Hey everyone, this weeks episode I catch up with Pheonix while he is on his vacation out west. It is a shorter episode because it's more of a teaser episode on what he has been up to. Once he gets back home we will be doing a full episode where he gives us all the details of his trip.

If you want to get a little more of the personal side of AJ and see more of his trip pics that are not posted on the HangCon page, you can follow his personal IG account at https://www.instagram.com/ajglenn03

Check out some of our awesome vendors and show them some love too at the links below.

links of interest

YOBO Gear - https://yobogear.com/

Tensa Outdoors - https://www.tensaoutdoor.com/

Red Paw Packs - https://redpawpacks.com/

Suncoast Outdoors - https://www.meetup.com/Suncoast-Outdoors-Tampa-meetup-group/

HangCon- https://www.hangcon.com/

Connect with Skunkape & Pheonix

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/the-hammock-hangers-podcast-1/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHammockHangersPodcast

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the_hammock_hangers_podcast

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thehammockhangerspodcast

If you are enjoying The Hammock Hangers Podcast and you want to help us grow, make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or any other platform that you are listening from. You can also go to the Hiking Radio Network website, click on The Hammock Hangers Podcast page and leave a review there as well. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as well, and share us with your friends as well.

And until next week, happy hanging everyone.

This week is going to be a little different because it is going to be a recap episode of what to expect at HangCon if you are planning on joining us for the next event.

We opened registration last week on July 4th, and we already have 111 people signed up as of yesterday, and several of them will be first time guests. So that’s why I wanted to re-release the episode that has all the information on the event, that way no one feels lost when planning to come, or once they get there.

Also, don’t forget that you can go ahead and pre order your raffle tickets and get in on the super early bird and early bird specials that we are running right now.

Those specials are,

The Super Early Bird Special  - Purchase your tickets before 11:59pm, on October 31st, and receive 7 tickets for $20

After that we have The Early Bird Special – Purchase your tickets between 12:01am November 1st and 11:59pm December 31st, and receive 6 tickets for $20

Tickets purchased after 11:59pm, on December 31st. all the way up until the start of the raffle will be 5 for $20

Information on how to order your tickets or make a donation can be found at the bottom of the HangCon website.

Connect with HangCon

Website - https://www.hangcon.com

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/FloridaHangCon

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/floridahangcon

Connect with Skunkape & Pheonix

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/the-hammock-hangers-podcast-1/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHammockHangersPodcast

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the_hammock_hangers_podcast

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thehammockhangerspodcast

If you are enjoying The Hammock Hangers Podcast and you want to help us grow, make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or any other platform that you are listening from. You can also go to the Hiking Radio Network website, click on The Hammock Hangers Podcast page and leave a review there as well. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as well, and share us with your friends as well.

And until next week, happy hanging everyone.

We have a very special guest this week. He has his own podcast which a lot of you may already listen to. He is also the creator of The Hiking Radio Network, which this podcast is a part of. I am talking about Steve Adams, or also known as Mighty Blue.

I have been trying for the past 3 years to convert Mighty Blue for a ground dweller to a tree dweller, and about a month ago, I succeeded.

You will hear on this episode about a trip he just took where he used a hammock that I let him borrow, and now he is buying that setup from me. He fills us in on the trip and how it went with him using the hammock the whole time.

The links to where you can find Mighty Blue and his podcast, Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail are below. make sure to check it out and subscribe to it.

Connect with Mighty Blue

Email - [email protected]

Hiking Radio Network - https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/

Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail - https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/mighty-blue-on-the-appalachian-trail-the-ultimate-mid-life-c/

Connect with Skunkape & Pheonix

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/the-hammock-hangers-podcast-1/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHammockHangersPodcast

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the_hammock_hangers_podcast

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thehammockhangerspodcast

If you are enjoying The Hammock Hangers Podcast and you want to help us grow, make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or any other platform that you are listening from. You can also go to the Hiking Radio Network website, click on The Hammock Hangers Podcast page and leave a review there as well. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as well, and share us with your friends as well.

And until next week, happy hanging everyone.

This week Pheonix and myself dive into a little chat about hammock stands. We talk about why it's a good idea to have one, the different types of stands from the lightweight to the not so lightweight makes and models, and we also touch base on how a little common since and rational expectations should be used when choosing the right hammock stand to get.

