For my return podcast, I was able to kill two birds with one stone. First, I felt able to explain where I have been for awhile–it was important to me to explain to you, the listener. And second, I’ve been proud to see what my friends Paul and AJ have done with their Hammock Hangers Podcast. So, seemed a good fit, this month I wanted to share their …

In picture, left to right: Barry (Fire and Ice), Anne-Marie (Autumn Outdoors), Kristen & Calvin (Yobo Gear) and on top, Barry, aka Cajun Show Notes: YoboGear website youtube instagram facebook kristen@yobogear.com (email) Autumn Outdoor Gear website youtube facebook Fire and Ice Outdoors website youtube facebook Extra: Chef Corso (on trail recipes …

Shownotes: – YOBOgear (website) – YOBOgear (facebook) – YOBOgear (instagram)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

Show Notes: – Zee Traveler (website) – Meet Zee (website) – Bunk a Biker (website)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

Shownotes: – Fire and Ice Outdoor Gear (youtube) – Fire and Ice Outdoor Gear (website) – Fire and Ice Outdoor Gear (facebook) Donate to HYOH: – One Time Donation (paypal)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

Show notes: – Mammoth Cave National Park (website) – Mammoth Cave Picture Gallery (website) – Sean’s YouTube Channel (youtube)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, the podcast’s original host, but this time as a guest! Enjoy!! Links: – Wonderland Trail (website) – Visit Rainier (website) – Mount Rainier Map (website)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, a great chat with Alisha from Terradrift! Enjoy!! Links: – Terradrift.com (website) – Terradrift (instagram) – Terradrift (youtube) – Terradrift (facebook) – Terradrift (twitter)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

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Presidential Traverse, part 2 Shownotes: – Heros Rebellion (website) – Presidential Traverse (website)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, part one of my Presidential Traverse story…and next month, the rest of the story!저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

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This month, Eric Bilbrough, a great guy from Missouri with many adventures and stories to go with…enjoy! Shownotes: Gambler 500 (website)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, Martin Lien, a long haul trucker from Minnesota, new hammock hanger with a lot of stories to tell! Great chat, enjoy! Shownotes: Marty’s Ramblings (youtube)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, Paul Collins, AT thru-hiker, HangCon staffer, and host of one of the largest hammock focused Facebook groups! Great chat, enjoy! Shownotes: Hiking with Skunkape (instagram) Hiking with Skunkape (facebook) Hammock Hangers Flea Market (facebook) Hangcon (website) Hangcon (facebook) Hangcon (instagram)…

This month, Devon Cloud, admin of the Hammock Forums group on Facebook with over 26,000 members. Great chat, enjoy! Shownotes: Hammock Forums Group (facebook) Hammock Forums Announcements (facebook) (note: announcement section has raffle information!) Raffle Donating Vendors: A.R.C. Outfitters (facebook) (website) Autumn Ultralight (facebook) (webs…

This month, just me, talking about how I got started hammocking. Enjoy!저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, a nice chat with the Cajun hanger, Barry Garibaldi. Enjoy! Shownotes: – Autumn Ultralight (website) – TrailHeadz (website) – Sierra Madre (website) – Tensa Outdoors (website)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, a nice long chat with AJ Glenn, head person for HangCon. Enjoy! Shownotes: – HangCon Homepage (website) – HangCon Event Page (facebook) – Autumn Ultralight (website) – Townsend Hammocks (website) – Nama Gear (website)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month is a little different, no guest. Booking guests doesn’t always go as I hope or plan, so this month, I tell a little story of how I met these guys, my friends in Wisconsin. Enjoy!저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, a great chat with Dan McNeil, the owner of MCN Hammocks. Enjoy! Shownotes: – MCN Hammocks (website) – MCN Hammocks (facebook) – Trip Smith’s RockaDock (website) – Beth’s Lathe Work (facebook) – Clew Suspension (website) – Jellyfish Clew Suspension (youtube)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, a great chat with Anne Marie Akers, the owner of Autumn Ultralight. Enjoy! Shownotes: – Autumn Ultralight (website) – Autumn Ultralight (facebook)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, a chat with Jacob and Andrew from Opeongo and their all new Aerial A1. Enjoy! Shownotes: – Opeongo Camp (website) – Opeongo Camp (facebook) – Aerial A1 (kickstarter) – Salus Marine (website) – Salus Marine (facebook) – Art of the Kickstart #309 (podcast) – Polar Pen (website) – Polar Pen (kickstart) – MSR Hubba Hubba Tent (website)…

