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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 24, 2015 - 10:50am PT
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Moving house stumbled upon this. .
Who has one?
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Jan 24, 2015 - 10:54am PT
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Forrest stuff sack? I think that was made the same year my binky was...
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2015 - 05:37pm PT
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Close GDavis but it happens to be my original Forrest Single Point Hammock from sometime from around 1975.
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Flip Flop
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 24, 2015 - 05:50pm PT
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It looks like you're ditching 9th grade.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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Jan 24, 2015 - 06:24pm PT
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I have one of those. It was a torture device.
It went on loan when I ponied up for a Gamicci ledge in the early 80's. I expect my buddy will send it back when he's through with it or when they clean out his storage locker when he dies.
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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Jan 24, 2015 - 11:39pm PT
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You got the spreader bar that goes with it? A friend dropped his off the Column in the late 70's. I got a B.A.T. one that is not as nice.
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2015 - 05:16am PT
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Yep have the bar. I don't think this thing has been out of the sack since around 1980.
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Ghoulwe
Trad climber
Spokane, WA
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Jan 25, 2015 - 06:40am PT
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Owned a Forrest Wall Womb for many years and finally tossed it out in 1999 when the nylon started smelling like decomposed vomit. Never did get a good night sleep in that thing....
Eric Barrett
Spokane WA
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jan 25, 2015 - 07:18am PT
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To funny they stank. . . of feet,+?, . . from the second time I used mine,
I actually tried to use it a bunch, and did , almost lost feeling on one side, when, not set just off horizontal.
Then in Red Rocks I used it to make my partner climb faster by pulling it out, you could smell it, at belays. Saying "it's OK We can Bivy!". She let me lead.through the night.
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2015 - 08:08am PT
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I remember always loving the thing when I first got in, getting the spreader bar right and just thinking how cool it was to be hanging on the side of a cliff. Then as time would pass my side touching the wall would begin to get cold, the spreader bar would shift, my shoulders would get squeezed and we had the start of a long night. Getting out of the beast in the morning was never any fun either. State of the art, mid 70's.
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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May 17, 2016 - 06:04pm PT
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Anyone want a Forrest single point hammock ?
Pay for shipping and it's yours.
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