So I have wanted to get into backpacking for a long time and finally decided I only live once and am taking the plunge. My wife and I love day-hiking but she has never been camping before. We walked into our local REI to get an idea of gear and she saw the ENO hammocks and said "I would much rather backpack with a hammock where the bugs on the ground can't get me." Hence, here I am. Being the researcher I am, I began searching for info about hammocks and found this great site. After reading a lot here and looking at different vendors I made the decision for both of us. I spent way too much money just to try this out, but from what I have seen in the classified section of the forum, I can make most of my money back reselling gear if either of us do not like it. I ended up ordering 2 Warbonnet Blackbird single 1.7's, 2 Mamajamba tarps, and 2 Hammock Gear Incubator 20 under quilts. We both have 30 degree synthetic (cheap) sleeping bags that will use as top quilts until I save enough money to purchase some nice Hammock Gear top quilts. I wanted to order one Darien Dream hammock and one WBBB but I was not interested in the 7-8 week wait for the Dream hammock, so maybe next year. I did not realize how expensive this could be, Dutchware adds up quickly haha...
Anyway, enough about what I have ordered. I am looking forward to getting out there and doing some real mileage compared to day-hikes. Trying to plan a weekend trip to Linville Gorge. If anyone would like to offer a good overnight loop in NC or VA for a beginner to get me ready for Linville Gorge, that would be awesome.
I look forward to meeting new people and hope to meet some people looking for others to hike with because I am pretty sure I am going to want to go much more often than my wife and not so sure solo backpacking is for me yet.
Also wanted to give a shout out to Shug and Sintax77. I know Shug is a member of the site but I am not sure about Sintax77, however their Youtube videos have really helped me tremendously.
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