Posted by: Dryer
Hammock ban in Big Bend NP?? - 04/25/16 08:12 AM
A friend just got back from BBNP a week ago and informed me they don't allow hammocks in the back country. Claim "tree damage". I couldn't find this on their website. Anybody else hear this?
Posted by: Rick_D
Re: Hammock ban in Big Bend NP?? - 04/25/16 03:08 PM
Sounds like a viscous rumor intentionally started by the scorpions and snakes.
Would be an odd policy unless there's something peculiar about the trees that makes them susceptible to damage.
Posted by: Dryer
Re: Hammock ban in Big Bend NP?? - 04/25/16 03:57 PM
My guess....folks are using the same trees in the designated campsites. Not all that many trees up there but plenty for hammocks. I've hammocked there for decades. This is a shocker.