[pct-l] Hammock, bivouac...or something else

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_ksalmon at wesleyan.edu_ (mailto:ksalmon at wesleyan.edu)  writes:  I  would 
really like to take my hammock on the PCT, but I am concerned that
I  will not be able to pitch it in certain areas. How concerned should I be?  
 Thoughts on bivouac bags for the PCT?
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Switchback replies: Several years ago at Kennedy Meadows I asked some  thru 
hikers about their hammocks.  They said they liked them and had no  problems.  
Sometimes they would pitch them on the ground when they could  not use a tree, 
etc.







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