No offense Tim, but you are merely an Entered Apprentice Hamoholic. I admire your start, but don't believe you are anywhere close to the level of full-blown Hamoholic.
A co-worker just brought this up with me this week and it didn't set too well with me. He started asking questions like:
Let's just say that answering those questions was painful. I have a lot of gear and most of it is 'good' gear. To be fair, it does get used. I try to help as many people learn about hammocks as possible, so I keep a good stock. Just what I consider my camping inventory from memory:
Hammocks
Warbonnet Outdoors Blackbirds: 2x 1.7 Dbl - 1.1 Dbl- 1.7 Single
Warbonnet Outdoors Travelers: 1.7 Single - 1.1 Dbl
Tree To Tree Trail Gear: 1.7 Switchback Single
DD Hammocks: 2x Frontline - Travel - Camping
Speer Hammocks: 8.5 & IIIA
Hennessy Hammocks: 2x Deep Jungle XL - 2x Expedition - Safari No Net - Explorer Deluxe & UL
Trek Light: 2x Dbl - Single
ENO: 3x Dbl - 2x Single
Ticket To The Moon: Single & Double
Grizzly Adams: Grizz Bridge
Claytor Hammocks: Jungle Hammock - No Net - 2x Expedition
Grand Trunk: All Terrain Hybrid - Skeeter Beater Pro - UL Travel
Byer of Maine: Moskito Traveller
Parrot Bay: Key Largo Deluxe
I'm sure there are more, but that's all I can remember right now. Plus, there are my DIY hammocks, which number more than a few.
Tarps
Warbonnet Outdoors: 3x SuperFly (including prototype) - Edge - Diamond Aysm - Big Mamajama...plus the impending arrival of a new camo SuperFly.
OES: MacCat Micro Spinn - MacCat Standard Spinn - MacCat Standard - 2x MacCat Deluxe
DD Hammocks: 2x DD Tarp - 2x DD Tarp XL
Speer Hammocks: 2x 8x10 - Winter Tarp
Hennessy Hammocks: Stock tarps for all Hennessy hammocks
Trek Light: V9
Claytor Hammocks: 2x Diamond Fly
Again, I'm sure I missed a couple/few.
Quilts
Warbonnet Outdoors: 3x 3Season Yeti (one synthetic prototype) - Winter Yeti - 3Season Black Mamba - Winter Black Mamba - 3Season Prototype TQ
Jacks R Better: Shenandoah - Rocky Mtn. Sniveler - 3Season Mt. Washington
Speer Hammocks: SnugFit
KAQ: Patrick designed and built KAQ
Ray Jardine: Ray-Way Quilt
Plus, I have a total of 4 DIY down topquilts and 2 synthetic.
As bad as this list is, it only represents the big ticket items and is specific to the hammock portion of the addiction. More specifically, it only represents the outdoor side of my addiction. Indoor hammocks would easily double the hammock list. Add in all the backpacks (5), stoves, stakes, lights, stuff sacks, knives, clothing, biners, clips, mini-biners, Fig 9s, tarp flyz, blah, blah, blah. Well, it's downright frightening! Granted, many items were bought used, given for free or discounted in exchange for testing, traded for other items, etc, but just the idea of what my gear room would be worth at retail pricing....I refuse to even consider it!
You know that old joke about a man's greatest fear being that he die before his wife and she sells his stuff for what he
told her he paid for it? I get that joke and it haunts my dreams.
Stop yourself while you still have hope. There is no need to suffer the hammock life that I have been burdened with.
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