Coming out as another tent junkie. I have 3 "modern" tents and two canvas, wooden pole, and iron stake tents (mostly for historic re-enactments). I've thought about getting a bivy sack, to stash in the "just in case" if I ever get more chances to solo kayak or adventure (small child and a only marginally interested in camping wife). Part of the problem I have with most tents is they seem to short. At 6'2" tall, it seems I wake up with either the head or the foot of sleeping bag pushed against the tent, and absorbing all the condensation. One tent I don't have that problem in is the North Face Expedition 25, but thats a bit of overkill tent for most case. Of course the canvas tents are roomy as well, but a bit heavy to lug around. Not sure about stashing 9 foot long wooden ridge poles in a kayak. What do other tall people, or people that want to stash most of their gear inside do? The "sleeps" recomendation seems to assume each person is about 5 foot tall, and has no gear, just a mummy bag, and they sleep perfectly straight. Next tent will probably be a "family dome" to sleep 2 adults and one child, plus gear. Or give me room to move around in sleep, stash gear, and have headroom to get dressed. thanks dave -- Dave Uebele (daveu_at_sptddog.com) Spotted Dog Systems http://sptddog.com/daveu.html *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Nov 29 1999 - 15:10:41 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:17 PDT