Tarptent Thread

Hi Franco

OK.
Sigh – that was a 'few' years ago!

Cheers

First time setting up the notch was in the field. Not a perfect pitch, but its certainly not hard like some people make it out to be.

This was the first of only two times using it, the second I forgot trekking poles and had to use sticks.

My Rainbow (2009 vintage) in the Pasayten Wilderness of WA:

Next morning:

Beartooths, looking back at Becker Lake

Now THIS is what I'm talkin' about with a Tarptent Thread!

StratoSpire 2:

Scarp 2 in Cranberry Wilderness WV

Moment DW at Dolly Sods WV

Another shot from Dolly Sods

Dinner time on a platform in the Whites

No inner:

Mesh inner:

Semi-solid inner:

I like the relatively small footprint.
Doesn't matter when you have lots of room…

..but sometimes you don't!

Squall at Hobbes Lake in the Wind River Range

Moment in Wind River Range

Moment at Frontenac State Park

Eric,
I do a lot of my backpacking in Minnesota and am thinking about moving up to a Moment DW because of the condensation. Have you noticed a difference in the amount of condensation between the two?

A couple of Moments (DW & SW) and a small gaggle of trail beers in a backcountry cooler on the Kungsleden in Sweden.

NASA didn't want you to see the real photo from the 2004 Mars Rover landing site but we filed a Freedom of Information Act Request and, after 10 years of furious legal struggles, it was finally approved.

:-)

My main TT experience:

My five-year-old daughter likes to watch the seam sealing instruction video on the TarpTent website at bedtime. Helps her fall asleep. Go figure.

Troy,
your two Moments remind me of Mt Elbrus (look up the name)
I was reading about that just yesterday.

Katherine,
I always thought that I have the most soporific TT videos.
It is with great sadness in my heart that I hear your daughter prefers Henry's version.
If I tried any harder I would be falling asleep whilst filming, so I am not to sure what to do to win her favours.

(no link , I don't want to stunt her growth)

Franco–

Don't despair…yet. Link to yours? I recall seeing one of them once, but she has not!

Dreaming of the desert. So alien a landscape compared to here. Love the ocotillo.

Please excuse the loose pitch I couldn't get the stakes into the hard gravel road base and had to use rocks to hold the stakes down. Despite this, this tent is remarkably easy to pitch. I did miss the ease of pitching a traditional tent inner only as the stars were fantastic on this trip. I think I will still likely get a Copper Spur UL2 for those trips where the weather is likely to be nice and of course when a second person were coming along.

Here's my Hogback on Catalina Island:

@Dihnekis, Define the image size. Do so by adding " …width="550" height=""> " to the end of the syntax.

By the way, great camp shots!

Ben,

I hope to take a photo of my T.T. Scarp 2 on Catalina I. this summer. Nice shot!