Backpacking chair for the obese?

nnnnnate

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I hope your hammock idea works out Nate! If you need a hammock to experiment with, I have one I will give you. I have been given a few of the parachute type over the years at work events and can easily part with one for you to play with.
Thanks for the offer Dave, I also already have a parachute type hammock and am going to try out the seat set up this weekend while out with my boys.
 

Kevin B.

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So I'm going backpacking with our young men in mid July. We did this a couple years ago and I want a comfortable place to sit down after I catch all the fish (again) to tell them about it. We are only hiking like 3ish miles to base camp. I added that I'm obese to the title because those cute "backpacking" chairs won't hold me and when everyone is laughing I want it to be because of the awesome stories I'm telling and not because I bent the paperclip chair and fell on my backside. I also don't want to carry a regular camp chair.

Is carrying a hammock the best option I have? There are plenty of trees so hanging one won't be an issue.
So, not casting any judgement and I don't know how heavy "obese" is, but I'm 260 on a good day, pushing 300 when I've been lazy for too long, and my Helinox is holding up just fine for several years now.

But a hammock chair is never a bad idea either.
 
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