This month, a chat with Adam Lemon from Battle Horse Knives. Enjoy! Shownotes: – Battle Horse Knives (website) – Battle Horse Knives (facebook) – Battle Horse Knives Round Table (facebook group)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month I chat with Derek Tillotson from Haven Tents. Enjoy! Shownotes: – Haven Tents [website] – Haven Tents [facebook] – Haven Tent Adventure [youtube] News Stories mentioned in the podcast: – ABC News [website] – KSL News [website]저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, a chat with one of the editors of Gear Report, Chris Gerken. Enjoy! Shownotes: – Gear Report (website) – TarHeel State Hangers (facebook group)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, Chris chats with the owners of Trailheadz Hammocks, Karen and John Rammel. Enjoy! Shownotes: – Trailheadz Hammocks (company)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, Chris chats with the owner of Walhalla Hammocks in South Carolina. Enjoy! Shownotes: – Walhalla Hammocks (company)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, Chris chats with Avery Flynn. Avery owns Outdoorsman Outfitters, a hammock gear company in Georgia. Enjoy! Shownotes: – Lake Lanier, Georgia (location) – Outdoorsmans Outfitters (company)저자 HYOH Podcast - Hang Your Own Hang!

This month, Chris goes winter camping with BK Noonan on a cold night in the White Mountains of New Hampshire where they talk by the fire on a wide variety of topics including hiking and winter camping. Followed up by a chat with Gresh about what it takes to find good deal on gear and the direction of the podcast. Enjoy! Shownotes: – White Mountain …

Jonathan and Mark In this episode, Jonathan and Mark say hello and introduce the new hosts, Chris Duffy and Todd Quest. After that, Jonathan and Mark interview the new hosts and then Chris and Todd turn the tables around and interview Jonathan and Mark. The topics are wide ranging and it is a fun way to transition to the new hosts and thank Jonatha…

In this episode, Jonathan and Mark get a chance to talk to a bunch of folks who have experience managing group hangs in their region. A big thanks to Addam Wesneski, Stacy Adams, Kristal Bentley, and Juan Quinones, all of whom were a great help to learn the ins and outs of doing a great job hosting a group of hangers. After the interview, almost al…

In this episode, Jonathan and Mark go for a drive to do an onsite chat with Rick Towle (attroll), founder and operator of the Hammock Forums and Whiteblaze online forums. After chatting about building an online community and the changes that have occurred in the past few years, we finish off the conversation by chatting about how to take a great on…

In this episode, Jonathan and Mark take a vacation from interviewing hammock hangers and instead revisit some of the gear from previous episodes as well as some of the stuff they always bring and some stuff they probably won’t bring again. Show Notes: The kickstarter for the Shel was at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1848332970/the-shel-the-u…

In this episode, Jonathan and Mark chat with another hiking dad, Tim Watson, who spends his time documenting his experiences hiking and cycling on YouTube when he’s not spending time with his family. After some friendly banter about not using an underquilt (spoiler alert), there is some interesting discussion about Tim’s gear and then his Ramen Bom…

In this post, Jonathan and Mark interview Frozen, a backpacker and popular vlogger currently hiking the AT. We chat with Frozen about some of his experiences planning for a long hike, along with some of the things that have happened to him along the way (hint: don’t put a tent in a lean-to). We finish up with a quick chat about stuff we hate while …

