Hello from VA

**stringbean** · 10-31-2010, 21:01

Hey y'all! I just recently got into hammock camping and was watchin some of Shugs youtube vids, and he kept recommending hammockforums.net. So here i am! I just got a new 0-20 degree ascend mummy sleeping bag, a grand trunk single parachute hammock, and a closed cell foam pad. I am still trying to figure out how to rig a tarp. But thats why im here. I plan on learning a lot, as i did from shugs youtube vids for noobs haha he is a riot!!

**Porkroll** · 10-31-2010, 21:09

Welcome to HF stringbean! Happy Hangin'

**stringbean** · 10-31-2010, 21:28

Thanks bundy......glad to be here!

**dejoha** · 10-31-2010, 21:56

Here is a primer on pitching tarps.

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=16945

**stringbean** · 10-31-2010, 22:07

thanks dejoha

**TraumaRN** · 10-31-2010, 22:26

hey stringbean, hello from a fellow VA hanger. I live in Chesapeake, and so does my friend, we have done 5-6 trips this season on the at and george washington forrest. we are more 3 season so we are pretty much done for the year but will definitely extend an open invitation to join us on any hike next season. we recently did a trip to the dolly sods in W. VA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJo9Y_kHMwc

**stringbean** · 10-31-2010, 22:30

Originally Posted by TraumaRN

hey stringbean, hello from a fellow VA hanger. I live in Chesapeake, and so does my friend, we have done 5-6 trips this season on the at and george washington forrest. we are more 3 season so we are pretty much done for the year but will definitely extend an open invitation to join us on any hike next season. we recently did a trip to the dolly sods in W. VA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJo9Y_kHMwc

That is awesome I will have to take you up on that. I have always wanted to go to the GWNF

**daltontr** · 11-01-2010, 13:10

Hi Stringbean...I'm a newbie here as well.

Like you, I've been digging through the forums, watching video's, and I "think" I'm prepared for my first hang, but I have this nagging feeling that I might freeze my butt off that first night.