Hello my fellow hangers!

[keithsmith]

My name is Keith, I am a young guy, new to camping entirely haha. I never grew up around campers, kind of a city boy when I was growing up. Then I met my dad at about 21, and he took me to Vermont for a 12 mile hike with his homemade hammocks. I found a GIGANTIC part of me, that I never knew I was missing. He and I have an unbreakable bond these days, and I am currently pursuing my newfound passion to make my own hammocks! All I want is to show the world how I can take twenty pounds on my back, and be so much more comfortable, warmer, hike further, set up and tear down all better than a traditional tent! Not to bag on anybody's preferred method to camp, its all about preference, but I discovered that I am a true hanger at heart! I cannot imagine ever sleeping in a tent again! I am counting down the days for him to get here from Sweden to take the same trip we took 3 years ago, but this time I know what I'm doing! This time I am not nervous! This time we do twice the distance, multiple hikes, this year we are hitting the AT and I am so excited I cant believe im going to be on the Appalachian Train with my hammock so happy to have this blessing! He told me to come here because this is where our people are! So hello, and happy to be here


Sincerely, the guy between the trees ))

[TrailSlug]

Welcome to the forums. Let us know if you have any questions and be sure to share your journey with us when you get back.

[Grunt]

Great to see! Welcome to HF!

[keithsmith]

This is what ive been working on the past couple days. Its more about research and learning the ins and outs of my dads design. Its all Dutchware gear, as he has an amazing website with fantastic materials, we fully support Dutch's gear and make our hammocks pretty much exclusively from his stuff. Don't know if this is interesting to anyone else, this is a work in progress as were gonna be using it for reference mostly, but this is about 3 hours of work I put into it haha. LMK what you guys think

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...t#gid=77130370

[keithsmith]

Were currently trying to get together a down UQ and TQ that we can make as needed, possibly sell to other hangers who are looking into cold weather camping, but its all still in development and trying to get a reasonable way to make them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[100 Ton]

Your Dad was right...these are your people! Welcome!

[sidneyhornblower]

One heck of an introduction there. Welcome to the forums.

[MikekiM]

Awesome story!

Welcome to HF.

I tried to view your Project link but got dead ended... if you have any questions about DiY'ng tarps or hammocks, let me know!