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    Jamie Shortt
    BPL Member

    @jshortt

    Locale: North Carolina

    I've started a website called LytW8.com. Right now it's focused mostly on my personal experiences with lightweight backpacking. In the future I want to expand it to be much more. It's still a work in progress (one week old) so any constructive criticism is welcome.

    LytW8.com

    Thanks for taking a look.

    Jamie

    #1579538
    Rod Lawlor
    BPL Member

    @rod_lawlor

    Locale: Australia

    Jamie,

    It's looking great. I'd love to see some more pics from those trips you have posted, if that's possible.

    I look forward to watching it in the future.

    Rod

    #1579546
    Mark McLauchlin
    BPL Member

    @markmclauchlin

    Locale: Western Australia

    Looks good, I like your "mini tent"

    Cheers

    #1579551
    David Lutz
    Member

    @davidlutz

    Locale: Bay Area

    NIce job!

    #1579559
    Jack H.
    Member

    @found

    Locale: Sacramento, CA

    Sweet dude, I like seeing people's personal backpacking websites. I'm visitor #71!

    #1579577
    Jamie Shortt
    BPL Member

    @jshortt

    Locale: North Carolina

    Many thanks guys! I'll try to add more pics and trip details (i.e. route, where to park, regulations, etc.)

    Thanks, Jamie

    #1579585
    CW
    BPL Member

    @simplespirit

    Locale: .

    You should setup an @lytw8.com email address.

    Also, some of your weights are a good bit off in your spreadsheet. Ex. the precip jacket and pants. You have the jacket @ 8.8 and pants at 5 but the real weights are closer to 13 for the jacket and 9 for the pants. Another is the Marmot Hydrogren. You have it at 19 ounces but the real weight is more like 25 ounces.

    #1579589
    Philip Delvoie
    BPL Member

    @philipd

    Locale: Ontario, Canada

    Looks great Jamie.

    #1579660
    Steven Evans
    BPL Member

    @steve_evans

    Locale: Canada

    visitor #122…very nice nice mini tent you have there.

    #1579664
    Jamie Shortt
    BPL Member

    @jshortt

    Locale: North Carolina

    Chris, Thanks for catching the weights. I copied over one of the tabs this morning to add the LW tab. The weights were left over from the other gear. I will get this fixed.

    edit: it should be fixed now…with corrected weights the LW list is now right at 12 lbs.

    Thanks, Jamie

    #1579716
    Luke Schmidt
    BPL Member

    @cameron

    Locale: Alaska

    I like it just fine as is but I'd second the motion for the rest of the pictures. Also I'd be curious to know exactly how you made that tent? I for one might try and make one of those at some point.
    Luke

    #1580137
    Franco Darioli
    Spectator

    @franco

    Locale: Gauche, CU.

    Nice kit !
    Cute mod of the Virga.
    Looks to me that the guyline from the bottom tip of the beaks could be tied a bit lower on the pole for a more even tension.
    Please disregard this suggestion if you find it offensive.

    Franco

    #1580199
    Jamie Shortt
    BPL Member

    @jshortt

    Locale: North Carolina

    Franco, Thanks for checking out the website. I have changed the front guyline so it runs to the ridgeline. This seems to improve the pitch significantly.

    The inspiration for the tent came from the book …

    "How to Make your own Lightweight Camping & Hiking Gear" by Vick Hines copyright 1981

    The book shows a tent with beaked front narrowing to a small end with beaks that sets up with a single pole from 1981.

    I reworked all the dimensions and changed the way the floor worked and added vents along the side of the floor. I would also like to give credit to Ron Bell's Serenity Shelter. Though the concept is really different, the Serenity size gave me insight as to what were the minimal dimensions a person could work within. I didn't replicate the Serenity size though. My dimensions are more appropriate for a tent versus an interior net tent.

    I am working on a new design that should improve on the current design. Keep checking.

    Jamie

    #1586156
    Franco Darioli
    Spectator

    @franco

    Locale: Gauche, CU.

    Yes, that provably did not sound the way I meant it…
    The Virga was certainly not the first modified A frame shelter on the market.
    As you hint at, with the comment about the Serenity shelter, most tents now start with a certain design in mind and then trying to improve or adapt that for one's own use. Same with most things really.

    Franco

    #1610228
    Acronym Esq
    BPL Member

    @acronym-esq

    Locale: TX

    I really like the presentation. The colors and the layout are slick.

    If it's not too late to offer constructive criticism… In your left menu, add a new section called "Technique." Things that go in Technique are:
    – "LytW8 Process"
    – "How to pack LytW8 gear…"
    – Tarp Pitch methods (lifted from Lightweight Testimony and expanded on)

    Impressive site.

    acronym 5/16/2010 3:54 AM

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