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carrotosaurus:
Guys. I can't believe we're having this argument when Henry Shires has already perfected the Tarptent years ago and it weighs less than 1 pound and costs around $200. I carry mine regardless when camping since it's so light. He also makes one you can use a hiking pole for instead of having to carry extra poles.

http://www.tarptent.com/

Hammocks are no fun in bad weather. I don't care how you position the damn rainfly. The bugscreen usually makes getting in a pain in the ass, too. Also, if you're ever going to be dealing with cold weather, I wouldn't be caught dead in a hammock.

redglasscurls:
I have two of those hammocks James! And they are really pretty great, but I usually ditch the lid and just bring one or both along for seating or napping in addition to a tent, mostly because of gear-storage issues. You also have to be pretty particular about sleeping correctly- if you slip towards the middle instead of lying diagonal, you wake up with one hell of a sore back.

sean:

--- Quote from: Zingoleb on 17 Jul 2010, 00:34 ---See yeah, I'm 6'5, those would suck so hard for me.

--- End quote ---

wait what? there are forumites who would tower over me? this is completely unacceptable.

Slick:
manda that is excellent info, thanks.

Carrot I am at first sceptical of tarptent because a) they look a lot like tents that I've seen elsewhere first and b) they are all really lame colours but then again you are giving them a good word here and colour is a lame reason to think a functional piece of hardware like a tent is lame. I will look into them more, they look decent and cheaper than the MSR tents I like.

Khar I do not wear spandex but you can imagine I do if that pleases you.

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