Meet Jake Andersen: Owner of Hobo Hammocks

May 23, 2022 by Jason Clements

Hobo Hammocks is a company that has a big heart and a great product. Not only do they help feed the homeless of Salt Lake City, UT; but they also recycle old hammocks! I had to find out more from the man who started it all: Meet Jake Andersen, owner of Hobo Hammocks…

Get to Know Jake Andersen in 15 seconds

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The last good book I read was… “Start Something That Matters” by Blake Mycoskie

The most beautiful Sunset/Sunrise I’ve ever seen was… in Thailand on the southern islands.

I am better than anybody I know at making (food or meal)… a bowl of cereal!

I will never again eat… baby goat brains. I lived in Mexico for 2 years, and this was by far the grossest thing I tried while out there!

My favorite pair or shoes are (brand)… TOMS. I read Blake Mycoskies book (The founder of TOMS) and he’s my inspiration. I love TOMS because I love supporting what he’s doing. I love the business model and I am trying to mimic it with my own company.

HCRB: Hobo Hammocks, tell us how you came up with the idea?

Jake: I like to stay busy. VERY busy. I’m going to dental school right now. It’s a very intense and expensive education, so I don’t have a lot of time, and I don’t have a lot of money. However, I’ve been passionate about hammocking for a few years, and there has been an entrepreneurial seed in my heart for as long as I can remember.

Last summer, as we were studying for our National Board Dental Exams, a friend and I decided to live out of hammocks for a few months in order to save up money for a trip to Thailand. We found an old, abandoned softball field and strapped our hammocks up to the chainlink fence on the backstop. I remember one morning my buddy reached out of his hammock to grab his pants, and about 500 moths flew out of them. It was crazy!

Everything You Need To Know For Bouldering In Tucson Arizona

September 29, 2016 by Jason Clements

Developer, route-setter, graffiti-remover…and if he doesn’t have the answer to your rock climbing question, he will know someone who does. Ladies and Gentlemen, Cory Hanson guides you with everything you need to know for bouldering in Tucson Arizona.

Intro – Begin with the Old Pueblo Bouldering Website
Best Time Of Year To Climb In Tucson
Best Camping Locations Around Tucson
Best Grocery Stores In Tucson
Best Sit Down Restaurant For Rock Climbers
Where Can I Get A Free Shower
Where Should I Park My Car
Best Rock Climbing Gear Shop In Tucson Arizona
Bouldering Pad Rental Available
Access Issues and Leave No Trace
The Best Boulders In Tucson Arizona with Pictures

Give the beta for someone coming to climb in Tucson for a week?

If you are looking to boulder just check out Old Pueblo Bouldering. The online guidebook has thousands of problems and you can search for specific grades by elevation range, quality ratings, and danger ratings.

Tucson bouldering lends itself to projecting as opposed to long day sessions. This is partly due to the taxing nature of the rock on your skin. This is also partly due to the lack of large areas with many climbs at any given grade.

If you are looking to session the best place to look is to Wilderness of Rocks, the deeper the better. Unfortunately, the hike and the ponderosa pine forest make it hard for those who aren’t familiar with the territory. OPB is looking to make finding your way around out there easier in the future.

Rose Canyon Lake including the entrance boulders is all right for lower grade ranges.

Lizard rock and the Matterhorn boulders are adjacent to each other and can be used together to make a little circuit.

The key to enjoying the bouldering in Tucson is to enjoy trying hard on whatever you happen to be by until you gather an understanding of what is out there to work on and when it is appropriate to work on it.

If you are looking for rope I recommend Eric Fazio-Rhicard’s Squeezing the Lemmon 3rd edition. It’ll get you where you need to be.

In either case, be sure to swing into one of the gyms and ask some locals what is in season in the grade range and style you are looking for. We tend to be an approachable bunch!

Best time of year to climb in and around Tucson?

Is Hobo Hammocks The Best? 3 New Products Get Unconditional Warranties

September 28, 2016 by Jason Clements

Hobo Hammocks Plans to launch 3 new products by the end of the year.

Hobo Sleeping Bag / Sleeping Pad Combo
Hobo Hammock Bug Net
Hobo Hammock Rain Fly

And here is the best part – you will be able to ship in your old sleeping bag that can be repaired and then given to the homeless!

I told you – Hobo Hammocks is the Hammock company with the big heart. And remember, that your hammock already comes with an unprecedented unconditional lifetime warranty.

Hobo Sleeping Bag:

2 size choices – 1 mummy and 1 rectangle
Targeting 0 degrees temperature rating
We’ll use synthetic insulation
We are targeting a price of $150 for BOTH the sleeping bag with the sleeping pad
Lifetime unconditional warranty included
Optimistically will launch the kickstarter by the end of October

Did Leave No Trace Make A Big Mess In The Woods

September 22, 2016 by Jason Clements

I designed a 9-week experiment to determine how well waste would decompose in a 6-inch cathole versus a 12-inch cathole.

I used kitchen compost, Kirkland brand wipes, toilet paper, an egg, and half a banana in each hole.

The primary purpose of this article is to raise awareness about Leave No Trace principles. The secondary purpose of this article is to encourage you to not make a big mess in the woods by burying your waste deeper than 6 inches.

This article is not to criticize Leave No Trace. No other outdoor organization does as much good as they do.

