Trek Light Hammocks.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Colorado Cool Stuff

Trek Light founders Seth Haber and Brian Weinberg love camping, but they don't think much of tents--they'd rather snooze under the night sky, but not necessarily on top of hard ground. It follows that their entrepreneurial offering is a hammock made of ripstop parachute nylon that's easy to pack into the backwoods. "It weighs only one pound," Haber noted, "but holds up to 400 pounds." He described hammocks as superior to tents in that they keep the sleeper off the ground and so don't damage foliage...