A T THRU hikers are just bad ass! Anybody that takes a half a year camping trip and decides to walk 2100 miles to the top of Katadin deserves to be call bad ass!My wife and I through-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2013. We lived in a tarp tent together for 5 months. I’ve been considering how to implement my ultralight backpacking gear into my hunting system. Our tarp tent is sort of a combination of a tarp with a bathtub floor and mosquito netting. You have to use trekking poles to set it up, but it weighs in just over 2 pounds. Ours is made by Six Moons Designs. This may be a good option to take a look at. It was a life saver with all the mosquitos we encountered. Would not be good in heavy snow though. I’m 6’5 and fit comfortably inside. Also the double entry and double vestibules were great for storing gear. Zpacks is making some great stuff as well as TarpTent. May be worth checking out.
I got a stupid question...
If you have a tent that requires raking poles to pitch. What do ya'll do if you need your trekking poles during the day? Yank them out then put them back when you get back to camp?
Word. You usually just run one pole with your LBO if its the base/base?Normally I’ll have two poles with me but I have yanked it out for the day and let the shelter lay flat or I’ll cut a pole if I can find the right size limb that will work. On a backpack hunt I’ll for sure have two poles because packing out meat you def want them lol. Not a big deal either way
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Word. You usually just run one pole with your LBO if its the base/base?
Cutting a pole was what I was thinking. I'm digging the LBO so far