[pct-l] tarp, tent, or nothing

[reynolds@xxxxxxxx (Reynolds, WT)]

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There are many tarp-tents available. My Wanderlust Nomad Lite is good for
one and weighs about 1.5 pounds. My Tacoma-4-Two weighs in at 2.3 pounds and
is good for 2/3. Roan Moak also makes good tents. In general the price for
these tents is $200-$300. They are typically designed by and for
thru-hikers.

In general you will be very unhappy hiking the PCT without bug protection
and you MAY be very unhappy if you can't ride out a two-to-three day
downpour or a quick foot of unexpected snow. Both my tarp tents will stop
bugs and keep rain off me and my stuff. They aren't as bomb-proof as my
Stephenson but they are usually good enough.

Many "tarp types" that I know claim that they can rig tarps and carry
separate bug protection to equal what these tarp tents have to offer. In
general I believe that while this is theoretically true, tarp types simply
suffer if the bugs and/or weather is too bad.



-----Original Message-----
From: Saskia Daru [mailto:saskia.home@wanadoo.nl]
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 1:37 PM
To: pct-l@backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] tarp, tent, or nothing


Have you considered Henry Shires' tarptent? see http://www.tarptent.com

Saskia

On vrijdag, feb 7, 2003, at 21:38 Europe/Amsterdam, Brad Wilson wrote:

> I used a tarp for my 2001 At thru-hike, and have been using a bivy on
> recent
> climbing and hiking trips - I opt for these shelters mostly because of
> their
> light weight. I never thought I would use a tent on a thru-hike
> because of
> the weight and hassle of setting it up and taking it down everyday...
> That
> is, until I saw this tent. Has anyone taken a look at the PCT-1 (good
> name)
> by Mountain Hardware?
>
> <http://www.rei.com/online/store/
> ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000
> 008000&productId=47625829&parent_category_rn=4500666>
>
> It looks a little like the Ziod 1 by MSR... But I think this one weighs
> less. If I do take a tent over my tarp or bivy, I think this is the
> one. For
> those of you traveling with a partner, there is also a two person
> version
> available.
>
> Also, GoLite has come out with a new tarp design that looks like it
> will be
> a lot easier to set up than their cave. I used the cave on the AT, I
> got
> used to the set-up - but it took some time. The new tarp (Lair1) looks
> like
> it will be much easier to set up. It would be easy to sew some
> no-see-um-mesh to the front opening (and maybe some around the bottom
> edges
> of the tarp) to make a light, floorless tent.
>
> So now I'm not sure what I'm going to use this summer on the PCT...
> Probably
> whatever's lightest figuring I will sleep under the stars most nights.
>
> -Brad
>
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