Monk tarps look completely useless as protection from the elements. Why even bother?
Monk tarps look completely useless as protection from the elements. Why even bother?
Monk tarps look completely useless as protection from the elements. Why even bother?
Muh ultralight broooooooo
Tie your poncho on it for better coverage.
It's just a small plow point, but set up horizontally.
Looks like total protection if you aren’t a beginner and set it up properly with the low side towards the wind.
>you’re just a beginner
>why no, I’ve never seen the wind change direction
What if you put two of these together and connect them with a lightweight zipper? Maybe a few extra poles to keep it propped up? Then you’d be out of the wind in all directions! Might look something like picrel
Use the terrain, and set it up pointed to the wind or direction of storm.
Wind shifts, but not typically in the complete opposite way it’s coming from when there is a storm front.
Plow points have been used for a long time, it’s not a new concept, and it is beginners who lack experience that set them up without thinking about and planning which way to set it up according to conditions.
It’s not mean for high alpine trips or something where you need to be sealed in.
below tree line yeah sure i see your point, but over the tree line on fricking way i like my sleeping bag dry
>wind change at 2am
>freeze to death
Try it in Norway then and see how well protected you are
I think most people are doing it so they have a sense of space while still having an easily accessed shelter. I always hang my tarp over my hammock, even when there’s no chance of rain.
Which would you rather have for emergencies, a bivy, a tarp tent, or a normal tent?
bivy.
That's a call I'd make depending on terrain and what constitutes an emergency. A mountain trek, probably would want a full shelter system. A long summer dayhike where disaster is an unexpected storm, tarp is probably enough. Also depends on space and weight. I'm not bringing a 4season tent on a fall day hike but might spare a few oz for the bivy and maybe an emergency blanket.
Tent. Bivvies are too condensation-prone, and they're cocoons, so there's no escape from contacting the material.
Great in low-humidity climates with gradual temperature shifts only or during cold weather. But you really don't want to get snowed into a bivy, so it's a tent for cold weather/climates as well.
A UL mid, I guess.
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and a tent doesnt?
you are supposed to gather snow around the edges
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