I'll go with the poncho most of the year. Winter, I used a BD megamid (floorless shelter). You cant cheat with winter in new england...it gets COLD!!!!
which shelter??
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Hmmmmm, landrover is not on the list...Just boarded out the roof rack to take a tent and am boarding out the inside to create a sleeping, cooking area....
I love sleeping out under a tarp, good protection but you still get the feeling of being close to nature - Ummm! that kind of makes me sound like a tree hugger
Not wanting to hijack the thread but can anybody tell me if the DD camping hammock (the enclosable one is water proof.
suggest camping to your wife in cold wet weather and i think my choice will probally be the couch Pat
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gunnix said:
Norwegian Tipi's made from polyester/silnylon are amazingly light and small to pack! I have a Tinde 8 and without the pole it is as bulky as my sleeping bag!
Nathan Sturgess said:
To be honest, I pitched my Golite Hex 3 quicker than a tarp was setup, and a tarp/hammock was setup as well last weekend. The Hex will give me four season shelter, without the nest insert its no heavier than a tarp/hammock, I can use it without a pole (strung on a line, or hung off a branch) and the nest insert makes me midge proof.
I will get a big Tipi sometime this year, I'm really looking forward to that. I'm not anti tarp or hammock, but I'm 52 and want ease of use to be honest and the Hex gives me that (as I hope a bigger Tipi will too).
Tarp (Hootchie actualy), when Im off walking around and a large swag when Im in a base camp....
Karl
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I voted tent as I use it most, but would have gone tarp for choice.
Much of my camping is done of scout sites, (22 nights last year) and as much as I hate to say it tarps are not secure, and I would not be able to leave my kit. Not only would it walk but every passing cub seems to think my hammock is a playground and several times the little
have run up to it and tried to climb in!
I probably use the tarp/hammock three or four times a year, but thats only when I am alone or just my unit somewhere safe.
As for SWMBO, if she comes that it has to be the 6 man dome tent for just the two of us (did I tell you she takes a collapsible clothes rack and a suitcase ?- I kid you not!)
Much of my camping is done of scout sites, (22 nights last year) and as much as I hate to say it tarps are not secure, and I would not be able to leave my kit. Not only would it walk but every passing cub seems to think my hammock is a playground and several times the little
have run up to it and tried to climb in!I probably use the tarp/hammock three or four times a year, but thats only when I am alone or just my unit somewhere safe.
As for SWMBO, if she comes that it has to be the 6 man dome tent for just the two of us (did I tell you she takes a collapsible clothes rack and a suitcase ?- I kid you not!)
I just got a Golite Poncho, it is about the same size as my DPM basha and extremely light. I am looking forward to use it on an outing and see how it fares.
Zodiak,
That thing about taking the wife camping sounds very familiar! We use a Coleman Quadspace - 30kgs, 75 pegs and three bedrooms!
Wayland, great photo as usual. :You_Rock_
I prefer a tarp and hammock, it makes you part of the woods not shut away from them like in a tent.
Stewey.
That thing about taking the wife camping sounds very familiar! We use a Coleman Quadspace - 30kgs, 75 pegs and three bedrooms!
Wayland, great photo as usual. :You_Rock_
I prefer a tarp and hammock, it makes you part of the woods not shut away from them like in a tent.
Stewey.
I like the tarp set up, but I voted for all natural.
Call me a purist, but I prefer a night in a debris hut or Northern Wickiup over any other shelter. Just feels right.
Call me a purist, but I prefer a night in a debris hut or Northern Wickiup over any other shelter. Just feels right.
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