Hammock User Survey
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I am mostly in the Mid Atlantic area but I have hung in the southeast as well. If you can find two trees at the right length you can live the dream.
I have seen many people hang without trees close to boulders too
One tree and whatever else at hand.
Oregon, with occasional trips up to WA and BC, over to ID & MT, and down to CA.
I own Loco Libre Gear, a manufacturer of top and under quilts, and I can say that I sell a lot (LOT) of quilts in the western half of the country. That includes a large proportion in CA, OR, and WA.
NY, ON, PA.
PA, NY, VA, WV, NC
I will hang anywhere(almost). if it is physically possible to rig a tarp and two anchor points close enough together.
I sleep both ways- hammock in the East and tent in the West, especially if I’m above tree line in the Rockies.
I got hooked on hammocks in Kodachrome state park in Utah with an Eno doublenest. Â Since then I’ve hammocked out west and in the east quite a bit. Â Its not the lightest way to go but I think the most enjoyable. Â Especially in a heavy rain storm, Â I can relax better in a hammock than I can in a tent. Â I have a bunch of hammocks but I still like my Blackbird if bugs are out and an 11ft 2ply open hammock for winter. Â I use a cuben hex tarp by MLD most of the time and an edge with doors in the winter. Â I’ve stayed out down to 15* in winter, even woke up once to find coyote tracks in the snow beneath me once!
Alabama and East Coast.
A hammock is just a hanging bivy sack. No trees, no problem. Bivy mode.
North East. All trees and rocks by me unless it’s an actual “campsite”. Just makes sense to use a hammock. And oh so comfortable.
Algonquin Park in Ontario, the Adirondacks, and my back yard.
California hanger here. I had a great hang in San Gorgonio mountains, East of Los Angeles. Definitely need longer straps out here, but totally doable. I have both an underquilt and a sleeping pad. If I’m going somewhere where I don’t know if there’ll be usable trees, then I bring the sleeping pad and then I can just go to ground and tarp tent.
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