comfortable, and should even be able to lay on your side.
- Not so useful right now, but if you're losing heat, add a layer of blanketing under the hammock with a few inches of slack hanging. You lose a lot more heat in a hammock than you do on a mattress due to the air flow, and this way you'll catch some of your own body heat to insulate yourself better.
- Try hanging the food end a little higher if you find yourself slipping.
- A pillow under your knees might help more than under your head if you're sleeping on your back.
I was going to offer to teach some kind of formal camping/survival course, but schedules here can change quickly and I'm a pretty terrible public speaker.
Instead, I'm just going to make an open-ended offer to just be willing to teach anyone what I can as you need it. If you weren't raised to live in the woods for weeks on end to hide from the secret genocidal organization your ancestors defected from, or you just weren't in any Scouting programs as a kid, let me know what I can help you with and I'll do my best.
- Sit down when you get in instead of trying to climb in horizontally. This will make it easier to avoid tipping.
- Lay diagonally so that your knees don't hyperextend while you're on your back. After that you can shift up or down to where you're most comfortable, and should even be able to lay on your side.
- Not so useful right now, but if you're losing heat, add a layer of blanketing under the hammock with a few inches of slack hanging. You lose a lot more heat in a hammock than you do on a mattress due to the air flow, and this way you'll catch some of your own body heat to insulate yourself better.
- Try hanging the food end a little higher if you find yourself slipping.
- A pillow under your knees might help more than under your head if you're sleeping on your back.
I was going to offer to teach some kind of formal camping/survival course, but schedules here can change quickly and I'm a pretty terrible public speaker.
Instead, I'm just going to make an open-ended offer to just be willing to teach anyone what I can as you need it. If you weren't raised to live in the woods for weeks on end to hide from the secret genocidal organization your ancestors defected from, or you just weren't in any Scouting programs as a kid, let me know what I can help you with and I'll do my best.
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so you spend your days hiding out in the woods, then?
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I was in suburban Ohio before I got here though. I had a job at a zoo and my grandparents needed some help taking care of my cousin after she got hurt. So I spend my days hiding in a cramped office at the back of the reptile house in between giving children tours of The Wonderful World of Reptiles.
Sometimes I think being here might be slightly less stressful than explaining the word "hepetology" to junior high students. And then I read words like "mad alien god" and kind of miss keeping kids out of the alligator enclosures.