[pct-l] gear questions

[Bighummel@aol.com (Bighummel@aol.com)]

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dude writes:

> If you wanna go light but a little cheaper than Stephenson, try the
> Sierra Designs Clip Flashlight CD.  It does not have as good a
> weight:room ratio as the Stephenson, but its a lot cheaper.
>
> I have used this tent for about 10 years now (mine is actually not
> a "clip" version, nor "CD".  its old.).  I once used the tent in
> september on the John Muir Trail and it kept me warm and dry in 9
> consecutive days of rain.  If you use the rain fly, its like a
> furnace.

Sierra Designs makes good tents.  I still own the predecesor to the SD Clip
Flashlight: the SD Star Flight.  By replacing the tent poles with Easton
Aluminum arrowshafts, I now have the complete tent, poles and stuff sack to
under 4 pounds (If I can get someone to make me a new fly out of 1.1 sylnylon
(Moak?) I think that I can get it below 3 lbs, 8 oz).

It is taller than the Clip by several inches, sheds snow better due to the
pyramid-like shape (nearly 4 seasons?), has withstood 60+ mph winds, 9 days
straight of rain and 25 years of the Rockies, Sierras and Southern California
deserts.

When it rips from age, I will take it apart at the seams and remake it in
new, lighter materials with only one other improvement: a hooded fly vent at
the peak.

Best regards,

Greg "Strider" Hummel