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Jeff Gerke (mtnrunner) - BPL Premium Member
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Re: Tarps and Kids My son is 14. His main concern is the elements. |
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Mostly tarps in the gear lists. I'm still trying to figure out what to get for my first lightweight shelter. I was looking over the community gear lists and was surprised to see how many people use tarps. Seems like at leas... |
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Ray Jardine Books I'm looking into purchasing Ray Jardine's Tarp Book that just came out this year. Is this book mostly applicable to the Ray Way tarp or is it a good book on tarps in general? I was also t... |
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Re: RE: Tarps Jason - When sleeping under a tarp are you able to keep dry without a bivy during a heavy rain? If it is raining and the wind is blowing seems like it would be hard to keep dry without additional ... |
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Re: Tarps Thanks for the input everyone. After adding up the costs it looks like a tent will be much cheaper. Two bivy sacks, one for my son and one for me, at about $130 a pop. The tarp I was looking at ... |
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Tarps I've been shopping for a new tent and have narrowed my search to a couple of Tarptent models. This forum has been very helpful in my search. I never really considered a tarp because they seem... |
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Re: Re: Two solo tents vs one two man tent Nick - My son is 14. Now that he is getting older I don't go without him any more. He does go without me sometimes for Boy Scouts. But when he goes with the scouts he takes our old REI Half ... |
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Two solo tents vs one two man tent I noticed that a lot of people like solo shelters. Do you guys usually backpack solo? I always go with someone else, usually my son. It makes sense to me to have a two man shelter cause it saves... |
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Re: Re: Thanks David - Thanks for pointing that out. I thought they where all single wall tents. That info will help in my decision making. |
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Thanks Thanks for the input everyone. I was leaning towards a Tarptent but I am a little worried about using a single wall tent. I'm just beginning to get into lightweight backpacking. The tent I h... |
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