Hello from the North West!

[Mac&trees]

Hi everyone. Happy to be a member here!

I am new to hammocking, hanging and ultralight backpacking. I’ve been a grounder and a load bearer for a long time. I blame that on my Infantry roots. You know, “ pack light... freeze at night.”

A few years ago my buddy bought an ENO single before a winter trip to Sunriver Oregon. He hung it up over the hot tub a few feet off the snowy deck. I knew I had to have one of those. Not to be out done, I bought the one link double nest; $220 😟

I took it with me on a solo Jeep excursion later that summer, slept in it twice and shelved it for future “pincnics only.”

Banana sleeper: check
Cold butt syndrome: check
Smooshed shoulders: check

I just happened to run across The Shug earlier this month on YouTube while looking for some other random stuff. Needless to say, I was like how in the h is this guy loving his hammock so much? So I devoured his 1000 videos on the topic and decided to give it another whorl.

Now I’ve got a setup that suits me fine, is DIY (mostly) and I enjoy hanging in.

[Burg54]

Welcome and thanks for your service.

This is a GREAT community and I think you will find it very educating. I know that I have. I also started with an Eno (For a night...) before realizing I needed a more robust setup/system in order to be good to go. Once you get squared away...there is nothing like sleeping blissfully suspended among the trees. Happy hanging!

[Pennsy Camp and Canoe]

Hello and Welcome from North West Pennsylvania lol 11B eh? 13B here!

[jpeeler87]

Hello and welcome from Arkansas. You found one of the best YouTubers out there to learn from. Ive been hanging for a while now and still go back to his videos to tweak my setup.