Maybe someone has mentioned this before, but Marmot has a tent called the Area 51 that is basically a unique single-wall tent/tarp. It is huge (51 square feet) and weighs in at a little over 5lbs (2.26 kilos). I have read good reviews and heard some from paddling friends. I ordered one from www.rei-outlet.com using my coop dividend which conveniently arrived this week. They have them for US$139, which is quite a bargain. While there are a few little oddities (you have to guy it out), nothing that other very light tents don't have to deal with. Tarps are a lovely thing, especially during those days of non-stop rain. I always have an EMS parawing somewhere in my hatch. But I wouldn't ever want to sleep under one during a Minnesota summer. The mosquitos or perhaps the blackflies would simply carry you off to feed their queen. -Patrick (whose attempted kayaking fun today ended up being 3 hours of sitting in a car lodged in a snowbank) At 11:54 PM -0600 2/24/01, Edwin Johnson wrote: >Interesting to hear your description, Jochen, of using the tarp. I went on >a canoe trip with a fellow some years ago and he did a similar thing by >turning the canoe on its side and stretching the tarp over the canoe and >then out to the side to make a low enclosure, also supported by a paddle. >We were camping on the sandy beaches of the Sabine River so the ground >was good for such an arrangement. We had a rather bad thunderstorm and he >weathered it fairly well. > >...Edwin > >>Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 15:58:05 +0100 >>From: "Jochen Grikschat" <grikschat_at_surfeu.de> > >>Maybe iĄm a little bit extreme, but most time I didnĄt got a tent on my >>tours. Yeah! NO tent. >> >>Only using a 3 x 3 metre (about 10 x 10 ft) polyester, silicone coated >>Tarp. > >...Edwin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 26 2001 - 10:30:57 PST
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