My brain climbed aboard the “way-back bus” this morning with the talk of desk-drills in another thread. I got to thinking about white glue ‘gloves’, the flavor of paste, the way Debbie would get mad when I pulled her pigtails, etc. Then I remembered something we did in 5th grade and thought it might be an interesting thing to do here.
I joined HF in 2007, but it seems like more time than that has passed. Anyway, the growth among members has been amazing and the explosion of new gear has been astounding. We’ve had Blackbirds, Bridges, & Switchbacks to name just a few hammocks; we've even been witness to Hennessy Hammocks making a long fought change to their design. Tewas, Yetis, and MWs; Winter Tarps, about 10 different suspensions, and probably about 50 things not listed. All of this in a measly couple of years.
We buried a time capsule back in the 70s in grade school and a group from my class dug it up about 10 years ago. We all put an item in a Tupperware box (I put in a Twinkie ) and a letter was sent to everybody whose address was listed informing/reminding them what was placed in the box. Really fun to get a letter all these years later and see what was considered important/cool at the time. It had a hard time finding me, but it did (thank you Facebook).
So why don’t we do something like that now, while our hobby is still in the blossoming phase? I’m not suggesting we actually put gear in a box and bury it; that would just be crazy talk. But, there has to be a way we can mark this point in time and the level of development of our gear. It would be a fun discussion for those that follow us twenty years from now. They’ll probably think us ignorant and reckless. Yes, I know all these threads will be archived in the digital universe. But somehow the availability of resources doesn’t compare with the ‘discovery’ of a single item of historical relevance.
Any thoughts, or am I just off on another one of my weird distractions?
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