Funny story – I finally had some time to set up the newly arrived Scarp 1 after work today.
My 20 month old son decided to help. He carried the tent out to the backyard for me. You should have seen his eyes as this piece of flat fabric magically transformed into a nice fort. Took me about 3 minutes – need practice.
As soon as I unzipped the outer and inner, he was in like a flash. I climbed in with him, absolutely amazed at the amount of room for both of us. And I didn't even have a nice taut pitch. His eyes were totally lit up. If we go camping, he is not going to sleep at all.
Then I noticed a smell and thought, "wow, this tent needs to air out. It stinks." Turns out my son was so excited, he pooped (wearing diaper). I had a good laugh.
It was time to take the tent down for the evening (this is a huge 1-person shelter – yay!). Well, my son started crying. He cried as I pulled him out of the tent, he cried as I took the tent down, but he laughed a little as he dove onto the tyvek sheet and slid around. Then cried again when I rolled up the tyvek. What an emotional experience.
I'm really impressed with the Scarp and can't wait to use it in the mountains in a few weeks.
Aaron
