What is your motivation for being a Hammocker?

[rais'n hammock]

I am a scoutmaster and have been involved with scouts and the outdoors most of my life. I used the quote from Thoreau in my last Scoutmaster Minute; "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately...". I find that this is a big part of why I love the outdoors. Beats sitting on the couch watching the tube or playing a video game.
I also am seeing some of the responses to the Spaceweasel thread where most are involved in a youth group. I started thinking and realized that I love the outdoors, adventure, and sharing the experience with others; I am just using the youth group as a excuse to get out and do what I want to do. I also like to challenge myself with trying something new each time I go out.

So the question: What motivates or enables you to get outside and spend time in the hammock?

[cougarmeat]

I mostly used small (solo) tents or a bivi bag and on one kayak trip the intended campsite was taken. So our group had to improvise an I found a place between some rocks that was just wide enough - but it was tight. On that trip, a woman brought a hammock and quickly strung it up between trees. I had never seen such a thing. I thought hammocks were made of cotton "rope", had wide spreader bars, and lived on back patios. Back home, REI was having a 20% off sale and I picked up a Hennessy Expedition and tried it on my next car camping trip. I had such a comfortable sleep when camping. The rest - many, many hammocks and TQ/UQ/tarp combinations for all seasons - is history.

[tessiea]

I am a gear junkie and love researching and testing new gear. Tents are just too simple and boring. Hammocks have so many different things to play with.

Oh and they’re comfortable.


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[Vanhalo]

Fresh air and rest.

[SilvrSurfr]

Ground pounding is painful. If I had not discovered hammocks I would have given up camping years ago.

[Trail Runner]

Hammocking enables me to comfortably get out into the real world and leave all the artificiality of society behind.

[rweb82]

Comfort and air flow.

[OneClick]

Simply a place to sit and do stuff out of the rain, off the ground. It really was that simple for me at the start. Then it grew from there.

[Deadwood]

Ground pounding is painful. If I had not discovered hammocks I would have given up camping years ago.

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[StrungUpNewfoundlander]

Doing anything on the ground other than standing on it is a failing of human ingenuity. I’m pretty sure the first thing ever invented was a chair so one could sit and ponder how to make a bed. My enjoyment of sleeping in the wild has been vastly improved with by the hammock. Every campsite is different but every bed is the same. Double Plus Better.