flingebunt wrote:.....erect the fly first, then put up the inner.
Ticklebelly wrote:I am considering taking the hammock tarp to put up first, then erect tent in that shelter. Not sure if that is a possibility on a platform.
flingebunt wrote:have your hiking companions or other people there help you, by holding the tent fly up above the tent inner while you faff around with getting that up
commando wrote:There are bigger potential problems to worry about on the Overland trail than 5 minutes of rain.
EG. rodents eating your food, blisters, hypothermia, sleeping next to snoring strangers, running out of fuel
and missing the boat.
commando wrote:There are bigger potential problems to worry about on the Overland trail than 5 minutes of rain.
EG. rodents eating your food, blisters, hypothermia, sleeping next to snoring strangers, running out of fuel and missing the boat.
Exactly. Pack covers are only useful for preventing the pack fabric from wetting out (and getting heavy, depending on the material)Moondog55 wrote:Here's where I think liners make more sense than pack covers. You can put everything except the tent inside the rucksack tighten it down and then put a wet tent inside with no fear of the water getting into the other gear.
ChrisJHC wrote:Make sure you watch the following video:
(“Hammock vs tent in the rain”)
It’s over the top but still good for a laugh.
Ticklebelly wrote: I once did 51 nights straight in a hammock and it was raining the majority of nights and days.
TB
Son of a Beach wrote:Good thing the rain always falls vertically in Tasmania.
Son of a Beach wrote:Packing up is more of an issue than setting up. Everything is more difficult to manage when its wet. And the tent has to go into the pack last (instead of first),
Son of a Beach wrote:Also placement of the tent in (or before) rain should be carefully considered. On tent platforms, it should be no trouble. But I've woken up in the morning to see that people have pitched their tents on what turned out to be a flood plain during heavy rain. The flood waters are literally flowing in one end of the tent and out the other end (if they have doors at both ends). Of course that means the sleeping bag (and probably clothes and other gear) is not just wet, but completely saturated and the only option may be to abort the walk entirely (if that is even feasible).
commando wrote:Ticklebelly it sounds like you and a hammock were meant for each other, why fight it.
Just a question how do you deflect the mozzies ?
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