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Where did the idea of using a hammock instead of a tent I do not remember. It seems in the travel forum. I only remember that first, this way of dividing the camp frightened. Unusual. Indeed. Where to put all things? Where to lodge with friends? In what position is during a prolonged rain? Go and not tell.
On the other hand, I often have to travel alone. Lots of space, I do not need. It sometimes happened that the route to such places, where a tent or not possible at all, or need to spend a lot of time before there is any kind of a decent place.
I’ve heard enough stories about how the tourists are “cash cows” for foresters. Do you want to stand here? You can not. But if you have some money, it can be. Of course foresters know very well where these fishing spots are, and always supervise them.
On one side is nice, do not give kindle fires in the wrong places, follow the procedure as they can. On the other hand is, and vice versa. From his powerful position some unscrupulous foresters do not disdain to extract (and extract) greed.
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In anticipation of summer and the upcoming holiday is very useful to think about purchasing a hammock. A gentle warm pastime in the country, a light breeze in the forest glade, sweet laziness endless summer day, a sense of quiet sleep – all that comes to mind when the word “hammock”. Representing yourself in it, you hear the rustle of leaves, feel smell fragrant summer flowers, a refreshing breath caressing wind.
Lying in a hammock, you can absolutely be liberated, to forget about everyday worries. In a hammock, you can safely read a book, slowly tasting fresh tomato juice, and soak up the sun and take a nap. Relaxing and soothing, lightweight and durable, it is perfectly suited for summer boredom. It suffices to find two tree trunk at a distance of three meters from each other, and you can sit perfectly on the rest.
Hammock recalls the exotic countries – jungle nights under the open sky, lost in the ocean, the eternal roar of the tides. For some people sleep in a hammock – the need, because there are reptiles, insects, which can not only interfere with sleep, but bite a sleeping person.
It is noticed that, while resting in a hammock, you will spend on recovery of strength is much less time than sleep in a normal bed. The fact is that when the human body is in a hammock, his weight is distributed over several hundred strong fibers, thus giving the rest the vestibular apparatus. Each point back is exposed acupressure at uniform swinging hammock.
In order to properly settle down in a hammock, come back to him and sit him in the middle, both on the sofa. Do not try to immediately climb on a hammock feet! When you sit on the hammock, straighten him behind his back (like the couch), the upper edge should come to you to the shoulders (you can even throw the far edge of the hammock on his head). Now just sit on the hammock and straighten it by myself, so take the most comfortable position. You find yourself sitting in it across, the rope will be on the right and left.
To lie in the hammock, just unroll from the seated position: first, the upper body, and then drop your feet on a hammock along the track. If a sufficiently broad canvas, you can wrap himself in it as in a cocoon.
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200000 years ago
The history of the hammock has its roots in the most ancient, known for today, civilization on earth – Mayan and Central America. We have heard only bits of information found on the stone scriptures in the pyramids of abandoned cities. Some sources send us as much as 200,000 years ago …
1500
The first mention of the hammock in our country, European history, dates back approximately 1500 years after Christ. After the discovery of America by Columbus, thousands of pioneers, conquerors rushed to find untold treasures unknown lands. Here is one of the descriptions of Indian villages, made by Pedro Vaz de Caminha (pedro Vaz de Caminha): “… the village consists of several huts, within each of them a stone hearth, around the fire on the ground – woven mats. There was no furniture there, except artfully tanned pieces of tissue in which they sleep … “Christopher Columbus also describes the hammocks in his diary,” Walking on unknown lands, calling them “hanging bed. At that time was not yet known Indian name of this “bed” – “Hamaca” (hamaka).
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