The cost of joining

**Oms** · 04-09-2011, 07:37

If Cannibal's house ever burned down the insurance company would never believe him. "You had how many hammock?, yeah right!"

Better file today

**Wags** · 04-09-2011, 09:17

yep take a picture canibal...

truthfully, i'd obsess over any hobby i ended up having. if it was golf i'd have the latest shoes and new clubs and a new bag and OH MAN i NEED to get this new driver it's got a 2 millimeter bigger sweet spot than my current one...

thankfully it's not golf, b/c then i'd stab my eyes out with boredom

my obsession is pretty solid. here's my list of things....

Hammocks:
claytor
wbbb 1.1
wb traveler

Tarps:
Oes spinn deluxe

TQ:
Golite Ultra 20
wb black mamba

UQ:
Winter crowsnest
Leighlo summer uq

packs:
osprey aether
osprey exos 58 (my fav)
granite gear virga
just ordered a zpacks pack

swapped out all my stuff sacks for cuben...

areas i've been good at:
1 knife (frost mora)
1 means of water treatment (steripen)
1 bought stove (pocket rocket), all others DIY (wood stove favorite)
2 cookpots (gsi kettle, backcountry ti 700 - the new go to)

EDITED: it appears i need a second tarp. what if i have a friend who wants to join me and we get out there and he doesn't have a tarp? that could ruin his entire experience and i'd be to blame. i better look into things...

**G.L.P.** · 04-09-2011, 09:38

let see here

Hammock .....
Nano 7
WBBB 1.1 dbl
DIY bridge (Brigdeskin Prototype)
DIY Nano 7
DIY 1.1 with pad pockets and storage pockets

Quilts .....
JRB MW4
JRB Hudson River
DIY 2.5 season down 2/3 length
DIY synth summer weight CL Apex TQ
DIY IX summer TQ
DIY fleece TQ

Tarps......
JRB 11x10
OES Micro
campmor poncho tarp
DIY 3 season
I slimmed down my tarp pile

thats about it now when it comes to cooking gear thats another story LOL
i should do an updated video on my gear closet ..... Hmmmm

**kayak karl** · 04-09-2011, 10:59

i have a 2001 ford focus. when i go to a hang i take all tarps, quilts and hammocks. my trunk has more $$ in it then the car is worth. hook up the trailer with 5k of kayak gear and i think my insur agent would faint if he knew.

**Busky2** · 04-09-2011, 11:54

I too have more hammocks than friends I would like to invite on a hang. I also once succumb to the evils of small boat magazine and that cost me and cost and cost.... I thought a wife was expensive till I bought.....sailboats yes with a "s" five of them,

and some came with their own boats than hung off the their sterns as tenders. Hammocks are a joy and I don't see a need to stop, after all I am in control as long as I stay away from the water. did some one say kayaks, they are nice too. I am in control, I am in control, I am in control, control, huuummmmmmmm

**Myteathor** · 04-11-2011, 15:15

We all have the gear addiction but its better then some alternatives. At least thats what i keep telling my wife. The engine i built for my last truck cost me close to 8 grand, Try opening a summit racing catalog and not spending 500 bucks every time!
This is a much healthier alternative. A few hundred bucks every now and then isnt so bad. Could be much worse, we could own a boat.

**kobold** · 04-13-2011, 02:19

thanks cannibal and everyone, you made me feel much better about my hamoholism, i only have 6 hammocks, 4 tarps and 4 quilts. that means i can easily go and get some more stuff knowing that i am still in the normal range.

phew!

**Cannibal** · 04-13-2011, 08:16

Originally Posted by kobold

i only have 6 hammocks, 4 tarps and 4 quilts. that means i can easily go and get some more stuff knowing that i am still in the normal range.

phew!

I like the way you think!

**crazy_dave** · 04-13-2011, 09:21

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

**Dabberty** · 04-13-2011, 09:27

I can't believe the prices you guys pay for your gear....
Is it that expensive in the US ?

For the hammocking, i have purchsed the following:
(re-calculated the prices to usd)
48,- usd Hammock - Ticketothemoon
48,- usd Hammock - Brand i forgot (for my girlfriend)
30,- usd Hammock - Tenth Wonder XL (for future modifications like adding bugnet, according to the video of 'hangnout' on this forum)
49,- usd 3x3 meters DDHammocks tarp
57,- usd 3x4.5 meters DDHammocks tarp

Additional stuff:
50,- usd max for
- 1" webbing (for the hammock)
- 4 O rings (for the webbin on the hammock)
- Additiional ropes (ridge line, etc, etc)
- 8 caribiners
- 5mm Elastic cord for the tarp

And DIY:
- Hobo wood stove from a bean can
- Underquilt from a old sleeping bag, based on the instructions found here

Other missing stuff I already owned, like sleeping bag, backpack, and so on, and so on.