Hard to believe I Joined this site back in 2012. Time flies. I did not post much back then because of the lack of knowledge. I had big plans on hiking and camping in my hammock but life got in the way. I was always telling my wife and kids we would do the hammock thing soon, but sadly that really never happened. I bought an ENO double nest back then and a couple Hammocks off of woot cheap, decked them out with Whoopy slings but never seemed to find the time to even do one over nighter in them. Granted, I did do a lot of afternoon naps in the ENO.
I have had some life altering events happen in the last year. I lost my closest friend and brother-in-law to a massive heart attack at the age of 45. I learned a valuable lesson from that tragedy, There is no promise of a tomorrow, live life to the fullest today.
So I have decided to go head-first back into getting my hiking gear and hammock camping gear in order.
I could never really get comfy in my ENO. So I decided to hand that down to my wife who thinks its perfect for her. After many sleepless nights reading this forum I pulled the trigger last week and purchased an 11' netless 1.6 Hexon Hammock for Dutch with some Dutch bling to go along with it. I also purchased a Superfly to keep me out of the elements. A TQ and UQ are next in-line and then do it all again for he wife, then the kids. Lucky to help ease the burden on my wallet my 18 yr old son wants to purchase some stuff on his own (a working man now).
I hope to make it to a group hang this year if some one will have me. Thanks for reading and remember life is short live large!!
Thanks to everyone who contributes to this site, I have learned a lot and hope to be able to pay if forward as a contributing member of Hammock Forums.
Carl
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