Down here in the sunny swamps of Cajun country I guess we camp kinda different than the rest of the world. Ya cant really hike too far too much water. Not only that when most folks go camping and this is still true they are going to camp and do something. Fish, hunt, gather, and explore places to do that. Growing up it was always tent where possible. Set up a base camp in a favorite area. But some areas it wasn't feasible to camp on the ground mainly cause the ground was either limited, soggy, or underwater. So then we broke out the jungle hammocks. For us hamocks were wet weather(standing water) gear. My earliest memories of hammock camping was in the woods behind our home as a very young boy. My dad helped me and the neighbor kid set up 2 hammocks in the woods behind the house, and we sp;ent most nights there in the summer at our own private camp site. It wasn't till years later that it was a lesson, at the time it was just fun. I have spent many a night swinging in a hammock and truly love it, but for us it has always been plan B