[pct-l] tarp, tent, or nothing

[saskia.home@xxxxxxxxxx (Saskia Daru)]

Have you considered Henry Shires' tarptent? see http://www.tarptent.com

Saskia

On vrijdag, feb 7, 2003, at 21:38 Europe/Amsterdam, Brad Wilson wrote:

> I used a tarp for my 2001 At thru-hike, and have been using a bivy on
> recent
> climbing and hiking trips - I opt for these shelters mostly because of
> their
> light weight. I never thought I would use a tent on a thru-hike
> because of
> the weight and hassle of setting it up and taking it down everyday...
> That
> is, until I saw this tent. Has anyone taken a look at the PCT-1 (good
> name)
> by Mountain Hardware?
>
> <http://www.rei.com/online/store/
> ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000
> 008000&productId=47625829&parent_category_rn=4500666>
>
> It looks a little like the Ziod 1 by MSR... But I think this one weighs
> less. If I do take a tent over my tarp or bivy, I think this is the
> one. For
> those of you traveling with a partner, there is also a two person
> version
> available.
>
> Also, GoLite has come out with a new tarp design that looks like it
> will be
> a lot easier to set up than their cave. I used the cave on the AT, I
> got
> used to the set-up - but it took some time. The new tarp (Lair1) looks
> like
> it will be much easier to set up. It would be easy to sew some
> no-see-um-mesh to the front opening (and maybe some around the bottom
> edges
> of the tarp) to make a light, floorless tent.
>
> So now I'm not sure what I'm going to use this summer on the PCT...
> Probably
> whatever's lightest figuring I will sleep under the stars most nights.
>
> -Brad
>
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