Bivy camp...

76Aggie · August 15, 2019, 05:28:43 PM

Gary, good talking to you. I will cut off the roll tonight and get it into the mail to you tomorrow.

76Aggie · August 15, 2019, 05:31:59 PM

Sam, I don't use a tarp but do use a Seek Outside floorless tent. We are always mindful of where we set up as not to have water running inside the tent but also take a small shovel or entrenching tool and will dig a shallow trench around the outside perimeter of the tent to channel water away and not get inside.

SAM E. STEPHENS · August 15, 2019, 07:45:08 PM

I also have a go-lite floorless tipi used it for many years , never had any issues with water getting under the tipi or tarps. I always look for a good spot to set-up and have never had any issues...

,,Sam,,

old_goat2 · August 15, 2019, 11:14:34 PM

Quote from: Sam McMichael on August 15, 2019, 05:17:58 PM
How do you keep rain from running under the tarp and soaking your stuff?

It just doesn't unless it blows way in and I haven't had that happen yet and been through some pretty good storms. But if it's windy you don't pitch any side real high! I use a floorless shelter most of the time and it never gets wet more than an inch or so into the shelter, ground just soaks it up!

GCook · August 16, 2019, 06:05:40 AM

One of the skills taught in scouting. How to pick the right tent site.

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GCook · August 16, 2019, 06:07:03 AM

Quote from: 76Aggie on August 15, 2019, 05:28:43 PM
Gary, good talking to you. I will cut off the roll tonight and get it into the mail to you tomorrow.

And you as well. Hope to meet one day for lunch.

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bbell · August 19, 2019, 01:30:36 AM

I second Borah gear as well. 6oz bivy sack and a 10x10 tarp. Works really well for me.

Wudstix · October 03, 2019, 07:52:47 PM

I'm a hammock guy, makes for more comfortable sleep and just as mobile.

Ronnie Newell · October 03, 2019, 10:22:26 PM

Quote from: GCook on August 16, 2019, 06:05:40 AM
One of the skills taught in scouting. How to pick the right tent site.

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You going this year?

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GCook · October 04, 2019, 06:24:03 AM

No sir. Having the knee worked on this fall.

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Ronnie Newell · October 04, 2019, 08:53:14 AM

Quote from: GCook on October 04, 2019, 06:24:03 AM
No sir. Having the knee worked on this fall.

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Ur jus abt Bionic already aren't u?

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Overspined · October 04, 2019, 08:58:15 AM

Hammock guy here too. This past season a storm blew in from over the mountain suddenly, and close to dark. The elk I had just called in got nervous and probably a sniff of my scent as the wind started going all over. I was basically in a cliff of aspens, and the entire mountainside where I was is all steep, every "flat" spot was wet. I quickly hung my tarp and sheltered until the wind calmed, hung the hammock and crashed. If I stepped out of my hammock on the upside my feet hit the ground, the downside I would fall a few feet...

Wudstix · October 04, 2019, 11:27:38 AM

OS just hung in a spot on the AT that was allot like that. Uphill side was feet on the ground downhill was @4 foot drop. Hammocks are great.

MnFn · October 04, 2019, 12:23:57 PM

Don't know anything about them, but it sure looks cold to me.

Wudstix · October 08, 2019, 01:46:17 PM

Bivy is fun when you're not in places that there are critters that like to cuddle up with you, that's why I prefer a hammock. Just put a sleep pad under you and its all good.

Wudstix · October 21, 2019, 05:55:59 PM

Sam; sent a PM and a follow-up