This tent also has a very > strange "sphincter" door on one end--can anybody tell me what this is > for?! (yes, their own marketing literature calls it the sphincter.) Is this model a 4 season tent? I had a North face tent with a Sphincter opening only they called it a tunnel. It was a useful for mountaineering tent because you could set up the stove outsite and still be covered by the tunnel. The snow was less likely to get in the tunnel than opening a regular door. They also used the tunnel in snowy conditions, the thought being you would have a transition before you entered the tent. It also came in handy in snow if you set tents next to each other so you could crawl in the tunnel from one tent to the next. I am not sure if what you are describing is the same set-up. I didn't use it much and it added weight. -- MZ *************************************************************************** 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 - 15:33:36 PST
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