Portable camping equipment hanger

In camping, a method to enable a single individual to raise a payload consisting essentially of camping equipment and/or provisions and store the payload at an elevated height above the ground comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a kit consisting essentially of first and second lengths of rope and a pulley, each of said ropes having a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion, said pulley connected only to said first rope, said first rope being secured to said pulley at only said first end;
• (b) locating a support member at a camping site at an elevated height;
• (c) throwing said pulley over said support member so that said intermediate portion of said first rope is positioned over said support member and said pulley and said second end of said first rope are each positioned adjacent the ground;
• (d) passing said second rope through said pulley such that said intermediate portion of second rope is positioned within said pulley;
• (e) using said second end of said rope to raise said pulley to an elevated position above the ground and securing said second end of said rope to a member secured to the ground while said pulley is at said elevated position thereby raising said intermediate portion of said second rope to said elevated position;
• (f) securing the payload to said first end of said second rope;
• and,
• (g) using the second end of said second rope to raise the payload to said elevated position and securing said second end of said second rope to a member secured to the ground while the payload is at said elevated position.