{"id":2852,"date":"2019-02-16T06:06:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T14:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=2852"},"modified":"2022-09-09T12:07:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T19:07:34","slug":"to-hammock-or-not-to-hammock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/02\/16\/to-hammock-or-not-to-hammock\/","title":{"rendered":"To Hammock or not to Hammock\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You guys remember our good buddy Mike Huber, whom we met on one of the Baja rides. Mike is a former US Army paratrooper, a GS rider, and a great guy. It was good to get an email from Mike a couple of days ago, along with the following guest blog…<\/p>\n

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Combining my two favorite passions in life of motorcycle and camping is new to me, but I quickly fell in love with the lifestyle and have grown to embrace moto camping so much that over the past two years I make it a point to moto camp at least once a month.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"As I developed my passion for moto camping I began following blogs and Facebook groups to seek out tips and tricks that can make my moto camping experiences more exciting and comfortable. I began to notice that some moto campers on these pages camped in their hammocks full time and didn\u2019t even own a tent. This awoke my curiosity since I always travel with an ENO double nest nylon hammock. On most nights when I camp I usually hang the hammock when I have a few hours to kill where I can get comfortable and read a book or just gaze into the campfire after a long day of riding. Even though I travel and use a hammock frequently I never thought of sleeping in my hammock while camping prior to reading these blogs.<\/p>\n

A short time later I was traveling from Arizona to Colorado and I found myself in a beautiful state park camping where I had spent over an hour or so sitting in my hammock next to the fire. I decided to give this hammock camping thing a try. It was a clear night and the moon and stars were really popping so I threw a few logs on the fire, loaded my sleeping bag into the hammock ad settled in for a restful night\u2019s sleep.
\nBelow are a few pros and cons I have found with my limited hammocking experience:<\/p>\n

Pros:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Able to see the stars the entire night without having to leave your bed
\n\u2022 Lightweight and compact
\n\u2022 No pressure points in a hammock so it can be much more comfortable and warmer being off the ground
\n\u2022 A level area is not required so at times you can be closer to bodies of water<\/p>\n

Cons:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Some parks do not allow hammocks to be hung on any park property or trees (see photo)
\n\u2022 If you are in an area with no trees (EX: deserts of the southwestern United States (and using a cactus is a really bad idea)) there may not be a place to safely hang your hammock
\n\u2022 Without a properly equipped hammock facing bad weather can be a challenge<\/p>\n

\"\"I enjoy the unique experience of hammock camping and whenever conditions are right have continued to camp in my hammock. I am now in the habit of setting up both my tent and hammock at my campsites and go with how I feel, the weather, and my surroundings. Hammock camping is another option to have, and with moto camping having more options is never a bad thing.<\/p>\n

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Mike, that’s an awesome blog. \u00a0 Thanks for taking the time to think of us.\u00a0 Your photos are outstanding.\u00a0 Let’s get together for a taco or two the next time you’re in town. \u00a0 Gresh says he’s buying!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You guys remember our good buddy Mike Huber, whom we met on one of the Baja rides. Mike is a former US Army paratrooper, a GS rider, and a great guy. It was good to get an email from Mike a couple of days ago, along with the following guest blog… Combining my two favorite … Continue reading “To Hammock or not to Hammock\u2026”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,63,182,96,203],"tags":[183,557,555,556],"class_list":["post-2852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amazon","category-baja","category-camping","category-feel-good-stuff","category-national-park","tag-camping","tag-hammock","tag-mike-huber","tag-moto-camping"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2852"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2852\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}