Hilleberg Tent Thread Part 2
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The whole point of this thread I started was to share Hilleberg pics, not to discuss if a Hilleberg tent belongs under some forest trees or if it's funny looking to be used in the 3 other seasons. So Jake S—you conveniently leave out mentioning Rick M and Stuart D's posts.
Such comments bring up several subjects, namely the Right Tool for the Job policy and a response to Stuart D's comment that such a tent (Hilleberg) is ". . . wasted on people who . . . camp below treeline." This is the comment you should be most interested in as it changed the focus of the thread, and not my response about tools and site selection.
If I wanted to create this thread as a troll I would've gone right into it at the beginning and not posted so many pics, but heck I like Hilleberg pics. The thread changed and I responded. What you call a "troll" is just the organic nature of internet forums—they develop naturally as the discussion evolves. And some of the non-picture posts deserves comments. Otherwise, back to regular programming—
Staika pole ice.
Staika in the snow.Might as well add some more shots of the beloved King Kerlon—
Keron caught in a nasty windstorm.
Sometimes I have to place rocks on top of my tent pegs.Fine with me, I've got a lot of Hilleberg pics to post all by my lonesome. The reason I started this thread was because the other was many pages long and needed a Part Two. Here's some more—
The green Staika atop Whiggs Meadow in TN.
Some spindrift.Thanks Lapsley for the encouragement.
Now let's get zesty—
Windstorm with a Staika and a vastly inferior tent . . . just kidding. It stood up to the storm. Mt Hardwear Light Wedge.
Little Mitten pokes out by the Staika.As I sort thru my Hilleberg tent fotogs I should add a couple which point out a few flaws—as no tent is perfect.
Other than the stubby shortness of many Hillebergs, I'd say the biggest weakness is their use of elastic connectors holding the inner tent to the outer fly. After a couple years of hard use these connectors permanently stretch and deform as above, causing the inner tent to sag more which isn't good on your square footage and/or bag footbox canopy wetting.
Another problem is the tendency for the Hilleberg DAC tentpole end caps to slowly pull out, requiring gently hammering back in before every trip.Dave U—I know you have more Hilleberg pics than that. Let's see them. Oh, and no opinion about Hilleberg elastic or the DAC poles? Odd. Here's a few more from my kerlon trove—
A high mountain pond at around 5,000 feet and frozen solid.
Looking off Hangover Mt into North Carolina.I forget what Hilleberg labels their tents now—Black, Red, etc. When Hoppin John got his Allak it was designated a "1200" kerlon tent and not as beefy as the 1800 models. If you study the guyline webbing tabs of the 1200 vs the 1800 you'll see a big difference as the 1800 are much more beefy than the 1200.
Anyway, he got caught in a terrible late night hurricane windstorm atop a 5,300 foot North Carolina bald and had an epic experience as his Allak guylines ripped from their webbing tabs. Not good.
There's no good written report of this adventure but he told me the details. I went up a few weeks later after the storm and found all sorts of storm damage—like a blown Western Mountaineering sleeping bag stuff sack in a bush, etc.
Here's Hoppin John during better times—
Ryan—good observation. Few people know about the Whigg and fewer still know about the pond. Here's another shot at another campsite, this time much warmer and the croaking frogs kept me up all night.
Here is another shot of the pond with a different Hilleberg Staika—
A snowstorm hits the Whigg.
A neat shot.
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