And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
If you like using tents when you camp, here are two options
One cavaet I learned about tarps - they are noisy in the wind if they are allowed to flap. After trying several makes of synthetic tarps, We switched to old school canvas. They are more expensive, at least three times as heavy and are more bulky to pack as the synthetics. But far more quiet in the wind.
Dome tents suck. It is too difficult trying to thread the poles through the tent's sleeves, especially if it is cold and you have to remove your gloves. Get a self-standing tent like a Eureka Timberline. I can pitch (set up) and strike (take down) my Timberline probably 3 times before a dome tent ever got set up. Although, Eureka tent quality was a lot better when they were actually made in the USA instead of in China.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Eureka tents in any way, although I own a 2-person Timberline (bought in 1977) and a 4-person Timberline (bought in 1996), and they both still keep out water and their zippers still work! (And they have been used a LOT!)
My unit was training in the back 40 of Ft Campbell in the winter of ‘96. My RTO and I set up our shelter half tent on a night when it was supposed to get down to 16 degrees. RTO dug a hole in the ground in between us. He cut the top off a Coke can and stuck it in the hole, then put a fat candle in it. That little candle must’ve raised the air temperature in the tent by 10 or 15 degrees. Salute to you, SPC Sanchez, wherever you are.
Remember the tube tent?
ReplyDeleteYep. Suffered through several rainstorms in one. Not ideal.
DeleteI spent 12 months and 29 days "camping" on the back of my USMC tank in Vietnam, so I don't camp anymore.
ReplyDeleteAmazing the creativity created within minutes of setup in "ponchoville".
Delete----them chinamen are sure clever, ain't they?
ReplyDeleteOne cavaet I learned about tarps - they are noisy in the wind if they are allowed to flap. After trying several makes of synthetic tarps, We switched to old school canvas. They are more expensive, at least three times as heavy and are more bulky to pack as the synthetics. But far more quiet in the wind.
ReplyDeleteCalled a Hutchie.
ReplyDeleteWe carried half of a two man tent in our QRP kits, but usually slept on army carts in 12 man tents.
ReplyDeleteDome tents suck. It is too difficult trying to thread the poles through the tent's sleeves, especially if it is cold and you have to remove your gloves. Get a self-standing tent like a Eureka Timberline. I can pitch (set up) and strike (take down) my Timberline probably 3 times before a dome tent ever got set up. Although, Eureka tent quality was a lot better when they were actually made in the USA instead of in China.
ReplyDeleteDisclaimer: I am not affiliated with Eureka tents in any way, although I own a 2-person Timberline (bought in 1977) and a 4-person Timberline (bought in 1996), and they both still keep out water and their zippers still work! (And they have been used a LOT!)
My unit was training in the back 40 of Ft Campbell in the winter of ‘96. My RTO and I set up our shelter half tent on a night when it was supposed to get down to 16 degrees. RTO dug a hole in the ground in between us. He cut the top off a Coke can and stuck it in the hole, then put a fat candle in it. That little candle must’ve raised the air temperature in the tent by 10 or 15 degrees. Salute to you, SPC Sanchez, wherever you are.
ReplyDelete12 man tents are big enough for a potbelly stove.
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