Hammock & Park Manager Relationship Building Idea

[BuckeyeFan]

In addition to being a hanging addict, I am an avid geocacher (www.Geocaching.com). In a nut shell, people hide containers (geocache) and post the GPS coordinates online and other geocachers try to find them. Think of it as 'using million dollar satellites to find Tupperware hidden in the woods'.

Geocaching .com has events called CITOs (Cache In-Trash Out). The event host coordinates with the location manager, usually a park manager, to provide labor in helping to clean (trash pick-up) a given area.

For those who have coordinated group hangs in parks, what are your thoughts on using this type of event to build solid relationships with those parks leery of hammock hangers?

[gunner76]

Contact tacoma96. he is an avid geocacher

[BuckeyeFan]

Thanks for the heads up on Tacoma96. We met at a group hang, but Geocaching never came up in conversation.

[Life Scout]

The scouts use this camp in trash out to get a discount for camping in some parks. Usually (trail work, roadside clean up, or pre mowing debris removal from the park roads). Depending on size, age and ability of group.

Showing the park officials you care goes a long way toward future cooperation.