Discussion Points For Your Class or Your Outdoor Partners

How good are you at leaving no trace when you poop outdoors?
Can you do better? How?
Based solely on your current opinion, how deep should you dig your cathole?
Have you ever come across someone else’s mess in the woods? Is that a big deal to you?
Kitchen scraps are not human waste – this isn’t science.
What other areas of leaving no trace can you improve?
Is music at the climbing crag a leave no trace issue?
Is carving your initial or love notes on trees or picnic benches part of leaving no trace?
How can you encourage your hiking, climbing, and camping partners to do better at leaving no trace?

Conclusions Derived From The 9 Week Experiment:

Rate of decomposition of buried waste materials at 6 and 12 inches is clearly identical.
A 6 and 12 inch cathole is indistinguishable from the surface.
Kirkland wipes will completely decompose when buried at either 6 and 12 inches.
Unburied wipes / paper decomposes at a significantly slower rate.

Recommendations Derived From The 9 Week Experiment:

Your cathole should, more than likely, be deeper than 6 inches.
Dig your catholes to a depth of 10 to 12 inches. That will allow for plenty of top cover (the soil that you place back over your used cathole) so that another hiker, climber, or camper will not disturb your used cathole if they happen upon it.
Design you own experiments.
Begin a discussion.
Raise awareness.

Hobo Hammocks Feeds 5500 In First Year Of Business

September 19, 2016 by Jason Clements

The hammock company with a big heart delivers 5500 meals to the Rescue Mission of Salt Lake City. Hobo Hammocks, in their first year of business, have made a gigantic impact on those who need help the most. They help the homeless of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jake Andersen, owner of Hobo Hammocks, coined the tag line for his company, “Buy a hammock, feed a hobo.”

Jake says, “I really believe in what I am doing… and up to date, we have delivered 5500 meals to the homeless through the Rescue Mission. I had the privilege of talking to one of the owners, Chris Croswhite, of the Rescue Mission. Hearing how excited he was about how Hobo Hammocks had been able to contribute and help them out, I could tell that it really meant a lot to them….

…and that made me feel really good about what we have been doing here.”

Read the entire story of “why” Jake is helping the homeless here: Meet Jake Andersen.

What Is The Easiest Way To Connect With The Rescue Mission

For those of you not in Utah, who wish to help, you can go to their website http://rescuesaltlake.org/

You can make a financial contribution. And if you are local (Salt Lake City, Utah), you can sign up as a volunteer. There are tons of opportunities. You can organize a food drive, a clothing drive or just be apart of a drive that is going on.

Or, you can be a part of a couple of the really big events they have coming up. They have their Thanksgiving dinner in November, where they fill their facility to capacity and feed as many people as they can. The Rescue Mission is always looking for more volunteers.

And they’ll do a Christmas dinner as well.

You Help You When You Make Purchases At HoboHammocks.com

Jake says. “Every hammock we sell, we provide a meal. However, that extends to our other products, too. Whether you purchase Hanging Straps, Indoor Mounting Kit, or a T-shirt (and Hobo Sleeping Bags coming out soon); no matter what you purchase, we’ll use a portion of that to donate to feed the homeless through the Rescue Mission of Salt Lake.”

“Another thing anyone can do is send in old, or broken hammocks – we sew those up (repair the old hammocks) and donate those hammocks to the homeless so that they have a place to sleep instead of on the cold, hard ground.”

HCRBeta is an enthusiastic supporter of Hobo Hammocks and their mission to assist the homeless.

And, we are Hobo Hammock affiliates, too. Every time you purchase Hobo Hammocks through the links at HCRBeta, we receive a referral fee at no cost to you. Thank you!

How To Be A Better Citizen At Horseshoe Canyon Ranch

September 17, 2016 by Jason Clements

In this third part of my interview with the owner of Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, we talk about how to be a better citizen at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. I ask Barry:

“What can THE climbing community do to support you?”

Barry:

The 3 things that climbers and campers can do better for the ranch right now…

Sign in and pay your fees
Pick up your trash
Be a good citizen – be a good human – be considerate of other people and realize that this is private poverty – and when we say it’s private property – it is private property; but we want people to come and enjoy it.

Sometimes when someone says “HEY, this is private property” – it means we want you to leave – that’s not what we are saying . We want people to understand that this is our home, our back yard, our livelihood; and we want you to be considerate, respectful and obey the rules.

Barry says that he doesn’t want the underlying tone to be a lecture or a scolding. And you all already know Barry and Amy – they might just be some of the most generous human beings that we have the pleasure of knowing.

Is there something that the veterans of coming to the ranch that we can do better when we come to the ranch to prepare ourselves mentally to help reduce the risk of injury?

Barry: Yes, primarily for those of you in the climbing community. We get a lot of people who are touching rock for the first time. They may have been in a gym pulling plastic for years – and that transition from the gym to the outdoors – the ranch is great for that because it has a lot of easy to moderate routes. And, everything is bolted really safely. It is a great place to take your first lead…

…the problem with that is – it is your first lead.

So people, in the climbing community, need to not be shy, and even if someone thinks you’re a jerk or a know-it-all; you need to say, for example, “You didn’t finish your knot.” or, “can I show you a better way to do that.”

Wristbands At Horseshoe Canyon Ranch

Barry: You need to watch out for your neighbor, and you need to watch out for the ranch. If somebody is not wearing a wristband up there, chances are they have not signed off on their waiver. Well – that is a threat to everyone’s access – isn’t it. [Read more…] about How To Be A Better Citizen At Horseshoe Canyon Ranch