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

[giniajim]

Sounds like with your Rainshadow 2 that it was either pitched wrong or manufactured wrong.  Did you contact the tarptent folks about that?  They seem to be pretty helpful.  

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Barbara Karagosian 
  To: pct-l at backcountry.net 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 2:06 PM
  Subject: Re: [pct-l] Pct-l Digest, Vol 29, Issue 87


  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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  > 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
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  > 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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