We go over why some stands may seem to be a little pricier than others and why you shouldn't always want to go with the cheaper ones.

There is also a 15% discount code from YOBO Gear that is mentioned which is, hammockhangers15 that will get you 15% off either the Cricket Stand or the Freedom 2 Sides Stand.

Links to some of the stands are below, as well as the link to the Hammock Forums thread where you can find directions to DIY a Turtle Dog Stand if you want to take that on and save some money.

Links of interest

YOBO Gear - https://yobogear.com/

Tensa Outdoors - https://www.tensaoutdoor.com/

Hammock Forums Turtle Dog Thread - https://www.hammockforums.net/forum/showthread.php/161917-TurtleDog-Hammock-Stand-Step-by-Step

Connect with Skunkape & Pheonix

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/the-hammock-hangers-podcast-1/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHammockHangersPodcast

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the_hammock_hangers_podcast

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thehammockhangerspodcast

If you are enjoying The Hammock Hangers Podcast and you want to help us grow, make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or any other platform that you are listening from. You can also go to the Hiking Radio Network website, click on The Hammock Hangers Podcast page and leave a review there as well. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as well, and share us with your friends as well.

And until next week, happy hanging everyone.

On this weeks episode it's just myself and Pheonix catching up some and talking about our mini vacations that we just got back from. Pheonix and his family went to Washington DC and then to the Shenandoah's, and I was up in Virginia too, but was hiking around the Catawba Mountain area to see what McAfee Knob and all looked like with good weather.

You will hear about how Pheonix was excited that he had the whole family in hammocks the whole time they were camping, and you will hear how I was excited and glad that I was in my hammock vs the hikers that got flooded out in their tents.

Links of interest

Yobo Gear - https://yobogear.com

Tensa Outdoor - https://www.tensaoutdoor.com

Warbonnet Outdoors - https://www.warbonnetoutdoors.com

Hammock Gear - https://hammockgear.com

Jacks R Better - https://www.jacksrbetter.com

Connect with Paul "Skunkape" Collins

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/the-hammock-hangers-podcast-1/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHammockHangersPodcast

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the_hammock_hangers_podcast

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thehammockhangerspodcast

If you are enjoying The Hammock Hangers Podcast and you want to help us grow, make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or any other platform that you are listening from. You can also go to the Hiking Radio Network website, click on The Hammock Hangers Podcast page and leave a review there as well. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as well, and share us with your friends as well.

And until next week, happy hanging everyone.

Our guest for this episode is Robert Biron, or also known as Salty Beard. Robert is a former photojournalist, art director, map illustrator, and lifelong cyclist. He is a content creator on YouTube that specializes in bikepacking and gravel cycling. He is the cycling uncle that everyone wishes that they had in their family, empowering and inspiring cyclists to adventure beyond their boundaries.

After a number of cycling and skiing injuries, sleeping on the ground became a painful process for him, so he found that hanging in a hammock was the solution to a much better time and sleep while out on his adventures.

Connect with Robert

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://saltybeardbikepacking.com

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/saltybeardbikepacking/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078984190356

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs3-HYnd8oxTfOwjZIY9K2Q

Connect with Paul "Skunkape" Collins

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/the-hammock-hangers-podcast-1/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHammockHangersPodcast

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the_hammock_hangers_podcast

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thehammockhangerspodcast

If you are enjoying The Hammock Hangers Podcast and you want to help us grow, make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or any other platform that you are listening from. You can also go to the Hiking Radio Network website, click on The Hammock Hangers Podcast page and leave a review there as well. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as well, and share us with your friends as well.

And until next week, happy hanging everyone.

Our guest this week is Al Marriott. Al is a 2022 Appalachian Trail thru hiker, a traveler, a photographer, YouTuber, and a weekly blog writer for the Trek. We talk about everything from his AT and PCT hike, some of the countries that he has been to so far, and of course, hammocks. He also tells us about a pretty scary experience that he had on the trail during his AT hike. 

You will want to make sure to go to his social media pages to see all the great pictures and videos that he has out so far. And make sure to follow him so that you can see all the awesome content that will be coming out as well. Those links are below.

