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#120754 - 09/12/09 12:32 AM
Re: Tarpers, Hammockers & Tenters...
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I don't buy into the "one or the other" syndrome. I have used and continue to use tarps, tents, and hammocks in different situations.
I concur completely. I do spent the majority of my trips in the hammock but not all. I tent in the winter. I tent if I'm a lot of time above treeline, I tarp it if I'm trying to go really light and there are no bugs, etc.
Now as for being enlightend? well Eric, you just have to try it. You can't be enlightened until you do, and you'll either like it or not. This is not your bend in the middle ship hammock, a good camping hammock you can lie flat in.
My two big reasons:
1) Comfort.
2) Epic Camp sites and morning views from in your bag you just can't get in a tent:
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