Episodes
May 5, 2023
Episode #36 - Aaron Krohnberg (Signal Outdoors)
Our guest this week is, Aaron Krohnberg. Aaron is a backpacker, adventurer and YouTuber. He has been backpacking for the past 3 years in the heat of summers and the sub-zero colds of winter. He likes to video his trips and a…
April 28, 2023
Episode #35 ( Myths about hammocks)
This week myself and Pheonix have a chat, and give our input on the top 10 myths about hammocks that we hear discussed on social media and other places. Things like, Hammocks are only for smaller, lighter people, Hammocks ar…
April 21, 2023
Episode #34 - Rob Pelton (Adventurer, Backpacker, Hiker, Camper, Outdoorsman, Traveler & YouTuber)
Our guest this week is Rob Pelton. Rob is an Adventurer, Backpacker, Hiker, Camper, Outdoorsman, Traveler & YouTuber, with right around 5,500 subscribers and has 246 videos on his channel. Pheonix and myself have a great cha…
April 14, 2023
Episode #33 - Top 10 knots for hammock camping.
In this weeks episode, Pheonix and I talk about 10 of the most common knots that you will find in the hammock community. The usage of the knots and hitches range from the hammock suspension to the tarp ridgelines and tie out…
April 7, 2023
Episode #32 - Marc Bohman (Teton Hammocks)
Our guest this week is Marc Bohman, Owner/Designer/Builder of Teton Hammock Co. out of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Marc joins us this week to talk with Pheonix and myself about his camping and hammocking journey, hammock camping out…
March 31, 2023
Episode #31 - Addam Wesneski (SoCal Hangers)
Our guest this week is Addam Wesneski. Addam is from California and is the organizer of the SoCal Hammock Hangers group. Pheonix and I have a nice chat with Addam and find out a lot about how the hangs are out on the west co…
March 24, 2023
Episode #30 - Skunkape & Pheonix (Chat About PSH Spring Swing & More.)
Join Pheonix and myself this week as we chat about his drop in at the Palmetto State Hangers, Fall Sprawl, A multi day bike packing trip that he is about to take, and a few other topics. Connect with Paul "Skunkape" Collins …
March 17, 2023
Episode #29 - Chris Duffy (HYOH Podcast Host)
Our guest this week is fellow podcsaster, Chris Duffy, host of the HYOH Podcast. we catch up with Chris to chat some and to find out what all he has been up to. He lets us all know why he had to put the podcasting on the bac…
March 10, 2023
Episode # 28 - Common mistakes that new hammockers make.
This week, Pheonix and I talk about common mistakes that new hammockers usually make. We discuss the top 11 things that we see that people that are just getting into hammocks make. Most of them we made ourselves when we firs…
March 3, 2023
Episode #27 - Going on a trip?
This weeks episode, Pheonix talks about the logistics and planning that he does when him and his family go on their vacation trips. Since Pheonix primarily sleeps in his hammocks, there is a little more that has to go into t…
Feb. 24, 2023
Episode #26 - Pheonix (Bridge Hammock Talk)
This week on the podcast, Pheonix and I discuss bridge hammocks which was a topic of interest that was email to me a couple weeks ago. Everything is covered from the pros and cons of a bridge hammock to the weight and packab…
Feb. 17, 2023
Episode #25 - YOBO Gear (The New Hive Stand)
We are back this week with Cal and Kristen from YOBO Gear so that they can share some exciting news about a new stand that they are about to launch on Kickstarter called, The Hive. We find out all of the details about this a…
Feb. 10, 2023
Episode #24 - Danny Warnock (Superior Gear)
This week Pheonix and I have a chat with the owner of Superior Gear, Danny Warnock. We have a great chat with Danny and find out a lot about his background, places he has been, and a lot about how Superior Gear came to becom…
Jan. 27, 2023
Episode #23 - Pheonix (Warmth With Tarps & Quilts.)
Pheonix is back with me this week to chat some about tarps and quilts, and how they should be used to help keep warm in cooler weather. We also mention about something we have planned for the podcast in the future. Don't f…
Jan. 20, 2023
Episode #22 - HangCon 2023 ( Behind The Hang)
As most of you know, HangCon 2023 was last weekend so for this episode I wanted to bring on the full crew, well minus 1, that helps to make the event what it is. We just have a little chat to introduce everyone and tell what…
Jan. 13, 2023
Episode #21 - Dutch (Dutchware Gear)
This week's episode of the Hammock Hangers Podcast, Pheonix and myself team up together to have a chat with another hammock legend of the hammocking community. Most of you should know him, and if you are like Pheonix and I, …
Jan. 6, 2023
Episode #20 - The HangCon Crew, minus 2
This week, since it's the Friday before HangCon, I wanted to try and get the HangCon crew together to chat some. I was successful in doing so, minus 2. Cap'n Carry On and Lil Ricky were not able to make it, so I'll have to h…
Dec. 30, 2022
Episode #19 - Pheonix & Nanny Skidz
This week AJ Glenn (Pheonix) and Heather Beck (Nanny Skidz) both join me as we go over our top 3 for 2023. We discuss our top 3 pieces of gear that we are looking forward to purchasing in 2023, our trips that we have planned…
Dec. 23, 2022
Episode #18 - AJ Glenn (Pheonix). The Best, Worst, & Scariest.
Merry Christmas everyone. This week with everything going on to get ready for the holidays, I figured it would be easier to just have Pheonix back on and hear some more of his ramblings and talk about his best, worst, and sc…
Dec. 16, 2022
Episode #17 - Kurt Zitzelman (Hemlock Mountain Outdoors)
This week we have a chat with Kurt Zitzelman, the owner of Hemlock Mountain Outdoors, out of Pennsylvania. We hear his story about how he got into hammock camping, and how that led into starting the company and making hammoc…
Dec. 9, 2022
Episode #16 - Skunkape & Pheonix (Game changing gear)
This week, Pheonix is back on with me and him and I talk about our top 5 pieces of gear that have been game changers for us. You will hear us talk about what those pieces are and why they have been game changers for us.
Dec. 2, 2022
Episode #15 - Anthony Kaplon (Half Baked)
This week on the podcast we have a fellow Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, Anthony Kaplon, that completed the trail using a hammock the whole way. Anthony done his thru hike during the span of 2019 and 2020. He done the first h…
Nov. 25, 2022
Episode #14 - Skunkape & Pheonix ( Talk about HangCon)
This is a special HangCon episode where Pheonix and I go over all of the details about the event. We get asked a lot of the same questions from people that will be joining us for the first time at HangCon so we just wanted t…
Nov. 18, 2022
Episode #13 - Paul Collins (Skunkape)
The script gets flipped this week when Pheonix comes back on and interviews me as a guest. We talk about my 2012 Appalachian Trail thru-hike, and how I used my Clark North American Hammock the whole way.