Re: [Paddlewise] Tents

Tents for kayaking are one of the dicier decisions one has to make. 
Ordinarily, any tent will do.  But there are situations that are more
likely to hit you as a sea kayak camper than a backwoods one in which
you wished you had a bombproof tent.

I wasn't on a particular trip back about 8 years ago but it proved my
point.  Several friends were sea kayak camping in an exposed open area
when during the night a gale picked up.  The people in normally adequate
Eurekas and the like were awakened to the sound of snapping tent poles,
collapsed or shredding tent walls, pegs popping, etc.  A miserable night
of hanging on until daybreak.  As the day dawned, most of the group was
contending with the wreckage, when over in one corner the occupants of a
Northface VE-23 or 24 were awakening and opened their tent door to
wonder what was all the commotion going on around camp at that moment. 
Their tent walls had hardly flapped throughout the night, certainly not
enough to rouse them.  The Northface had stayed put and totally intact.

So sometimes top quality (we are talking about $500 tents!) pays.

ralph diaz

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"Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag."
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