[pct-l] Multiuse Gear

[msaenz at mve-architects.com (Mike Saenz)]

Well, perhaps this can be improved to address your concerns?

At 5 pounds, another couple ounces for a pack cover will do the trick.
The tent option certainly looks roomy and about as protective as some
tarps I've seen.
Unpack/repack in snow? So lay out the pack cover and fold it up on that?
we have to roll up and pack our tarps/tents and bivy's anyway...but,
yeah HYOH.

For me, it's a base weight of 28 pounds, THEN increased to add that
oilcan!~

-Oilcan


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Bankhead [mailto:wandering_bob@comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 8:58 AM
To: Slyatpct@aol.com; Mike Saenz; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Multiuse Gear

Tent + Pack Combo:

Feasible? - certainly, as witnessed by the URL below, but I'd love to
know
how many they've sold and the reate of customer satisfaction.

Practical? - maybe, during good weather, but who really needs a shelter
then
(bug protection notwithstanding).

Wise?  Not in my book! I don't think I'd want to be trying to pack (or
unpack) one of those things in the rain or snow. I like keeping my gear
dry - especially my sleeping bag and spare clothes - during a long trek.
However, that's a decision each of us must make for ourselves.

Multi-use is a fine concept but logic demands that at some point, safety
over-rides convenience. I'll gladly carry my shelter and rain gear as
separate items, even knowing that they are interchangeable (redundant)
if
something destroyed one of them enroute.

Wandering Bob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Slyatpct@aol.com>
To: <msaenz@mve-architects.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [BULK] - Re: [pct-l] Multiuse Gear


In a message dated 8/25/2004 11:22:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
 msaenz@mve-architects.com writes:

 How feasible would a combo pack/tent be?

Too late!


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