What made you a "hanger"?

**EarlyBird** · 12-26-2016, 16:53

Good ole Sintax77 hooked me on hammock camping haha. Darn it.

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**SunHugger** · 12-30-2016, 21:02

Loved hammocks in all the warm countries. Started hanging at the lake lot and thought why not bring hanging into the bush with me? After first attempt (not to successful though) I was hooked! Now I hang as much as I can.
Been doing a lot of hanging in temps -5C to 32C. Going to push some limits soon to the -25C to -30C in a few weeks. If I can pull that off, then my solo tent might get retired all together lol.

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**BoxOfRain** · 01-03-2017, 06:54

It was the boulder fields in the western part of the Ouchita trail near Talimina Oklahoma....for 2 days could not find a place to pitch our tents (ultimately had to set up in the middle of a logging road hoping no late night trucks would come along) came off the trail and immediately started searching for other options, and never looked back!

**vadukie** · 01-04-2017, 16:17

So growing up anytime I camped it was a tent. Knothere invited/talked me into going on my first hike last year on the AT. He showed me his setup and said I had to try using a hammock instead of a tent. I agreed and even though my first hammock was a disaster I am hooked and have made my own hammock.

**Red Haired Booper** · 01-19-2017, 07:42

When I was on my second backpacking trip, I ended up being the one in the hammock (I was borrowing all of my gear from people in my group). I slept very well that night(even though I hung it too tight). The next trip we took, we stayed in a shelter and even with a good sleeping pad, I had the worst sleep in my life! I vowed that I would buy a hammock and never go back to ground.

**sonicview1** · 01-21-2017, 11:09

Just thought we could do something different from tent camping with our Scouts, so using this for my info and learning,sooooooooo much to learn.

**Bonnie** · 01-22-2017, 20:58

Hello,
I'm new to this forum, although I've read it many times. Finally joined. I sleep full time in a hammock a few years now. I did use it camping for the first time this summer- which was very fun. I started because beds were causing me too much back pain, now I wake in the morning and feel just great. It's just fabulous.

Bonnie

**Watertooner** · 01-22-2017, 22:27

About 2 years ago while browsing Kickstarter, I saw a couple hammock projects that made me click and read more. I've camped with a tent a handful of times in 50 years so I was intrigued with the idea of being "off" the ground. Fast forward to this fall. I was googling for info on how to relieve knee pain caused by sleeping on too stiff of a bed and came across a blog about Eno hammocks which led to Derek Hansen's Ultimate Hang site which led to Hammock Forums which led to ordering a Blackbird XLC from Warbonnet which led to sleeping full-time in a hammock from Day 1 which led to ordering another hammock (Ridgerunner, just 'cuz) which led to ordering lots of other stuff which...will lead...to many comfortable nights of sleep, restful afternoon naps, fun evening hangs, and other adventures. Can't wait.

**Cade_** · 01-24-2017, 21:06

I had been looking for an ultralight backpacking solution to my 11 pound outdated mec tarn 2 tent, and I started doing some research, which eventually brought me to shug, rev hiker, sintax, and derek hansen. shortly thereafter while i had not yet decided to turn to hanging, I was at Cabela's and I found the grand trunk ultralight starter hammock marked wrong and got it for half price. I slowly started accumulating gear and now have spent about a weeks worth of nights in the good ole' hammie. I will continue to get more gear and probably make a hex tarp, a hammock, a uq and oq (costco) and use this as my ultralight backpacking setup.

**Bike-Ham** · 01-26-2017, 13:07

I have had a hammock with spreaders for over 30 years. When I started bicycle touring about 7 years ago, I knew I could not sleep on the ground and the spreader hammock , well you know, if you roll over, you are going to hit the ground! So I googled Mexican and south American hammocks. Went to youtube and found several videos of people making their own hammocks and stuff. Went and got the material and started making my own after reading the book by Ed Speers, Hammock Camping:The complete guide to Greater Comfort, Convenience, and Freedom. Been making my own since and hanging. I also found this site by watching the videos on youtube. Got to love Shug's videos!