Hi to all,
I am new to hammock camping but not new to backpacking and not super new to hammocks. I ran in to my first ‘real’ hammock on a screened porch on the John Day River about 10-15years ago. And learned to love the diagonal lay. After a few years I finally found a good quality South American cotton hammock and had many a nap in said hammock.
Time passes and through a series of events and observations I got more interested in camping with hammocks. Which has brought me here.
I had a few issues with registration though lurked for a while and finally decided on the WB Blackbird XLC. It was down to a few but based on a lot of posts (here and other places), I figured it could not be that ‘wrong’ of a choice. One of the other runners was Hennessy and I have actually ended up with one of those as well once I started paying attention to the local used market. Though it is the standard length and I am 6’2” so it is a little tight but I can appreciate the lay option (and I have other, smaller people frequently associated to me so it was a good buy).
But yeah. I am likely to have tons of questions. I will try to search for past discussions that covered the same thing but will likely ask the same old question more than a few times.
Gave up for now on the becket straps I bought with the hammock. Knots slipped easily unless you really tighten. Or put a twig in the loop. Though neither breeds confidence for a newb. So I switched to the ENO system until I get fed up with the weight. And extra light weight web is always welcome.
Also have started with synthetic UQs. I want the Wooki but have known a person that had a bad experience with down and stay with synthetics in general. Though there is the obvious volume tradeoff that factors in to pack size that is a weight tradeoff. There are few perfect answers.
And hi to all again. My partner will be happy I may have found other people to annoy with my excitement over moving to hammocks. But at 51 if I stopped sleeping on the ground that would be OK with me.
That was an overly long introduction...
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