Hello all...
First, apologies...I just submitted my first post and then realized, I'd never submitted an introduction post.
I'm Doug. I'm a 5th generation son of the San Joaquin and grew up in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada just near SEKI. I went to college in HI where I met my wife who grew up at the foot of the Mission Mountains (AKA the American Alps) in western MT. We now live at the foot of the Pintlers where we continue to be devoted mountain dwellers (as opposed to those wierd desert dwellers or the coastal effete)
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I'm here because I just discovered hammock camping last year on a backpacking trip with my son's boy scout troop. As someone who never slept well on the ground, even in my youth and even with cushy overweight air mattresses, hammocks camping has been a revelation and has reignited my motivation to camp and backpack. Until now I've neglected my own kids' indoctrination into grand wilderness adventures, sticking mostly to day hikes and car-camping where I've literally slept in the car. Now that I've discovered hammock camping, I'm intent on repenting of my malfeasance as a parent and doing a lot more camping and backpacking with my kids. Lucky for me... they're actually excited about it.
I've been reading, studying and learning all I can from you fine folks here at HF and as an avid DIYer, I'm sure I still have hundreds of hours ahead of me gleaning all the info I can from this forum. And, now, hopefully I'll also find a couple opportunities along the way to contribute.
Hope this year provides lots of hang time for ya all. I know I'm looking forward to it!
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