Reasons to Hate Hammocking

[Helium33]

1. Having to get out to pee.

2. Procrastinating on packing up in the am and just laying in my hammock.

3. Getting addicted to all things DUTCH.

4. Always thinking about Hammocking.

5. Getting out of the hammock.

What are your reasons for hating hammocks?

[Jeff-in-AL]

The constant money-sucking desire to buy newer/lighter/better hammocks and accessories

[Rain Man]

Having enough gear to outfit an entire backpacking party?!

[GoatHanger]

Watching bushcrafters butcher trees by hanging from rope or paracord.

[hk2001]

I have 2x 110 liter Plano footlockers full of JUST hammocks and tarps. Almost all DIY.

Another one full of stoves and pots

And another one full of other hammock related stuff (suspensions, etc)

And another one full of DIY materials

And that's not counting quilts..


I have a problem..

[ADKrella]

I sleep to long.....

edit: and snoring.....never snored before I slept in a hammock.

[Bubba]

I hate having to explain hammock camping to people. They tend to only envision coarse rope hammocks with wood spreader bars that they have fallen out of in the past when I say I use a hammock for my outdoor trips.

[JMBdevotee]

2. Procrastinating on packing up in the am and just laying in my hammock.

This is both the worst and best aspect of using a hammock. I usually like covering some ground on a trip and the desire to lounge in the AM delays that. On the other hand being in the woods and just enjoying the time is a good thing!

[Westcoast]

Being above the treeline and having no good rock to secure on!

[Namtrag]

Having to explain to people you have backpacked with for years that you are going to start using a hammock instead of a tent...especially when you and they used to make fun of hammockers as members of a cult!!!

Seriously though, we aren't going to abandon our tent, as we have a nice set up...it's actually heavier for my wife and I to have hammocks than it is to have a tent. It's going to be hammocks sometimes and tent other times.