Re: What made you a "hanger"?
Daydreamimg about thru-hiking and thinking about ways of mitigating the unpleasant parts. At 5'11" and 135lbs I don't have much natural cushion between my bones and all the rocks, roots, etc found at heavily used campsites. Blowing up an air mattress each night seemed as unrealistic as lugging extra padding. Plus the extra weight and bulk associated with both those "solutions" seemed nearly as unpleasant as the original problem. I think the search term that I lead me here was "ground camping alternative". BIAS was running a $28 hammock deal which my magic number I was willing to spend to give it a shot.
My only regret is all those nights on the hard ground.