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Hammocks have recently exploded into the market recently for backpackers, travelers, outdoorsmen, and backyard users.  Thanks to their versatility, popularity is growing as people continue to buy hammocks. If you’re like me, you bought one and either brought it home that day or waited anxiously for it to arrive in the mail.  You may have read or seen a video on how to properly set one up so you can use it right way, but when I got mine I just went for it and tried to set it up without previous instruction.  Here are three tips I wish I had known before attempting to hang for the first time:   Strap Height This is the most important tip that I wish I had known.  How high up on a tree you attach the straps at does matter.  My first attempt ever to set up a hammock was about 5 minutes after UPS dropped it off, and it ended with me laying on our deck  since the straps were so low to the ground, and the natural sag led me to the ground the second I laid in the hammock.  Always great for your head.   Distance Matters How far...