| Hide from the Wind I've already mentioned the concept of avoiding the wind by camping in wind-protected spots. It's worth repeating again. This technique is extremely effective and is almost always available to the hammock camper. All you need to do is search for suitable trees or rocks on the wind-sheltered sides of ridges, hills, mountains, or even rock cliffs. Generally you only need to be slightly below the top to get complete protection; in fact, being too far below the top can put you back in the windy zone.I have often hung my hammock only a few feet vertically below a ridgeline or hilltop and listened all night to hurricane-force winds in the treetops directly above me, while I enjoyed perfectly calm conditions! It's as if I am in a vacuum while the rest of the world around me is being blown apart. Tent or tarp campers are seldom lucky enough to be able to use sites like these see the information boxes for related stories). Sleeping Bag Around the Hammock Moving your sleeping bag to the outside of the hammock ~ffers the greatest possible increase in warmth and -omfort without adding any extra weight.It is possible to increase a hammock's warmth by adding such things as heavier fabrics or insulation. In -he battle for warmth however, it's probably better to add any required extra weight to the sleeping bag and/or 1eep pad, which have multiple uses, rather than to the hammock itself, which has limited uses. For instance,the sleeping bag and sleep pad will sometimes be used without the hammock, but the hammock is seldom used without the sleeping bag or sleep pad. It is therefore wiser to add any required new weight to the sleeping bag or sleep pad.
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