Originally Posted by
Phantom Grappler
My latest is Dutch’s Bonded Xenon Winter Tarp
Lots of choices, size and color. Twelve foot ridgeline by eleven foot six inches wide with doors on both ends and two internal pole mods should keep me much more dry than my old tarps. I could have got eleven foot ridgeline, but want a larger footprint to keep rain at bay. When I got my old tarps, I choose no doors, now I’m trying doors to stay more dry.
In extreme windy thunderstorms a good strategy is to repack hammock and quilts, and dry sleep clothes into dry bag. A dry bag can be inside or outside, enveloping pack, closed tight to wait out rain storm in rain coat while sitting on camp chair under tarp.
I did not think of this, but remembered Shug has employed this method to wait out severe thunderstorms. After storm passes, set dry hammock and quilts under tarp. And sleep, dreaming of dry sandy beaches
Thanks Shug and thanks Dutch!