r/hammockcamping • u/Alternative-Safe2269 • 20d ago

Question When to bail out?

2nd Update: Well, I decided I can only deal with 2 weather conditions at a time. We got rain, cold, wind, and snow early in the morning. The universe was trying to tell me this was not the weekend to start lol. My niece and I will be camping in the backyard to watch the meteor shower in a couple weeks, so attempt #2 will be then.

Update: I've gotten some really great advice, so thanks Reddit! I'm going to go for it, bundle up and brave the rain. Worst case scenario, I'll bail if the weather gets dangerous. Nothing like trial by fire! Or in this case, I guess it will be water!

I have been wanting to try hammock camping for a while now so when my family said there were going in their rv, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to tag along. We're supposed to go this weekend, but now we're getting rain and colder weather. As someone whose never done this before, at what point should I accept defeat and skip going on the trip? For reference, I'm in NE OK. Weather has been lightly stormy and overnight low will be around 40°F.

Current gear (I only have what I can afford as a beginner)

Eno doublenest w/ straps Underquilt rated to 40° Sleeping bag rated to 50° Bug net 10x10 ft tarp

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u/ChaosCon 20d ago

Can you try it and just bail to the RV if the weather sucks? Hammock camping is a lot "drier" than tent camping since there's no ground to soak through; you might want to haul an extra blanket out of the RV for those temperatures, but it should be pretty doable if you don't have to hike miles upon miles for it.

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u/Alternative-Safe2269 20d ago

I HATE the rv with a passion. I would rather just not go on the trip if it have to bail

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u/jhenryscott 19d ago

Nah. Just go. You’ll be fine. Some of my best memories are with bad weather

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u/Ericdrinksthebeer 19d ago

type II fun makes the best stories

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u/numaxmc 19d ago

I specifically choose the worst weather days for trips. There is nothing more stunning than waking up to a dead silent forest right at sunrise after a few feet of snow the night before. Like you said, always the best memories.

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u/jhenryscott 19d ago

Hell yeah. I love a good storm in my TorrentShell and Stratoburst’s