One of my favorite dutch blings Just got back from the Red River Gorge and did a 3 night trip with the girlfriend. Used to have to find the perfect 3 trees to set up next to each other and had to do strange things to the tarps to make them work. Well…not anymore. 2 people, off the same set of trees. Perfect. Hooks add very little weight to load out, spreader bar the you can get with these hooks are very manageable. I did trim my poles down to 33″ total length and that helps take some of the see-saw effect out of using them. I also recommend using trees a little further then what you’re used to. I found that about 15′ works great for us, and keep your foot side close to the tree and more slack on the head. That also helps from your significant other from feeling you get up to empty your bladder 6 times a night. Would recommend any couple get these bad boys and get out there to use ‘um. Save the weight of 2 tarps with a pole and get busy. Thanks Dutch and crew for an other awesome addition to my backpacking collection.
