Bright sun and a crisp breeze blew off the Thanksgiving five-day-overcast funk yesterday ... grabbed a pack, water bottle and a favorite hammock for a hike and hang.
Got to a nice bluff overlooking a bay, found two trees, and settled in. Ahhh .....
Looked up. Belatedly.
While I know never to wrap straps around a palm tree (lest ye take a coconut to the noggin), I do usually examine the pines or oaks I do strap to. And I did this time.
But when I settled in and looked up, the word "deadman" sprang to mind.
In this case, a huge dead tree, aka a deadman in hammock parlance, leaning and caught by my healthy tree. Did I mention the wind? Or the bluff's impressive cave-ins / rapid erosion?
Life consists (perhaps) not of avoiding risks but taking careful consideration of them.
With one eye looking up, I carefully took down the hammock and hiked on ...
Don't attach to a dead tree. And, make sure your healthy trees aren't in league with those looking for trouble!
AA
Got to a nice bluff overlooking a bay, found two trees, and settled in. Ahhh .....
Looked up. Belatedly.
While I know never to wrap straps around a palm tree (lest ye take a coconut to the noggin), I do usually examine the pines or oaks I do strap to. And I did this time.
But when I settled in and looked up, the word "deadman" sprang to mind.
In this case, a huge dead tree, aka a deadman in hammock parlance, leaning and caught by my healthy tree. Did I mention the wind? Or the bluff's impressive cave-ins / rapid erosion?
Life consists (perhaps) not of avoiding risks but taking careful consideration of them.
With one eye looking up, I carefully took down the hammock and hiked on ...
Don't attach to a dead tree. And, make sure your healthy trees aren't in league with those looking for trouble!
AA
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