Hello all and thank you for the welcome.
I must admit right off that this is the first time I have ever joined a forum with the purpose to participate. At age 54, this may seem strange and perhaps doubly so since my occupation has been software development, and in particular web related software, for the past fifteen plus years. In some ways, technology scares me.
In any event, being a long time backpacking adventurer who's getting too old and tired of sleeping on the ground, my current aim is two fold: firstly, to thru-hike the AT in 2014 and, secondly, to do so using a hammock.
At present, I have no hammock gear (no tarp, no quilts, no suspension, etc.). I have spent the last month or so lurking, learning, and listening to all the information I can gather and, of course, landed many times upon this magnificent site as the result of internet searches, and so decided to join, surround myself with its wisdom, and, maybe, even make a friend or two.
One last tidbit, I recently buried a Peach Crowned Conure whom I had the privilege to care for after 35 years; hence my forum name is in memoriam to his passing.
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