Amigh2_at_aol.com wrote: > > what are folks favorites for overnight/multi-day trips? do most use tents, > bivy bags, or a simple tarp? i would be interested in hearing what you use > and why you like it. > > cheers, > a. mariani > I'm pretty much a died in the wool tarp kind of guy. I won't even take a tent with me on trips less than 4 days. On longer trips I carry one but it likely never gets unpacked, unless I set up a base camp and stay for more than one night. I use them cheap blue or OD tarps that you can buy anywhere. I use an old sleeping bag cover from the military over my bag. That seems to keep the frost and dew off my sleeping bag. The cover is OD and I can hang it in the sun while I pack or later if I get away fast. I like tarps because they allow me to smell, see, and feel the outdoors, something tents don't allow me to do. I tend to keep a simplier and tidier camp when I don't have a tent set up also.(I also don't like to wonder, "what's that sniffing?", out side my tent) :-) I do have a friend that has just gotten an eureka zephyr and it does look like something I could learn to live with. That said, know yourself and the weather before you set off with out proper shelter. One persons luxury on a cold, windy night, can be anouthers misery, or much worse. James, where it was snowing wed. and today it's 77. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Nov 27 1999 - 12:26:18 PST
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