In this episode, Mark and Jonathan interview James Jackson from Little Shop of Hammocks. We chat with James about his experience camping and in the outdoors, then discuss some of the challenges and opportunities of being a hammock and quilt supplier in Canada. James shares some great ideas about where to go camping in Canada, along with some intere…

In this episode, Mark and Jonathan interview Paul and Missy McWalters from UGQ Outdoor. We start by chatting with Paul and Missy about how they started their family business in Paul’s underground apartment, and then chat about the challenges of working in a family business. We get into a chat about materials and testing, and then have a great discu…

In this episode, Jonathan and Mark have an amazing (and surprisingly long) chat with Rhys Hora, a class of ’17 AT Thru-hiker and contributor at the online hiking blogging magazine The Trek. We discuss his experiences from his first dose of reality and amazing sights on the trail to his love of his hammocks and their clear superiority over tents, es…

In this episode, Jonathan and Mark share their experience as guests on another excellent podcast, Inside the Outside. Hosted by Gary and Christy Kirk, the weekly podcast is a couple’s perspective on being in the outdoors, learning about hiking and backpacking with some informational episodes scattered into a number of interview episodes. If you’re …

This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Lance Smith of the Outlan Channel, a YouTube channel and blog. Lance is an active vlogger, documenting his trips and activities hammock camping with friends and family. He also discusses using this platform for education, and speaks out strongly against lightweight “gear shaming”. After that, everyone …

This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Chris Haramoto, director of the East Canyon State Park. The East Canyon State Park has embraced hammock camping by installing official hammock camping sites. Jonathan and Mark discuss this with Chris, and then learn a thing or two about how to talk with administration for the state parks that you camp …

This month, Jonathan and Mark chat it out with Wes Johnson from Lawson Hammock and discuss his progress from student to sole proprietor of Lawson Hammock. We have a conversation about the process of developing the Blue Ridge Hammock, a hybrid hammock/bivy product for the outdoors industry, and how outsourcing most of his business activities has giv…

This month Mark and Jonathan chat it up early in the morning (for them) with Jonas Haug, Steiner Bukve Witsø, and Didrik Abrahamsen from Amok Equipment in Norway. We chat with them about their experience bringing such a unique product online and how they develop it. After that, they discuss some of their experience camping and living in Northern Eu…

This month Jonathan and Mark have a conversation with kitsapcowboy and jellyfish from the forums, chatting about their experiences making gear and how they see the industry changing. After this, Mark puts up his hammock in the woods, and he chats with Jonathan about the process and how much “fiddling” goes into setting up a hammock. ** There were d…

This month Jonathan and Mark get to talk with John and Cathy Pennell, an adventuring husband and wife team who have chosen to start adventuring together later in life, showing us that it’s never too late to have some fun in the outdoors and get healthy while doing it. We have a great conversation about backpacking and hammock camping with your sign…

This month, Jonathan and Mark invite Derek Hansen back to the podcast, having an extra-long discussion about the re-release of his compendium about hammock camping, “The Ultimate Hang”, as well as the history of hammock camping, DIY’ing hammocks and hammock gear, as well as his updated app for Android and IOS. Before we finish, we have a challengin…

This month, Mark and Jonathan get a rare chance – we begin our interview Cheryl Mitchell from TiggzCraftWorkz, who developed a combination hiking pole and hammock stand called the “NoGround” system, and then we continue to interview both her and her new partner, Todd Fahrner. Cheryl and Todd have started up a company, Tensa Outdoor, and have perhap…

This month, Mark and Jonathan get a rare opportunity – we chatted with competitors Alex Gash from Sheltowee Hammocks and Jeremy Puskas from Bonefire Gear at the same time. While competitors, Jeremy and Alex are good friends and shared a lot about their experience in business, and the special considerations about insulated hammocks, their advantages…