[at-l] Solo tents with vestibule space?

[bcalkins@disaster-relief.net (Bruce Calkins)]

I have tried the poncho many times.  It excels as a ground cloth, Mini
vestibule, and general wrapper for the trouser pack system.  As rain gear
it fails miserably, and as a tarp it lacks coverage.

As usual YMMV (Your Mileage May (more likely will) Vary)

Black Wolfe


At 05:15 PM 10/15/01 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/14/01 12:46:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>bcalkins@disaster-relief.net writes:
>
><< The Eureka Zephyr XT is worth a passing look.  Altho', I am sold on the
> basic tarp for all but the most buggy and populous places.  The simple tarp
> also works well to extend the living space of a small tent.
> Black Wolfe >>
>
>May I suggest that your basic tarp should be your poncho?  And forget the 
>tent?  When it's buggy, you can hang your mosquito netting from the same 
>hiking poles that hold up the poncho/tarp.  Lightweight!  No tent.  No 
>condensation problem.  Raingear serves as tarp.  Netting weighs maybe 3 oz 
>and covers your upper half, so you can just lie there on a warm night with 
>your bag open to the waist, listening to the frustrated mosquitoes and 
>enjoying the Milky Way!  I wish I was there right now!