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Polygro verus Tyvek Ground Sheet
Hello Everyone, In 2015 hiking the AT, i used a tyvek ground sheet under my Big Agnes fly creek II, It lasted 600 mile on the trail with no holes, A little...
MYOG: tyvek ground cover / bivy combo
I completed my secound tyvek ground cover / bivy this weekend. My basic concept is a tyvek ground cover with an attached tyvek cover to form a basic bivy. I will post...
Tyvek Ground Sheet/Cloth for Tent?
Thinking about getting a BD Firstlight tent, and noted the review's suggestion for using a Tyvek ground sheet/cloth. Any suggestions for sources? (I'm assuming that Home Depot and local hardware stores just...
ground sleeping in a hammock
Has anybody used their hammock for ground sleeping? My main hammock is a Hennessy Ultralight Explorer, and there is some information on it used as a tent, but I'm also interested in...
Space Blanket / Ground Sheet
Does anyone have any experience using an emergency space blanket as their ground sheet while tarp camping? I cut one to go under my BD tent last year for a trip into...
In Search Of: Wide Sleeping Pad
I'm searching for a wide and preferably lightweight or UL pad for when I need to sleep on the ground (mainly a hammock camper). I currently have a Thermarest Neoair and my...
Duomid wisdom please (also, polycyro!)
I had trouble pitching my Duomid on Sunday night on a semi-challenging site. I picked the flattest ground possible (not very flat). I wanted to pitch the mid fairly low due to...
How big to cut a ground sheet for TarpTent Notch?
I bought a Notch when I "really wanted" the ProTrail. But . . . I have really been enjoying the Notch. At first I thought it was too big, and lamented that...
Ground sheet question
Hi, Does anyone still bother with groundsheets in full tub shelters? I mean the 'water proof-ness' of the tub of shelter materials seems to negate it for that purpose and when you...
Safety of sleeping on the ground with no critter protection
That said, statistics are great unless you're "that guy". Once something has already happened, the odds won't change history, but a reasonable grasp of the odds are absolutely vital for a rational...
Ground cover for use with Duomid in winter conditions
As stated in the title, I have a Duomid which has been treating me and my wife quite nicely through the early, mid, and now late fall of the Catskills in New...
Best stand-alone bivy?
What is the best stand-alone bivy? That would be one that you could throw down with a protective ground sheet and pad and camp in any 3-season weather and stay dry and...
Bivy inside a Mid Shelter or Ground Sheet?
I've been a Tarp and Bivy guy for a number of years and I am considering using a MLD solo mid in silnylon for shoulder seasons where there are very rainy conditions....
CCF pads
My Xlite got a hole on a recent desert trip, leaving me lying on the cold, hard ground (OK, sand actually isn't that hard). Lots of sharp things in the desert, and...
Ground Sheet: Beyond the Space Blanket
Seems like I can't get too many nights from a space blanket as a groundsheet before it starts to shred. This one, after four nights, is tearing in multiple places. What's my...
Going to ground?
So I'm told that "going to ground" is possible with a hammock set-up and I've seen a few pictures of various set-ups (tarp set either a-frame or flying diamond with trekking poles...
Creating own tarp w/ isosceles triangle calculator
I don't like bivys. I want.... - A solo+ tarp with enough room to sit up in. - Long enough sides to pin it to the ground when bad weather hits. -...
What about truly ultralight hammocks?
After some research on hammocks, the thing that stood out is that they aren't all that light. A complete hammock system has a few more components than a Spartan ground camping system,...
How do you keep groundsheet in place.
I am going to try out polyethylene ground sheet and have read that polycryo is slippery so I was wondering ideas that you guys use to secure your groundsheets under tent? thanks....
Dumb luck? (I carry poncho tarp & down bag, no bivy)
Hello Everyone, I currently have a GoLite Poncho Tarp (Silnylon, 8 ft 8 in x 4 ft 10 in, 10.44oz on my scales), window insulation film as a ground sheet (1.10oz) and...
