[pct-l] Light Solo Shelter

[Hiker97 at aol.com (Hiker97@aol.com)]

This is about the lightest  freestanding 360 degree views solo shelter I have 
seen (with the carbon fiber  poles).  Looks like it is just over 2 pounds.
 
_http://www.bigskyproducts.com/SummitShelters/SummitEvolution1Pdetails.htm_ 
(http://www.bigskyproducts.com/SummitShelters/SummitEvolution1Pdetails.htm) 
 
I especially like the all netting  and viewability option (this is probably 
all you need 98.452% of the  time).  
 
I am a big advocate of not going  into the outdoors and then confining 
yourself in a nylon prison.  You can  be "in" your shelter about 7-12 hours per day 
(or about 25-50% of your  WHOLE trip time) depending on weather and your 
schedule.  Why would someone  want to cut themselves off from what they came to 
experience by hiding in a  solid wall shelter all that time?  I can understand 
the need for  privacy on certain occasions, but that is extremely small.
 
But you see hundreds of solid wall  shelters along the trail every year, so I 
must be wrong on this one.  Sorry  for the anti-solid wall shelter flame.
 
Your hiking buddy, Switchback
Trail Tree Hugger & 24-Hour  Nature Viewer