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

[arm chair]

You might consider Henry's "Contrail" tent from Tarptent.com

Mark said - The combined weight of my shelter items is about 26 ounces.

Henry's tent is 1.5 lbs or about 2 ounces lighter. It is a large 1 person
tent with full bug netting and a floating bath tub floor. It's plenty long -
I put my pack at the end of the tent then the sleeping bag - also lots of
room on the sides of the sleeping bag. Further the foot of the tent is
raised so the tent doesn't contact the sleeping bag. A great tent.

http://www.tarptent.com/contrail.html

It also sets up fast with only 4 stakes. The sides of the tent are away from
the floor so rain water is away from the bathtub floor.

- armchair


On 4/3/07, Mark Jernigan <footslogger03 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Appreciate that Steel-eye   ...
>
> The tarp I plan on carrying has mesh around the lower edges so it has some
> built-in bug protection.  The Bug Bivy I have is full length with a
> waterproof bottom surface, so it acts as my tent "floor".
>
> The combined weight of my shelter items is about 26 ounces.  I could go
> lighter and drop the bivy but I want the option of sleeping out under the
> stars when weather permits.
>
> 'Slogger
>
> Steel-Eye <chelin at teleport.com> wrote:
>          Good evening, Footslogger,
>
> I had much the same idea as you.  As a tarp user, I prepared for the
> possibility that I might want a bug-bivy type of thing.  The bug-bivys I've
> seen are low but full length.  I wanted something that was about half-length
> but sufficiently high for me to sit under.  I fabricated such an item from
> bug net material, and it will either Velcro under the center of the tarp or
> be separately supported when I sleep under the stars.  It weighs 6.6 oz.
> with a small stuff sack, which is not as lite as I'd like.  I've used it and
> it seems to work OK, but I will hold it in reserve at home and use it only
> if my usual throw-net and/or head net prove inadequate.
>
> I don't know what your itinerary is, but consider keeping your bug
> protection until you are mostly through Oregon.  Places like Sky Lakes can
> be very heavily infested, depending upon the season and how wet it has
> been.  I've encountered a few bugs in Washington, particularly around Indian
> Heaven, but most thru-hikers reach that area after the worst bug season.
>
> Steel-Eye
> http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=4645
>
>    ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Jernigan
> To: Jim Keener ; Steel-Eye ; PCT-L
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 4:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Tarp/Bivy Combination in Washington?
>
>
> Here's a question    ...
>
> What about a tarp style tent (floorless) and a bug bivy.   Have that
> combination right now and was considering carrying it on the PCT.  I'm
> guessing that by the time I get to Oregon/Washington the bug bivy might
> become "excess baggage", since the option of sleeping out under the stars is
> somewhat rare     ...but it sure would be a nice treat down south.
>
> Mark J (Footslogger)
>
> Jim Keener <jlkeener at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Steel-Eye wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Thanks for the response, Steel-Eye. You're probably
> right. If the weights were about the same, I might go
> with the combination in order to get cover (tarp) up
> before putting out a semi-shelter (bivy). I got a
> soaked tent in January on the Lost Coast and have been
> trying to figure out ways to avoid that in the future.
>
> Best,
> J J
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