[at-l] silnylon

[garyticknor@starpower.net (Gary Ticknor)]

I regularly sleep right on 1.1 oz sil nylon. It's held up so far. I imagine it
will eventually get holes in it no matter how careful I am. I will then seal
them with silicon.

Sounds like someone wants to sell you a groundcloth.

- Gary from Fairfax

"Richard S. Lubitz" wrote:

> Currently I use a blue tarp, (cheap hardware store style) as a lean to.
> Using an 8x10 version I stake about 4x8 and then flip over the remaining 6
> feet to form a leanto and groundsheet all in one.  I was looking at the
> silnylon tarps in Campmor and one of the staff said that if I use it the
> same way, the portion between me and the ground would be destroyed.
> Therefore, I would have to carry a groundsheet and the resulting weight of
> the silnylon tarp and groundsheet would not result in enough weight
> savings, if any, to justify changing my system.
> Is he right?
>
> Rich
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