Camping/nature

Tinalles · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 4:57 pm Post subject:

I've never trusted the built-in ground sheets since one of them leaked on me. Though to be honest, I tend not to use tents much either -- just a sleeping bag and a tarp. If it comes on to rain I wrap the sleeping bag in the tarp, like a burrito. One of these days I'll have to break down and get a proper bivy bag.

And I too carry a pocketknife. Swiss Army, super tinker model. It's got a good sensible mix of tools, no weird attachments like magnifying glasses or anything. And I put it in checked luggage after that time I forgot to do so in Minneapolis and had to mail it to myself (expensive!) before they'd let me through security.
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Asa · Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 6:10 pm Post subject:

Mine's only a simple three-bladed one I got out of my grandfather's collection.

My family calls those bivy bags 'pup tents'. And we have one; it's what my brother used to use, after my dad stopped using it.

We're a big believer in passing things down, I guess.
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Tinalles · Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:45 am Post subject:

In my lexicon, a pup tent is a very small tent which only just fits one sleeping bag; the tent and the bag are two separate objects.

Whereas a bivy bag is a sleeping bag with a tent permanently attached to it -- they're actually a single item serving both purposes.
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Asa · Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:22 pm Post subject:

Oh. Okay. I was going by a simple glance at the pictures, so I guess we're talking about the same thing. Sorry!
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