Sandy mentioned the Eureka Zephyr. I have the earliest version without vestibules and it works just fine. An excellent one-person tent at a good weight and price with sit-up room for a six footer. As for stove, fuel etc. again the minimalist just to heat water for coffee, hot chocolate, oatmeal, freezed dry food (the kind that doesn't need to simmer or cook as that wastes fuel). I like the butane ones, any of the small ones will do. Butane would be real inefficient and costly if you did cooking with it rather than heating up water. My camping gear for 6 days including food, stove/fuel/pots/cup/utensils, tent, sleeping bag, sleep pad, extra clothing, lighting (small flashlights and small candle lantern with spare candles), a liter of wine, absolutely everything (except my normal paddling gear and water) weighs 28-29 pounds. This provides a good measure of comfort without weighing me down and that weight includes a small tarp for waiting out bad weather or for providing a warm covered area over a hanging out/cooking area (a tarp over you reduces radiation from your body by an impressive amount; on a cool evening, the air underneath appears to be 15 degrees warmer, just a guess. If I wanted to really rough it I could take 10 pounds off that. It is also easy to add lots of weight. I earlier made the mistake that Mark Lane made in eying all that space in a kayak and filling it. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 14 2000 - 11:47:59 PDT
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