The Commandments of Hammocking

[angrysparrow]

Bump. I always loved this thread. Something for the newbies. We should put a sticky on this.

I agree. Done.

[tight-wad]

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Should this list be culled back to ten only?

NO!

Call it the 10 commandments plus ?? "The Bill of Rights" ?? "Constitutional Amendments" ?? "Errata" ?? "lagnaippe" ??

I missed this one when it first started (must have been practicing, #1). This is great! Thank you for bumping this up to everyone's attention.

You folk have hit all the bases plus some. The only thing I can think of is:
Thou shalt go to church, i.e. Hammock Forums.net, and get motivated, do it, and share your learnings with others.

[Ramblinrev]

The only thing I can think of is:
Thou shalt go to church, i.e. Hammock Forums.net, and get motivated, do it, and share your learnings with others.

Might I respectfully request:
"Thou shall read daily from the "Words of Wisdom" {ie hammockforums.net} and teach your children and your children's children"

[Hetairoi]

11. Thou shalt convert the ground dwellers

under this could be 'thou shalt share thy gear', because once you try it the purpose of trees becomes obvious and you'll never go back to the ground unless you have to.

but also, I think this could turn into two different lists. One for the newly converted and one for the unconverted. The converted list for new hammock folk who would be encouraged to share (like me, I already have a growing pile of gear after only one season). And a list for the unconverted who may be heading out for the first time with some gear that has been shared with them.

[canalvoyageur]

Hi you guys, I enjoyed reading all the comments and the commandments, and agree entirely with making it a sticky, especially for newbies such as myself, Don'T Know what you will make of my interpretation of the word Hammock and this forum but here goes :-
H--Hang
A---About
M--Many
M--Men,
O--Out
C--Come
K--Knowledge.
This I feel is the result of this forum, as there is such a wealth of knowledge to be shared.
Happy Hammocking Bill.

[cavediver2]

Must not forget the many WOMEN in here they have had valuable input on many things.

Hi you guys, I enjoyed reading all the comments and the commandments, and agree entirely with making it a sticky, especially for newbies such as myself, Don'T Know what you will make of my interpretation of the word Hammock and this forum but here goes :-
H--Hang
A---About
M--Many
M--Men,
O--Out
C--Come
K--Knowledge.
This I feel is the result of this forum, as there is such a wealth of knowledge to be shared.
Happy Hammocking Bill.

[canalvoyageur]

Must not forget the many WOMEN in here they have had valuable input on many things.

Thank you for the reminder, how remiss of me, my profound apologies to all the the ladies of the forum.
Happy Hammocking Bill

[gilla]

This is a great list, thanks for bumping to the top again. Currently I'm impatiently awaiting my new clark.

[cavediver2]

its my opinion that it's worth the wait

This is a great list, thanks for bumping to the top again. Currently I'm impatiently awaiting my new clark.

[adkpiper]

I might add to #6 something along the lines of "Neither shalt thou wear thy shoes inside; they are offensive in Our sight."