So its playing at boy scouts then? You are not saving any (significant) weight over taking a tent, you are potentially making yourself much less comfortable. Is it about masochism? Are you riding a SS rigid?
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Bivvy kit need to lighten up... thoughts please
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So its playing at boy scouts then? You are not saving any (significant) weight over taking a tent, you are potentially making yourself much less comfortable. Is it about masochism? Are you riding a SS
Nope, gonna play army.
"How's that for a slice of fried gold?"Gonna be a fully geared full sus. More about doing something a bit different than masochistic surely there's no problem with that is there? Yes I could take a tent, but I could also drive, then I could stay in hotels.
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I have had enough uncomfortable wet nights in inadequate shelter to want to do so again I guess and I simply don't understand the mentality. If there was a significant weight saving then yes I see the point. Snugpak sleeping bag, lightweight bivvy bag, no cooking kit etc - get the weight down to 3 or 4 lbs.
ah well - maybe Im too old or maybe its the memories of many miserable cold nights without a decent tent
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many miserable cold nights without a decent tent
"We are the sum of our experiences."
If you had spent those nights in a plush 5 star hotel you might now be a Daily Mail reading anti cycling Tory
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True, but the Phreerunner is a 2-man tent and you don't have to worry about touching the sides, so far more usable
In which case there's
http://www.terra-nova.co.uk/Product_Type/Tents/Superlite_Tents/Laser_Green.htmlThough you can get 2 in my original tent link (if people are contemplating bivvying, then I'm sure squeezing into that shouldn't be a problem) and touching the sides in those isn't any more of a problem than it is in yours.
Mine is a single skin, so you do have to worry about touching the sides - not a problem with my Macpac down bag which has a water resistant outer, so the down stayed dry even when the tent collapsed on us in gale force winds. Plenty of room for 2 though.
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Tiger6791 - Member
I'll take my camera and report back on Sunday
Have fun, where are you going?
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but the camera must be another 2-300g???
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It's not actually weight that's my issue, it's bulk. I weight 16 stone so pulling a few extra kilos' up a hill aint gonna make much difference.
Misleading title [granted]
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Looking forward to the pics! Just a tad jealous, fancy a bivi trip myself, have get one organised soon.
TJ - Just because you wouldn't want to bivi, doesn't mean no-one else would.
There's something magical about making a basic shelter from a sheet and being open to the elements. (Although my wife disagrees after a night bivi-ing on the side of Tryfan).
Saying that I recently won a lightweight tent, well lighter than my current lightweight tent, and quite fancy giving it a testing.
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Picture no.1 packed and ready for the off tomorrow
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supersessions - you miss my point. I have bivvyed many many nights - in all sort of locations. Unless the weather is great it is a thoroughly miserable experience and has no advantages unless you are saving significant weight. In the UK in winter it is foolhardy at best.
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You can get an air bed with down in. Lovely warm and comfortable.
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Some photos of the weekend here. http://tinyurl.com/yeuktmy
I'll do a full write up at some point but we had a great time. Kit wasn't too bad for 3 days in winter but I'd lighten up a bit, take less food. First 2 days hated carrying my waterproofs around but then on the Sunday the heavens opened.
Bivvy bag and my homemade DPC tarp worked well if not a bit bulky.
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