Greetings from New Hampshire

**unhsavage** · 06-26-2012, 12:22

I've been lurking this forum for a while. I'm pretty frequent hiker working my way through New Hampshire 48 4,000 footers. I'm planning to section hike some of the AT this fall with a friend on a SB through-hike. He's carrying a hammock and got me thinking about using a hammock set-up as a way to cut weight in my own solo over-nighting set-up and to ensure the same level of flexibility he'll have when stealthing.

I already own a Byers of Maine Miskito made by Amazona and while it may not be ideal I'm comfortable in it. I have used the DIY forums here for ideas on an improved more workable suspension. Just this weekend I assembled my tree straps from nylon webbing purchased from DIYgearsupply and fashioned 3 soft shackles using a guide I found on these forums. Next I will probably be a fashioning ridgeline or some whoopieslings although my tree straps are long enough that I can swing from two 8" trees more 14' apart and I'm not certain how much longer I really need.

I'm really looking forward to testing my creations and am hopeful that I'll love hammock camping. I don't know that I'll ever fully convert since even my three person backpacking tent is lighter when the load is split with a buddy or my wife. I guess time will tell.

Thanks for having me and for everyone's insight and passion for hammock camping it has inspired me thus far!

~John Savage
Barnstead, New Hampshire

**Billybobky** · 06-26-2012, 12:34

Hello from KY

**dragon360** · 06-26-2012, 12:34

Hello and Welcome to the Forums from Canada!

**raiffnuke** · 06-26-2012, 12:34

Welcome to HF from Mass.

**MAD777** · 06-26-2012, 19:45

Welcome to the forum from Florida and New Hampshire.
I live in Florida but bought a retirement place in the Whites. We hike in all four seasons up there.

That's a big reason that I switched to hammocks. It's so hard to find level ground without trees, rocks (Granite State) and roots that finding a place to pitch a tent is a pain. Speaking of pain - that's what is in my back every morning after waking up in a tent.

You are going to like hammocks!