Home Made Gear?

Thanks Papa Dragon

My other project is going slowly (I have to keep asking my mother-in-law for help with the sewing), but looking like it might work, yay!

Viking wrote: Anyone made a bivvy bag before?

Hi Viking
www.vertical-endeavour.com/forum/44-gear/295-bivvy-bags.html?start=20#65650

Didn't I use it at Mzimkhulwana hut?

At long last, here is my tarp tent

@ruthtbl
Very cool, what sort of weight/packing size does it come to?

Nice work Ruth, well done!

The material on its own is 110 gsm, but I haven't weighed the final product with all the sewing/tie-outs/seam sealing and guy-lines added on. Then the weight of the hiking pole and pegs also need to be factored in. I'm hoping to do a bunch of testing, including weighing and measuring, before I use it for real. I'm considering taking this with to the Fish River Canyon, although I know that pitching on sand might make things difficult...

My thinking is that the groundsheet and hiking pole would already be in my pack. wondering if this could be a backup emergency bivvy alternative.

I don't usually hike with a pole, so for me it would be extra weight, but I think even taking that into account it will still end up being lighter than taking an actual tent. I was aiming for 1kg max for everything, and hopefully I managed to get close to that

I think that this could definitely work instead of a bivy bag. That is basically what I am wanting to use it for. I haven't had any problems with condensation with the tarp tent, and that is the major thing that puts me off bivys. I still need to test the rain protection though

Light synthetic puffy to replace my fleece
Fleece 384g, this puffy 288.
Definitely warmer and more windproof, breathability should be fine but i'll test it soon.

Has hand warmer pockets, no zip on thee pockets..








Inner and outer shell 38gsm ripstop nylon, insulation 88gsm Loomtex.