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09-26-12 | 05:56 AM

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rogerstg

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From: Rhode Island

Quote:

Originally Posted by seeker333

Hammocks are useless in most of the USA, due to no trees.

Your 1% guess is way off, because actually more than half of the "lower 48" area is essentially treeless:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=76697&src=iotdrss

As of 1997, 33% of USA land area was forest land - you need a bivy, tarp or tent in the other 67% of the country (and mosquito netting everywhere):

http://fia.fs.fed.us/library/briefin...actsMetric.pdf

It appears that the word "forest" is confusing you to an illogical conclusion. Just because all forests contain trees, it does not follow that an area not considered a forest is barren of trees.

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