{"id":49678,"date":"2024-09-14T10:21:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T10:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/14\/twenty-years-of-backpacking-adventures-with-tarptent\/"},"modified":"2024-09-14T10:21:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T10:21:48","slug":"twenty-years-of-backpacking-adventures-with-tarptent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/14\/twenty-years-of-backpacking-adventures-with-tarptent\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty Years of Backpacking Adventures with Tarptent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gear cabinet spring cleansing. A mix<\/em> of culling, gifting, tidying, reminiscing, donating, restoring, \u201cyeah-no, yeah-no\u2026\u2026I\u2019ll decide on that one later,\u201d and extra reminiscing. <\/em><\/p>\n

During a current shakeup, among the many<\/em> dusty MSR Whisperlite Stoves, indestructible Thermarest CCF mats, bombproof Macpac Pursuit backpacks, and satirically named Northface Superlight Sleeping Bag (it tipped the scales at a goose feather below 2 kg\/4.4 lbs), I got here throughout my first ever Tarptent shelter, the Squall. <\/em><\/p>\n

One of my all-time favourite items of drugs, I picked up the Squall in late 2003. Weighing in at simply over two kilos (1 kg), this traditional two-person tent accompanied me on many far-flung journeys for the rest of the 2000s. It encapsulated the 5 qualities I\u2019ve all the time appeared for in my backpacking gear:<\/a> simplicity, performance, sturdiness, light-weight, and worth for cash.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since these days, I\u2019ve carried different Tarptent fashions on a variety of adventures, and alongside some equally worthy tarps and Mids from Mountain Laurel Designs<\/a>, they\u2019ve been a mainstay of my backpacking package on every thing from mellow overnighters to difficult multi-month thru-hikes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are a few of my favourite Tarptent photographs from the previous twenty years.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tarptent Squall \u2013 Cotopaxi Circuit<\/a>, Ecuador, 2004.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Squall \u2013 Camped on a misty Chiu Pass (5,224 m\/17,139 ft), Ganden to Samye Monastery Trek<\/a>, Tibet, 2006 (Featured in Wanderlust Himalaya<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Squall \u2013 Erg Chebbi<\/a>, Sahara Desert, Morocco, 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Squall \u2013 Overlooking Barphu Glacier \u2013 Rush Phari Trek<\/a>, Karakoram Range, Pakistan, 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Squall \u2013 Jotunheimen Traverse,<\/a> Norway 2009 (Featured in Wanderlust Nordics<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Squall \u2013 Altai Tavan Bogd<\/a>, Western Mongolia, 2009<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Squall \u2013 GR20<\/a>, Corsica, 2009 (Featured in Wanderlust Mediterranean<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Contrail (Discontinued) \u2013 Cape to Cape Track<\/a>, Western Australia, 2010.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Prototype Testing \u2013 ProfessionalTrail & Aeon Li<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

After utilizing Tarptent shelters for a decade, I had the pleasure of assembly Henry Shires \u2013 founder and co-owner of Tarptent \u2013 in individual at PCT Kickoff (Lake Morena, CA) in 2014. In subsequent years, I examined a few Tarptent\u2019s one-person shelters \u2013 particularly the ProfessionalTrail<\/a> (2014) and Aeon Li<\/a> (2018\/19). After many hikes in a various vary of environments, each tents are nonetheless going robust.<\/p>\n

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Tarptent ProfessionalTrail meets \u201cDark Side of the Moon\u201d | Cordillera Blanca Traverse<\/a>, Peru, 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent ProfessionalTrail \u2013 Cordillera Blanca Traverse<\/a>, Peru, 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent ProfessionalTrail | Cocuy Circuit<\/a>, Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Colombia, 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent ProfessionalTrail \u2013 Arthurs Range Traverse<\/a>, Tasmania, 2015 (w. MLD SoloMid<\/a> within the backside proper)(Featured in Wanderlust: Hiking on Legendary Trails).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Aeon Li<\/a> \u2013 Australian Alpine Track, NSW & VIC, Australia, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Aeon Li<\/a> \u2013 Alta Via 2<\/a>, Dolomites, Italy, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tarptent Stratospire 2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In preparation for an prolonged journey to Iceland and the Balkans area final yr, I picked up a Tarptent Stratospire 2 (\u201cSilpoly\u201d mannequin). Given the contrasting environments that we\u2019d be experiencing, I used to be searching for an \u201call-rounder\u201d sort tent that was stormworthy, comfy, comparatively light-weight, packable, and worth for cash. The Stratospire 2 match the invoice and proved to be rock stable within the face of prolonged stretches of excessive winds and driving rain in the course of the Iceland portion of the journey.<\/p>\n

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Tarptent Stratospire 2<\/a> \u2013 Hornstrandir Loop, Iceland, 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Stratospire 2<\/a> \u2013 Iceland Traverse, 2023 (Featured in Wanderlust Nordics<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tarptent Stratospire 2<\/a> \u2013 Albania, Peaks of the Balkans Trail, 2023 (Featured within the soon-to-be-released Wanderlust Mediterranean<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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