Connect with Al

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/AdventureTogetherOfficial

Instagram : https://instagram.com/adventuretogether.ig

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/AdventureTogether1

Twitter : https://twitter.com/Adventure2gthr

TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/AdventureTogether1

Other links of interest

Dream Hammocks : https://dream-hammock.com/

Hammock Gear : https://hammockgear.com/

Connect with Paul "Skunkape" Collins

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/the-hammock-hangers-podcast-1/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHammockHangersPodcast 

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the_hammock_hangers_podcast 

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thehammockhangerspodcast 

If you are enjoying The Hammock Hangers Podcast and you want to help us grow, make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or any other platform that you are listening from. You can also go to the Hiking Radio Network website, click on The Hammock Hangers Podcast page and leave a review there as well. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube as well, and share us with your friends as well. 

And until next week, happy hanging everyone.

This week’s guest is Steve Hazel, owner of Hang Tight Shop which specializes in top quilts and under quilts. Steve has been making top notch, affordable quilts for a few years now and selling them on his Etsy store and on his website. With all the sales that he has made, and with all the reviews being 5 stars, you know that you are going to get some top-notch gear. So, follow the links below and go grab yourself some great quilts.

Connect with Steve

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://hangtightshop.com

Instagram : https://instagram.com/hangtightshop?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 

YouTube : https://youtube.com/@sh4826

Etsy : https://www.etsy.com/shop/HangTightShop?ref=shop_sugg_market 

Connect with Paul "Skunkape" Collins

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/the-hammock-hangers-podcast-1/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHammockHangersPodcast 

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the_hammock_hangers_podcast  

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thehammockhangerspodcast 

If you are enjoying The Hammock Hangers Podcast and you want to help us grow, make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or any other platform that you are listening from. You can also go to the Hiking Radio Network website, click on The Hammock Hangers Podcast page and leave a review there as well. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube as well, and share us with your friends as well. 

And until next week, happy hanging everyone.

We have 2 guests on the podcast this week, Weston Barnes and Maria Rising, the owners of Mr. Mocks Hammocks. Mr. Mocks is one of the donating partners of HangCon, so Pheonix and I have a great chat with them to learn a little more about them on a personal level. We talk about how they both got into camping, how they met, the start of the company, and much more. They also tell us about a new product that they have come up with, and they also give out a discount code ( podcast ) for all of our listeners to use that will give them 10% off their order plus free shipping.

All the links to where you can find them are below, along with the discount code. So make sure you show them some love by giving them a follow on their social media platforms and also use that code to pick up some great gear.

Connect with Mr. Mocks

Website : https://mrmocks.com

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/MrMocksHammocks

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/mrmocks_hammocks/

TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@mrmocks_hammocks

Discount code : podcast for 10% off + free shipping

Connect with Paul "Skunkape" Collins

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/the-hammock-hangers-podcast-1/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHammockHangersPodcast

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the_hammock_hangers_podcast

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thehammockhangerspodcast

If you are enjoying The Hammock Hangers Podcast and you want to help us grow, make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or any other platform that you are listening from. You can also go to the Hiking Radio Network website, click on The Hammock Hangers Podcast page and leave a review there as well. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube as well, and share us with your friends as well.

And until next week, happy hanging everyone.

This weeks episode is just a little different and that is because it was recorded in the woods while out camping with Pheonix and our guest this week, Travis Schaak or also known as Cap'n Carry On..

Travis is a good friend of mine and AJ's, and he is also the one that makes all of the great food that is served at HangCon each year. 

Pheonix and I have a great chat with Travis and find out how he got his trail name, how he got into hammock camping, and about all of the hard work he puts in at HangCon. 

Links of interest.

Mike D's BBQ : https://www.mikedsbbq.com/

Walhalla Hammocks and Outdoors : https://www.walhallahammocksandoutdoors.com/

Connect with Paul "Skunkape" Collins

Email : [email protected]

Website : https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/show/the-hammock-hangers-podcast-1/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TheHammockHangersPodcast

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/the_hammock_hangers_podcast

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@thehammockhangerspodcast

If you are enjoying The Hammock Hangers Podcast and you want to help us grow, make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, or any other platform that you are listening from. You can also go to the Hiking Radio Network website, click on The Hammock Hangers Podcast page and leave a review there as well. Make sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube as well, and share us with your friends as well.

And until next week, happy hanging everyone.