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"While
I had not intended it to be used on the ground, I saw it used this way at "Trail Days" in Damascus, Va."...Tom Hennesy
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Used As A Tent 
With any pair of hiking poles or a couple of sticks, the Hennessy Hammock is now a tent. While I had not intended it to be used on the ground, I saw it used this way at "Trail Days" in Damascus Va. in the spring of 2001.
It was dark. The guy was asleep and he was gone in the morning, so I never got a chance to check it out.
Recently I was at the ALDHA West "Gathering" and an experienced long distance hiker asked "What about above the tree line?" So we borrowed a pair of hiking poles and in a very few minutes it was up. It looked pretty cool as a tent. The hammock sat on the ground like a little boat with the fly and ridge line about two feet above it.
When used this way it requires a vapor barrier under the fabric and similar padding as a tent. The separate removable rain fly is an improvement over conventional bivi sacs. This experiment proves that the Hennessy Hammock can be a viable shelter system above and below the tree line on just about anything except solid rock.
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"Great
Innovation"
Backpacker Magazine |
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Best Camping Shelter 2005
Sea Kayaker Magazine Readers Choice Award
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USA
TODAY
Outdoor Retailer,
Summer 2000.
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Hennessy Hammock was chosen as a finalist at ispo DuPont brandNew
Munich, Germany
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Corporate partner of
"Leave No Trace"
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Newsweek
September 29, 2003
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