Firstly, for anyone taking the time to respond to the newbie member intros, thanks. Chances are you're one of the folks regular to site sharing all sorts of creative ways to hang-around, and it seems like a great crowd. Even if I never logged in again, I've already expanded my (albeit limited) hammock knowledge 100x over; cheers!
As for myself, I haven't been camping in over 4 years, and for someone who grew up appreciating the outdoors, that's pretty bad. For 2014 I made it a goal to get back out into the wilderness and enjoy the nature around me here in Arizona. Having previously only borrowed gear, I started doing research to at least get out for some car camping asap, which led me into an REI to do some size comparisons on tents, figuring I would invite/drag some friends along. I bought a tent.
What am I doing here you ask? Well, it's my personal opinion that you just can't go camping without a hammock, so shortly thereafter, I bought one of those too: an ENO DN, and then the bugnet and then a Kelty Noah tarp (currently in transit to my grubby hands) before stumbling upon this fine establishment. That being said, I've come to realize, my tent may never see the light of day, dark of night, or outside of stuff-sack, and I'm totally OK with it; I'm going to sleep in the trees!
As the gear has been rolling in, even the small things like ridgeline and biners, I continue to grow more excited to get out and put it all to repeated use.
tl;dr - Thanks for having me, glad to be here; peace!
-LostAloft
Next stop - UQ subforum for some advice on getting that piece of gear all sorted, so I can begin this journey of good times trial and error.
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