Hey there hangers, boys and girls, pets, part timers, and everyone else. Greetings from the Wet (West) coast. Been hangin for a while now, finally working on a "Proper" set up. I usually use a mummy bag for a TQ, a sleeping pad under my sizable rump, and then I would just wrap it all up in a mil surp bivy sack. Finally got a tarp and I'm researching quilts. I had no idea hammock camping became so popular over the last ten years or so. When I started dragging the hammock along on hunting trips my friends all called me nutz. And then somewhere along the timeline they started seeing things a different way, the trailers and tents were left at home more and more. So I'm still digging through the forums for information but my first real question would have to be about quilts. I live in Oregon where we get nine months of rain, and three months of less rain. I'm sure there's a great thread somewhere here on the forum about lightweight, compact, quilts that work in the rain forest. I'm also planning a thru hike of the A.T. and I hear the smokey's are about like living in Oregon. So I'm really looking for a light weight 0-20 deg set of quilts maybe 3/4 or full sized UQ, most likely synthetic (for weather proofing) unless someone else has good info on alternatives. trying not to break the bank but hey, it's quilting and that is most likely the most expensive part of a hang setup. I'm willing to homebrew something as well. Been looking at all sorts of quilts and I can' help but feel that someone here has most likely traveled down this path before, and that I might benefit from the guru's here. Any ideas as to lightweight weather proof top and bottom quilt set up for the wet coast bog sloggers out here?
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