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"Hoot" Video at Trail Days 2016

We met "Hoot" at Trail Days 2016 in Damascus Virginia and think she is a wonderful ambassador for HH.

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By Tom Hennessy | | Appalachian Trail, AT, reviews, tips, Trail Days, trail hiking |

Ed Stafford walked the Amazon with a Hennessy Hammock

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Ed Stafford describes the contents of his rucksack as he attempts to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon River

As Luke and I dipped our toes in the Pacific Ocean to start the transcontinental walk that would take us over the Andes and down the length of the Amazon River, we could hardly stand up. ‘Your pack is ridiculous!’ I mocked. It looked like Luke had an overflowing garden shed strapped to his back.

‘You can talk,’ he retorted. ‘Look at your shoulder straps, they’re torn already.’ It was true: the first day of a two-year expedition and I’d ripped the top shoulder adjuster clean off the harness.

We had more than 45 kilograms in each of our packs: a sign of our lack of any notion of what lay ahead and what we would need to tackle it...

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By General Staff | | extreme, reviews |

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