[pct-l] Pct-l Digest, Vol 29, Issue 87

[Barbara Karagosian]

I love my Big Agnes Fly Creek 1.  The 2 was a bit cramped for 2. Also  
nice is the BA Copper Spur 2.  I'm getting a Double Rainbow tarptent  
to see what that's like.  Had the Rainshadow 2, but didn't like that  
the bathtub side always lay on the ground whatever I did, so I figured  
Id get wet in a storm.
Why're you going with a Lunar Duo rather than a tarptent?

Barbara

On May 19, 2010, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 09:35:01 -0700
> From: Connie Davis <connielavondavis at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] ultralight tent recommendation for 2 people
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> We used a tarptent when we thru-hiked in 2005 (which worked great,  
> even when
> we got snowed on)  but we've replaced that with a 6 Moon Designs  
> Lunar Duo.
> It is totally amazing!  Check out the website.  Ron Moak really  
> knows his
> ultralight gear.
>
> Lookout
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 09:48:05 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Lisa Freathy <rainorshinecamper at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Ultralight tent recs for 2 person thru hike
> To: Julia Marsh <juliak.marsh at gmail.com>, pct-l at backcountry.net
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> I have the Big Agnes Seedhouse SL2 and I LOVE it!!! Great when I am  
> solo with plenty of room for my pack inside, but also works well  
> with me and my hubby (neither of us are small folks) or w/me and a  
> friend.
>
> I am planning my thru hike for next year and will be hiking solo so  
> won't need a 2 man tent so I am considering taking the new Big Agnes  
> Fly Creek. I am having a hard time with the idea of hiking without? 
> my SL2?as I love it so much, but it just doesn't make sense for me  
> to carry a 2 man tent on my thru hike.
>
> I was reading a blog from Bones, a 2010 thru hiker I met at the  
> Southern Terminus and he just went through a night of 80 mile per  
> hour winds?in the San Jacintos where 3 of the 5 tents were destroyed/ 
> snapped by the winds. His tent was one of the two that made it  
> through the night and I?was thrilled to see in his photo he has a  
> Big Agnes Seedhouse... makes me love it even more.
>
> Can't wait to meet you and your?boyfirend on the trail next year!!
> ?Lisa
>
>
> "Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in  
> awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your  
> spirit clean."
> ~ John Muir
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Julia Marsh <juliak.marsh at gmail.com>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 7:29:10 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] Ultralight tent recs for 2 person thru hike
>
> My boyfriend and I will be thru hiking the PCT in 2011. Having  
> deciding on a
> tent over a tarp, we want something super light. Right now I'm  
> deciding
> between the Big Agnes Seedhouse SL2 and the Sierra Designs Vapor  
> Light 2.
> Thoughts on which is better (found a discounted version of Seedhouse  
> at EMS
> so the price is basically equivalent). Recs for other tents to look  
> at?
>
> Thanks, Julia
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