[pct-l] Tarp/Bivy Combination in Washington?

[Steel-Eye]

Good afternoon, JJ,

I used a TrailDad pattern tarp/poncho throughout most of Washington and 
experienced a fair amount of rain, but I didn't use a bivy with it.  The 
first rain was south of Chinook Pass, then about 4 more days between Stevens 
Pass and around the original PCT west of Glacier Peak.  I didn't get out of 
it until I was almost to High Bridge.  Above High Bridge it was mostly clear 
and cold but it did spit dry snow a few times. The wind was average, and I 
had no trouble keeping dry.

This year I'll do much the same, except I don't like to wear the tarp as a 
poncho for very long so I'll use separate raingear and a different tarp. 
This tarp doesn't have the head-hood, and it is a bit wider so I can A-frame 
pitch it close to the ground and still have a reasonable of head clearance.

I haven't used the bivy/tarp combination but expect that the sum of their 
weights would about equal one of the little backpacker tents, and the tent 
would likely be less trouble, overall.

Steel-Eye
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=4645

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Keener" <jlkeener at yahoo.com>
To: "PCT-L" <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 2:52 PM
Subject: [pct-l] Tarp/Bivy Combination in Washington?


> Greetings,
>
> Anyone have experience with a tarp/bivy combination in
> the rains in Washington? Elsewhere?
>
> Okay, anyone not have experience, but an opinion?
>
> Thanks,
> J J
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