Patrick Maun wrote: > Be sure and test the length of the tent when > shopping. I have an older NF Starlight 2(ha!) person tent which is > about six inches too short. I believe it is a law of the universe that all tents are six inches too short. They design them for the average person, forgetting that that ignores the half of the population that are taller. I gave up trying to find a two-person tent that is long enough for me. I bought a North Face Expedition 25 three-person tent that is nine feet long (oval dome design).. It's a bombproof mountaineering tent that's great for Amie and I. It, like all serious four season tents, doesn't have great ventilation for really hot nights. On the other hand, when the wind is howling you can set up in the open and enjoy a good night's sleep while the others cower in the woods and battle the mosquitoes. You won't easily get this into a small kayak hatch either. I've split it into three stuffsacks (tent, fly, poles and stuff) and the tent stuffsack is compressed. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Apr 25 1999 - 16:46:13 PDT
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