Lady Hammockers thread

**grannypat** · 01-03-2015, 14:58

Originally Posted by Singingcrowsings

I have more of a mentality question...

I keep reading posts by men stating that they have to convince their girlfriends or wives to even consider hammocking. I never quite got that.

Did you have to be "convinced"? What was your perception of hanging before you tried?

Personally, as soon as I saw it, I just thought it made sense.

I don't know, but some women just don't like camping at all and may not feel safe in the hammock. I got in to hammocking and still haven't convinced my husband to come with me. I think I 'm getting closer though.

**lilprincess** · 01-03-2015, 15:21

I didn't take much convincing. I just waited until Nighthauk fixed all the bugs in his system and took off from there.

**Singingcrowsings** · 01-03-2015, 17:26

Originally Posted by grannypat

I don't know, but some women just don't like camping at all and may not feel safe in the hammock. I got in to hammocking and still haven't convinced my husband to come with me. I think I 'm getting closer though.

This is true, but some of the the women they're talking about seem to like camping, so it doesn't seem to be as simple as that.

Good luck with our husband! Ha ha!

Originally Posted by lilprincess

I didn't take much convincing. I just waited until Nighthauk fixed all the bugs in his system and took off from there.

That's certainly one way to do it. Ha ha!

**The Old Boot** · 01-03-2015, 17:56

Originally Posted by Singingcrowsings

I have more of a mentality question...

I keep reading posts by men stating that they have to convince their girlfriends or wives to even consider hammocking. I never quite got that.

Did you have to be "convinced"? What was your perception of hanging before you tried?

Personally, as soon as I saw it, I just thought it made sense.

My perception was exactly what it turned out to be - the greatest way on earth for me to be able to get back out into the backcountry. I hadn't interior camped for 35 years because there was just no way I could sleep on the ground. I was exploring the WhiteBlaze site when I ran into the hammocking section...game over!!

I will tell you that there is no way I could ever be 'convinced' to sleep any other way!

**cougarmeat** · 01-03-2015, 20:05

My housemate was convinced she couldn't sleep in a hammock so I'd spend many a warm afternoon gentle rocking the hammock as she "napped" - apparently different from sleeping. Then she thought she'd be claustrophobic. But when given a choice between an open gathered end hammock or the Ridge Runner with its full coverage bug net, she chose the Ridge Runner and loved it.

**Singingcrowsings** · 01-11-2015, 12:24

Originally Posted by The Old Boot

My perception was exactly what it turned out to be - the greatest way on earth for me to be able to get back out into the backcountry. I hadn't interior camped for 35 years because there was just no way I could sleep on the ground. I was exploring the WhiteBlaze site when I ran into the hammocking section...game over!!

I will tell you that there is no way I could ever be 'convinced' to sleep any other way!

I know what you mean, Old Boot (I feel so strange calling you that!). My coccyx is currently dislocated and the hammock is the only place I can lay down in and not be in pain. So I can easily imagine having other issues that are more chronic and discovering hanging!

Originally Posted by [email protected]

My housemate was convinced she couldn't sleep in a hammock so I'd spend many a warm afternoon gentle rocking the hammock as she "napped" - apparently different from sleeping. Then she thought she'd be claustrophobic. But when given a choice between an open gathered end hammock or the Ridge Runner with its full coverage bug net, she chose the Ridge Runner and loved it.

Thanks for this designer. It's certainly one person's experience, as I've read of men here on this thread worried they'd be claustrophobic, as well.

I guess my point in asking was in wanting to hear women's perspectives from their own mouths, as in, do they need to be convinced, or just wanting more information before they dive in? And since we have this handy thread here....

**okiwen** · 01-11-2015, 16:18

There is a product called the "undress". It is a garment that you can change "IN". Kinda convenient on the beach too.

**Kitsune06** · 02-07-2015, 17:31

Hi, ladies! I'm pretty new to this whole thing, but i've been reading the forums a lot. I would like to contribute to the kilt portion of the discussion- I love my utilikilt. I've had it for about 10 years and it's become an indispensable part of my summer festing and camping kit for all the reasons mentioned previously. I've even been known to lay it open over my sleeping bag at night for a little more insulation. I'm curious to try the nalgene bottle thing, or if i'm brave enough, the gatorade bottle thing... I've been using a travelmate, but it's not as errorproof as I'd like. At all. :/ so i'm looking into the other suggestions on here, too. Thanks for being a great resource!