[pct-l] Re tarp tent and Bivy

[russ.logerwell at hp.com (Logerwell, Russell M)]

Warmest regards,
Russ Logerwell
TTC Maintenance Technician
(541)715-1592
 

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From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Judson Brown
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:06 PM
To: 'Marge Prothman'; 'Pct-L'
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Re tarp tent and Bivy


In the interest of defending Oregon's virtue, let's call that the "Eagle
Cap
Wilderness", Marge...   ;)

Judson
Ashland



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[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net]On Behalf Of Marge
Prothman
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 8:32 PM
To: Pct-L
Subject: [pct-l] Re tarp tent and Bivy


I have just come back to Idaho from six days and nights in the Wallowas
Mountains in the Cap Peak Wilderness Area in what I would call Southern
Oregon.  It was a fantastic area and I had a great time, we made a big
loop so experienced lots of lake and mountains. We had all sorts of
weather, first two days were rain at night and sprinkles during the day,
then one day it started snowing (this made us think), then sunny days
with freezing cold at night.

I had my tarp tent which I made from an 8 x 10 Campmor tart with netting
each end and zippers, using a piece of Tyvek for my ground sheet.  I
used this by myself.  My friend the Monk had a Gortex Bivy sack with a
hood made of netting and full gortex. I also used my WM Ultralight
Sleeping Bag good to 25 degrees.  This area proved to be very humid and
my tarp tent after being set up got condensation inside even before I
got in it.  When the weather got really cold all this turned to ice,
which meant I had to get out in the morning before the sun hit the tarp
or I would have been rained on. My sleeping bag proved not to be warm
enough (this is the first time that has happened to me) and I wore all
my clothes to bed and a couple of nights I wore my frog toggs also. If I
went to sleep cold I stayed cold all night long. Then I decided to make
a hot water bottle from one of my platypus bags and that seemed to do
the trick for me in getting warm.

The Monk used his Gortex Bivy every night and the first two nights he
set up his Silnylon Poncho as a tarp, held up by hiking poles on the
corners and staked down along one side.  This worked good for him.  He
put his pack in a large trash bag.  He slept very comfortable every
night, though I think his bag has more down then mine, so must be rated
lower. He had ice crystals or frost all over the bivy every morning.  He
enjoyed his bivy as this was his first test with it.

So I guess it is to each his own.  I am still searching for something
light weight in the form of a tent that I can really have head room in
and hopefully no condensation. I have another Silnylon Virga used three
times, if interested contact me off line, will make a good deal.

I am so lucky to be out there hiking, no matter what the weather.

Cheers,
Marge   [The Old Gal]
http://www.prothman.org/marge

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