| Even hard-core campers often do not appreciate | | | | bottom of your tent. |
| the value of a good quality camp hammock. I | | | | Hammocks are much better at insulating you |
| know that until recently, I didn't. For me, camping | | | | from the cold than sleeping bags. This is because |
| meant sleeping bags and tents. After trying a | | | | you are suspended off the ground and encased in |
| hammock, I will not go back. Try one, and you will | | | | air. Air has powerful insulation capabilities, whereas |
| feel the same way! | | | | the cold ground tends to leech heat from your |
| When most people think of hammocks, they think | | | | body. Even though a hammock is thin and |
| of something to nap on during a lazy weekend | | | | lightweight, it will be warmer than the heaviest |
| afternoon. If you are out in nature, by all means | | | | sleeping bags, even with a tent over you. |
| nap all you want. But camp hammocks are not | | | | You won't have a tent over you. But a good |
| just for napping. They will be what you sleep in | | | | waterproof hammock will even shelter you from |
| while you are out in the woods. | | | | mild rains. If you are expecting heavy rains or |
| They are considerably less bulky than packing | | | | hurricane conditions then you are better off in a |
| tents and sleeping bags. Less bulk means less to | | | | tent. If it is snowing, a tent would be better than |
| carry. Moreover, believe it or not, sleeping | | | | a camping hammock as well. Then again I would |
| suspended in air is more comfortable in every | | | | suggest that if the weather is too rough for a |
| respect than huddling in your sleeping back under | | | | camping hammock you probably should not be |
| a tent. You will not wake up with a sore back or | | | | out at all! |
| bones from sleeping on the ground. Especially if | | | | It never occurred me to try a camping hammock |
| you have had a heavy day of hiking, you deserve | | | | until a friend convinced me to give it a chance. |
| a restful night's sleep. And you will not need to | | | | Now I won't go back. If you are a camper, give |
| worry about finding level camping ground or | | | | hammocks a try. You will be glad that you did! |
| having rocks and sticks poking through the | | | | |