Just thought I'd throw my hat into the fray. It's not freestanding - but almost. A great and very strange tent is the Marmot Area 51. This baby is *huge* and has one, count 'em, one pole to support that 51 sq(4.7m). feet of space. This is also a single wall tent that is really light for its size. something like 5lbs (2.26kilos). It also goes up in about four seconds. You do have to tie or stake it to something but it is semi-free standing. I picked mine up on REI Outlet for $89US. They have them on REI right now for $159, but you may be able to find them somewhere cheaper. It's a Marmot, so great detailing and a quality tent. Though a single wall, I haven't had any probs with condensation yet. We'll see. http://www.marmot.com/products/tents/tent_prod_3sea_a51.html Remember, you can never have too many [tents, boats, sleeping bags, boots, hemlets...] -Patrick *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Feb 08 2002 - 00:52:00 PST
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