Some inaccuracies: Re: [pct-l] More about tents and tarps.

[calliger@infolane.com (R.J.Calliger)]

I actually attach my ground cloth to the tent bottom via the edges- more
or less permanently; then when the gc wears out I attach a new one-

My latest ground cloth weighs in at just abour 6 ounces for 38 square feet!
(It is old 2 mil thick 30 gal garbage bags taped together and sealed with a
folded seam and
tape.) :-)

Throughout Europe I used the plastic bags some fruit came in and opened
those up and taped together...In two months of Alpine Hiking I used
about 10 bags.

R


At 9:17 AM -0800 4/30/01, Elizabeth A. Foshion wrote:
>If your tent floor is permeable - and most get that way pretty quickly, a
>ground cloth underneath or lining the tent floor (my preference) acts as a
>vapor barrier and keeps ground moisture from being volatised in the warm
>tent and condensing on the cooler tent wall.
>
>Per a previous message - I've yet to get water in my ground sheet under
>the tarp, maybe I'm just lucky. One thing I've done when the rain is very
>heavy is to tie up the edges of the ground sheet to tarp on the wind/water
>side - it gives you a bathtub floor effect. You could tie the edges to a
>couple of stakes too - anything to get a couple of inches lip.
>
>Elizabeth
>
>John wrote:
>
>> While you may get condensation inside your tent, a ground cloth
>>underneath the tent floor will have no effect on the condensation inside
>>your tent. How can it?
>
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