I mean grams...but since you're here...
It came up again in the other thread- A poor hiker debating his or her shelter options...
That Damnable heavy &*^%# hammock!
Oh so Comfy, but too heavy for the trail.
Better take my ground setup to save weight
Now I know that is not entirely true, and that most tent toting ground dwellers are likely packing more than their air born brothers and sisters.
But, for us ground dwellers who are light, what do you have for us?
I have recently given hammocks a go to see, and I have asked before but, where are the UL hangers?
Other than the oft posted and displayed SGT ROCK Ghost hammock setup I have seen little else.
I have also rarely seen a SYSTEM, a full rig that covers all your shelter and sleeping needs posted.
This isn't a challenge unless you want it to be, It's a curious and honest question.
Where are all the ambassadors from the hanger community to show newbies that you can go light and comfy?
There is often a bit of fire and brimstone from the Hammock Pulpit on the virtues of crawling out of the mud, but where is the Sunday School class on how to be a good little lightweight hanger boy or girl thinking it over?
So once you got that banana basket strung up-
What is your tarp, stakes, lines?
What about your little footmats and other re-entry accessories?
Your pillows and knee pads, calf ridge reduction gizmos and scraps of foam for cold spots?
So you got an UQ what about the rigging for that? The protector?
Oh never mind get a pad, and oops you need a hammock with a pad sleeve otherwise its just a floating cot?
How bout that top quilt?
And the socks? It's windy we need a windsock, it's buggy we need a bug sock, it's chilly we need a winter sock.
Yar, I'm being a bit of a jerk here to be fair.
But it's kind of a jerk move to tell folks to take to the trees and not have a good solution for them either ain't it?
I honestly think things have evened up a bit, that UL, or even SUL hammock hanging is out there.
It'd be nice to hear how you've achieved this goal.
And hey- I'm fine with you saying an extra pound is worth it- I get that just fine. I can tell you no problem-o that I bring a women's neo-air instead of a CCF pad because that 6 ounces of comfort is worth it to me. Or that my tarp is a 6x9 instead of a 5x8. But can you show me that pound on the hammock side?
Weight isn't everything, but simply carrying weight for no good reason don't sit too well with me personally. Is the only "this or that" in regards to hammocks to bring a hammock or not?
Show me that rig from tree to tree and tarp to UQ with all the fixins to get a hiker down the trail.
I see lots of hangers telling lots of folks to get outta the mud, kinda bugs me a bit.
This ain't a rant so much as a plea- If you're gunna speakup and tell them to do it- tell them how to do it.