New Tarptent (not the Rainbow)

Is this the rumored Spinnaker version of the Squall?
I’m too lazy to figure out the rest of the puzzle for a mere title. But throw in a 25 oz. Squall Classic and I could be persuaded.

Looks great, but that is one expensive diaper cover :)

It does pay to start travelling and camping with your kids when they are babies. There’s nothing like opening the tent and watching a deer walk by and seeing the awe in their eyes.

Or a wallaby…. do you have deer in Oz?

RainBurst

26 oz

Epic

Oh dear, oh dear.
Yes we do have them. Imported of course,like foxes,buffalos,cane toads,camels (dromedaries if humps are important to you) and Bush style politics

Ill go with ‘7×9 tarp’ spinnaker 17 oz with floor. I like the simplicity of the design, very similar to the original tarp tent, which in my opinion hasn’t been improved on by shires (18 oz original vs 22-35 oz now).

i saw this at trail days in damascus, gossamer gear had it in their booth. it was a squall classic made of spinnaker cloth. to bad i forgot the weight and the name. they also had the heavier duty mariposa as well.

Jeremy writes:

>> Gossamer Gear…Trail Days…

Poached from Gossamer Gear’s website:

“May 19-21, 2006:Trail Days – Damascus, Virginia
Grant will be exhibiting and selling the latest in Ultralight Gear from Gossamer Gear as well as old favorites. See the new Mariposa Plus, which features the original Mariposa constructed with 2.2 oz. ripstop nylon. Also see the new Squall Classic, a 25 oz. fully enclosed 2 person shelter based on the original Squall Tarptent design from Henry Shires.”

As it’s a GG product, I agree with Dondo, Jeremy, and David that it’s probably made out of Spinnaker Cloth.

Cheers,

-Mike

“Oh dear, oh dear.
Yes we do have them. Imported of course,like foxes,buffalos,cane toads,camels (dromedaries if humps are important to you) and Bush style politics”

The imported species are a problem in the States too, and I’m really sorry about the politics– somewhere deep in Texas, a village is missing its idiot :)

Hi Mike, you are the first to come up with all the three answers. Congratulations, you are now a Tarptent expert ( great for your CV).
There is a lengthy podcast with Henry Shires at http://www.practicalbackpacking.com/forums/showthread.php?t=500 with all the details. ( Great job Reality)
Hi Dale, we are not alone.

Franco, i think someone needs to be a registered member in good standing to access the URL you provided. I get some kind of login/registration webpage when i attempt to access the webpage indicated in the URL that you provided.

paul, try this http://www.practicalbackpacking.com/blog/ there us also an interview with brian frankle of ula, squeaky, and sarbar of freezerbag cooking fame.

mike, glad i could point you in the right direction to claim your status of tt expert.

Jeremy writes:

>> mike, glad i could point you in the right direction to claim your status of tt expert.

Jeremy, I’d like to share the newly bestowed honor with you, as I stood on your shoulders to grab the ring. :-)

-Mike

Paul:

You are correct — but you ARE a member in good standing! I don’t know what’s wrong with your user ID/password combination — and neither does Reality (he said he looked but couldn’t detect anything wrong from his end).

Please email me if you are on the computer, and I’ll get you a temporary password (which you can then access and change to a permanent one).

No need. I can still get to PBF from one of my computers at work before hours or during lunch – if i’m still there at work come lunch time (i never will log out there, fearing the same result as from my laptop). Thanks again though.

Oh my, to live in such fear… I feel for you, old buddy! :)

Franco Darioli wrote “Yes we do have them. Imported of course,like foxes,buffalos,cane toads,camels (dromedaries if humps are important to you) and Bush style politics”

Franco, humps are important!!! Humps is the plural of hump and if there is more than one of them, i.e. two humps its a Bacterian camel. Dromedaries only have one hump!!!!

Regards

Scott :-)

Scott you are correct, that is why I added that bit. What is commonly referred to here in Aussie as a camel (the family name) is in fact a dromedary (camelus dromedarium). We have according to various estimates ( dromedaries refuse to partecipate in our census) between 50,000 and 500,000 of them. Dromedaries are known to prefer tarps over tents.

Don’t personally know much about bactrian camels, but have had very minor contact with dromedaries. Many years ago, the day after my son rode one at the Bronx Zoo, one of the dromedaries killed the teenage boy who was leading him for the rides with the little kiddies. Guess they can get nasty at times and are large enough and powerful enough to do some real damage. Opposable thumbs, brains, and weapons is why man rules over the animals – take away any one of them and it would be a different story.

Franco, I had no idea that Australia had so many camels! In fact, I hadn’t even realised there were camels in the wild in Australia until your post, let alone camels that prefer tarps!!!!

OK, you’ve been warned ….

In fact, I hadn’t even realised there were camels in the wild in Australia until your post, let alone camels that prefer tarps!!!!

you should have known, after all …. we all know what happens when camels get their nose (down) under a tarp!

Yep, it’s the Squall Classic. 25 oz including stakes (4), line, stuff sac, rear hoop pole. The weight does NOT include the front pole as most folks will be using a trekking pole, although we will be offering one as an option. Spinnaker top, sil bathtub floor, and it will be available as soon as the rear poles get here, and they’ve been shipped. We had 3-4 inches of rain friday night at Trail Days and its occupant stayed quite dry.

Is the bathtub floor removable?

> is the bathtub floor removable?

No, the floor is sewn to the netting on 3 sides with a zipper to connect the floor to the door.

-H