Many of the Cascade Design Backpacking tents (Flashlight in particular) are quite good. They are backpacking tents, not real roomy, but light. My "wife-to-be" and I used the original SD Clip-Flashlight for a 3 month hike down the MT Continental Divide Trail in the Summer of '86. The first 20 days in the Bob Marshall Wilderness was rain, drizzle, mist, and rain. We kept on using that tent until 1992, when we got the 3 person version of the CD Flashlight. Still a light, strong, well ventilated tent. When we began canoe-expeditions in northern Canada, we switched to the NF VE-25, which I would stake my life on, and on 2 occasions, in 55mph winds on the Barrenground, I suppose I did. But for light weight tents, I would recommend you seek a Sierra Design tent, which may be more in the weight/space range/price range for your usage. Remember also... unless the tent has completely "taped" seams, you have the additional time and expense of sealing them. AND, if you don't know the difference between "taped" seams, and the one's you seal yourself, I would ask around . rich dempsey ridem_at_msn.com rdempsey_at_wyoming.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See our canoe tripping website http://communities.msn.com/RichWendysAwayFromHomePage *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Oct 17 2000 - 17:49:35 PDT
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