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Trip Report – Texas Group Hang 2014

Checking out the Amok Draumr hammock
Checking out the Amok Draumr hammock

If you’ve never been to a group hang, you’re missing out. A “group hang” is hammock jargon for a festival-style camping event where the common denominator is hammocks (along with food, prizes, and fun). I’ve been invited to attend the Texas hang for a few years, but this was the first time my schedule allowed me to meet up..

Folks were appropriately amazed by the Handy Hammock stand
Folks were appropriately amazed by the Handy Hammock stand

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Highlights of the Texas hang for me included music around the campfire, the amazing pot luck on Saturday, checking out everyone’s hammock gear, and meeting so many delightful people. For my part, I brought along several hammocks for show and tell, including the popular Handy Hammock stand, the brand-new Therm-a-Rest Slacker Hammock, the Maverick Hammock, the Amok Draumr Hammock, the Sierra Madre Research hammocks and Nubé shelter, and the two-person Clark Vertex hammock.

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I slept in a Hennessy Hammock Deep Jungle while testing the new ENO Vesta top quilt. I used a Arrowhead Equipment custom Flamethrower under quilt. My camping spot was not far from the lake shore where I enjoyed vibrant sunsets and mist-filled sunrises. I can’t wait for the next one!

I have to give a special thank-you to the generosity of Tom (humer91) who picked me up at the airport, and Anjea for taking me back to Austin! You guys are AMAZING! And, of course, the Mullen family for letting me in the gate and being such wonderful hosts. Thank you all!

11 thoughts on “Trip Report – Texas Group Hang 2014”

  1. Wonderful! So many interesting hammocks! Hanger’s paradise! I envy the participants of the meeting. I’m sure you all had a lot of fun. If Germany wouldn’t be so far away from Texas …

      1. Looking through the posts on your website and came across this one. Can’t believe I missed this hang. My parents live right by the park, and I live an hour away. Oh well, it was nice reading about it. Nice pics.

  2. Cool. My first hammock hang was at Ray Roberts Lake State Park in Denton, Texas. Technicality my first attempt as I had to later sleep in the tent because my cousin bogarted the travel hammock most of the night Lol

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