Camping and Backpacking GEAR thread

Depending an if your an innie or an outie. I'm an innie myself.

 

I don't use a footprint. Sometimes I'll just use the rainfly for my tent and sleep on a ground cloth, but never anything under my tent.

 

I always use a footprint. When I was guiding it was a necessary thing because if extended the life of my tent (that was my home half of the year). I went through the bottom of my first tent without the footprint in about 4 months of guiding. A lot cheaper to replace a 30 dollar footprint than a whole tent body. Weight of a footprint isn't a deal breaker.. If it is, you're doing some crazy long distance shit and shouldn't be carrying a tent anyway lol

If you're car camping just pick up a cheap Walmart tarp as a fly and cut it to size. Also keeps ground moisture from coming in through the floor of your tent.

 

^^ good points here

Also if you have a Big Agnes you can do the "Fast-Fly" set up with just the fly and footprint with no tent body.

 

I used Tyvek for a ground sheet. Cheap. Light. And easily replaced.

 

Hammocking last night. Inyo NF.

 

Early August and the Aspens are turning. Isn't that kind of soon.

 

Beautiful... Jelly!!!

 

That looks absolutely perfect!

What state is that?

 

That's just a ray of evening sun hitting some pines.

 

California, eastern Sierra.

 

Testing the tarp setup to protect myself from the Utah sun

 

Going to Moab?

 

Kelty's?

 

Another question are those the REI poles?

 

https://www.rei.com/product/845322/rei-adjustable-tarp-pole-single

I am looking at these for a tarp setup , that or go inexpensive route with electrical conduit and connectors

 

I jost got back from 2 nights at dingleberry lake and midnight lake. That area is beautiful up there.

 

Use the foot print or the tyvek option @Cuffs mentioned. It makes it a little softer crawling in and out of your tent and prevents pinholes. Everything will seem fine until you are in a rainstorm and the water pools beneath your tent and seeps in thru those those tiny holes....plus it extends the life of the tent significantly

 

I am doing a SW Colorado/Utah/Far North Arizona road trip in a few weeks. Hitting up Mesa Verde NP, Arches NP, Canyonlands NP, and Zion NP. I will also be checking out Moab a bit and will be staying there for a few nights in a BLM campground. I'll also drive through Bryce Canyon NP and Capitol Reef NP but probably won't have time to stop at them. I plan to also check out Monument Valley, the Moki Dugway, either Antelope or Waterholes Canyon, and maybe a few other spots. Hell's Backbone road between Boulder and Escalante is something I would like to drive as well. Anyone ever done that?

Yep. Kelty Noah's Tarp 9 and the Kelty Tarp Poles.

They are the Kelty ones. These things are STOUT. They will also extend up to 99" if needed.

Here's a few more photos. It's a little saggy in the middle but when I'm at the site I'll have much more area to make it how I want.