[pct-l] sprouts and tarps

[Summers.pct]

I started using a Mountain Laurel Design Solomid - 14 oz. (with the added Triptease liteline tieouts) in late February. 
It took 4 minutes to set up in my living room when I first received it. 
The next dry day, it was on my lawn in the same time.
The first night on the trail in Section D, it took the same amount of time to set up and it withstood freezing rain showers and high winds. 
You can add a bug net for a few ounces.
It set up in incredibly tight spaces, kept me out of the wind within four minutes, and did not leak on me in the rain (major plus that it performs its main function).
13 ounces plus stuff sack and seam seal from the friendly folks at Mountain Laurel Design.
(I don't know any of them, but their delivery was just in time and the product is everything I expected.)

BackOut
Jordan Summers

Misspelled on my iPad.

On Apr 19, 2012, at 8:34, "Lorna Emerich" <lorna at ptera.net> wrote:

> Thanks, giniajim and Mango.  You made me laugh about sprouts on socks.  Socks must be nice and moist! 
> 
> Does anyone have any actual experience with the tarp/bug net combo?  Good brand names, is what I'm after.  I'll be mostly way up at around 10,000 feet elevation, so I don't think there will be too many hot nights.   
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: giniajim [mailto:jplynch at crosslink.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 7:53 AM
> To: Jim & Jane Moody; Lorna Emerich
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] sprouts and tarps
> 
> A friend of mine uses a tarp (actually a combination poncho/tarp).  For bugs, he'll use a headnet.  Of course, this requires that you are zipped up in your sleeping bag, which on a hot night, might not be so comfortable.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim & Jane Moody" <moodyjj at comcast.net>
> To: "Lorna Emerich" <lorna at ptera.net>
> Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] sprouts and tarps
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> I'll jump on this first, before others post the same answer.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Something was sprouting on my socks, but I wouldn't eat it.
>> 
>> Tarps / tents? Lots of thrus carry tarps, which are more flexible and 
>> usually lighter and fine for rain, especially in California where it 
>> hardly ever rains. A major benefit of a tent is the bug netting. However, 
>> some systems allow for a bug net accessory with the tarp. I've never tried 
>> it that way.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mango
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>> 
>> From: "Lorna Emerich" <lorna at ptera.net>
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:44:57 AM
>> Subject: [pct-l] sprouts and tarps
>> 
>> 
>> Has anyone out there ever tried growing sprouts on the trail? Also, do any
>> of you use tarps instead of tents? I'm hiking the Colorado Trail this
>> summer. Thanks,
>> 
> 
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