Anybody else get funny looks for having a hammock

**TheHangingTechy** · 01-09-2012, 22:49

Originally Posted by copleycw

It might be that I put it up all the time, and even to my father in law's Sunday dinner (he has the best spacing of trees for it)... My wife thinks I'm crazy - little does she know that she's getting one for her birthday in a few months (I'm banking on her "jealousy" being the reason for the hater-ade)

People think I'm an idiot - especially the cop who got called because I had wandered into someone's back yard after scouting out a "test" location for tinkering and refining the hang. No lie - I actually busted out a picture of my setup on my phone so he would believe me.

Happy Hanging

I've had the police called on me too....someone thought i was camping in the park.

this was the spot http://maps.google.com/maps?q=28.331...h&vpsrc=0&z=20

**DavyRay** · 01-09-2012, 23:12

Originally Posted by thesilence

I hang on campus, and occasionally get weird looks but there's a pretty strong hammock subculture at Auburn so we stick together and it's not too bad

In my backyard is Appalachian State University. The hanging subculture there is robust and active. I had to get my daughter a hammock so she could study outdoors in good weather.

**apnonimus** · 01-10-2012, 01:50

I spent October - early December in my hammock in N. Texas, in a backyard. All of my stuff was inside, along with an open bed

2012: shift in horizontal consciousness

**Naegling** · 01-15-2012, 21:51

I've got some downtime between calls at the station so I was trying out some different suspension setups between the fire apparatus in the engine bays. It's nice having a few kits full of high angle rescue gear available to pick through for toys to try out new setups for free.

Needless to say, the rest of my crew thinks I'm nuts. I can't wait for the summer time when we are activated for a forest fire and I'm hanging comfortably at night while the rest of the crew spends another night on a hard hose bed of a fire engine.

I'm thinking about bringing a DIY and selling it to the highest bidder

(JK)

I have seen a few hammocks set up in fire camps over the years when deployed on wildland fires, but they are pretty few and far between.

**IT_Mike** · 01-17-2012, 10:01

Originally Posted by Cannibal

Keep up the good work and we'll have a hammock in every police cruiser before you know it.

Hopefully not in the back seat...

**Jumpin Joe** · 01-17-2012, 10:06

Funny, I think the cops were jealous and wanted info on you gear setup.

**jbrianb** · 01-17-2012, 10:12

I was hanging in two trees in my yard, but near my neighbor's property line. He's an older guy, nice, though, and he walked up while I was reading a book and began to talk to me about proper hanging techniques. "Those are pines and that one there isn't very big... you probably should..." The one in question was as big as my waist with no dead limbs overhead. I don't think he meant anything by it; I was enjoying the uncharacteristically warm day.

He was pacing and around me yacking nonstop and trying to figure out what I was doing. Made reading a real drag with him standing over me giving me tips on how to do something he'd never done.

I now hang with one strap on the pecan and the other on the gazebo in another part of the yard.

**cataraftgirl** · 01-17-2012, 10:16

The first time I busted out my hammock gear on a river trip, my friends lined up in their camp chairs to watch. Unfortunately I didn't have my suspension set up correctly, and soon ended up on my butt on the ground. They got quite a laugh at my expense. Now when they see me get the hammock out, they yell "hey the floor show's starting" and line up to watch & jeer. But now I have my act together and I don't end up as entertainment anymore. Now the problem is keeping them out of my hammock when it's time for an afternoon nap.
KJ

**nimbus37** · 01-17-2012, 13:53

I had to convince my Mom and Mother in law that we were not torturing our kids (2 and 4) when we took them on a 4 day backpacking trip with just our hammocks! They slept with my wife and absolutely loved it! My son was told in school to make a picture of a campsite and he put the tent in the tree. His teachers had to ask about it and now they think we are crazy too!