Does hammock camping freak you out sometimes?

[Rolloff]

I hear Cicadas 24/7. Tinnitus ftw!

I know it drives some people crazy, but it just doesn't really bother me all that much.

I can hear them now

[Shug]

Was in bed last night and had a hammock dream. I dream very vividly in my hammock but this was a dream about being in a hammock.

Hickery and I were camping in hammocks spread apart. Seemed like top of Linville Gorge. Sorta like when we did the Maple King hat on fire last Spring. In dream we woke as it seemed someone was in our camp. Hickery were trying to scream but couldn’t. Me too. We both heard footsteps running up the gravel road. I tried to scream in my dream and actually woke Meg and she said I was screaming VERY LOUD in bed. Woke myself up doing that. It seemed so real.
She though someone was breaking in the house. I came fully awake and went into one of those hysterical laughing fits for about 20 minutes. She kept asking if i was OK. Am I? I don’t know. Haaaaa
I did not sleep well after that dream.
Took a hammock nap today so all good.


Shug the Screamer.

[peanuts]

shug, my first time on HF in i don't know how long, thank you for the laugh!!!!!

[Dutchette]

Hahahahahahahaha. Thank you!!!!


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[Shug]

shug, my first time on HF in i don't know how long, thank you for the laugh!!!!!

Good to see some of the old gang again!
Shug

[P-Dub]

I hear Cicadas 24/7. Tinnitus ftw!

I know it drives some people crazy, but it just doesn't really bother me all that much.

I can hear them now

Hey, my tinnitus sounds like cicadas too!

[emfalcon]

Do people have a problem with nature's symphony and sleeping? I mean the screech owls and coyotes can keep me awake if they are close enough, but the rest of the sounds seem to fade away after about 20 mins or so. Last time out I had a screech owl that was occupying one of the trees I was hanging from, had to put on an audio book to get sleep.

[OneClick]

Only when I'm walking thru the woods and see this



Seriosuly, Shug needs to print one of these tarps

[bncskc]

I hear Cicadas 24/7. Tinnitus ftw!

I know it drives some people crazy, but it just doesn't really bother me all that much.

I can hear them now

I hear the crickets and cicadas 24/7 too because of tinitus. I sleep in a hammock every night. I have one set up on my covered deck and another one on a stand inside, but always sleep outside spring, summer, and fall unless its over 85 degrees and 90% humidity at night. A while back, it dawned on me why I prefer to sleep outside so much. It's because when I'm outside, most of the crickets I'm hearing are real!

[SilvrSurfr]

I don't mind noises - crickets, frogs, owls, whippoorwills or even coyotes. I don't even mind skunks and raccoons. They're just curious creatures.

The only thing that bothers me is animals that don't act like they're supposed to act. I was night hiking at the Delaware Water Gap above Sunfish Pond when I kept losing the trail. I'd backtrack and find the markers, then immediately lose the trail again. This went on for an hour, and around 10 pm I finally decided to pitch camp. I lit up my alky stove, and sat there with no headlamp or flashlight, waiting for the water to boil.

Suddenly, a huge porcupine walked into my camp. When he was about four feet from me, I yelled and told him to get lost. However, this porcupine didn't get lost. He walked off about 20 feet away and sat there watching me as I ate my dehydrated meal. I tried to chase him away but he would not go. Finally, I fell asleep around midnight, and I could still see the porcupine's beady eyes watching me before I drifted off.

When I woke in the morning the porcupine was still there! He was still watching me. I packed up my hammock and tarp with him watching me the whole time. That's when I realized that I spent the night hanging in the middle of a game trail - his game trail. As soon as I left I saw him lumbering down his game trail, glad that I had finally left him to his own devices!