Bushwalk Australia

Hi,
I will be heading down to Tassie in a couple of weeks with a couple of friends for about a week. We are keeping our options open for walking depending on weather etc. Possibilities include; Frenchmans Cap, Walls, Arm River to Pelion etc, Mt Field, Mt Anne, Scott Kilvert to Barn Bluff. In terms of tentage I have a 2 man and a 1 man tent or a Golite Shangri-La 5. Any comments on which you recommend I take. The SL5 has a larger footprint and is lighter overall. I will not get the benefit of the single man as I am the person who knows both well. However it may be easier to find 2 smaller spots and they are both "freestanding". Any thoughts....
Cheers
Liz

tents with flat walls tend to flap in strong wind, they stand up to strong wind a lot worse than dome or tunnel tents

if you're expecting bad weather, extra space is a help especially when you've got wet gear to deal with and you're more likely to be confined in your tent for longer periods...

you'll find large enough protected sites in most* of those places for the SL5, especially if you are working to the weather reports, thats what i'd choose, can someone else carry it : )
The platforms (Walls, Pelion) are more restrictive lengthwise, SL5 peg points aren't much wider than a dome tent. The golite hex shelters get a bit flappy Wayno but they can take a beating!

If I was going with a couple of good friends I think I'd prefer to be in the larger tent, especially if there is bad weather, as Wayno points out. Who wants to sit in a single person tent by themselves?
Earplugs if one of them snores.....

If you're sharing gear, then one carry the stove and cooking gear, one more food (wine), one the tent, or split the fly, groundsheet, pegs etc between you.

if you're going to get claustrophobia, a single person tent is a great place to start....

Nuts wrote:you'll find large enough protected sites in most* of those places for the SL5, especially if you are working to the weather reports, thats what i'd choose, can someone else carry it : )
The platforms (Walls, Pelion) are more restrictive lengthwise, SL5 peg points aren't much wider than a dome tent. The golite hex shelters get a bit flappy Wayno but they can take a beating!

Ah thanks Nuts- thats the main thing I was uncertain of- if there would be sites large enough for the SL5. Has good space for a card game or 2. Will probably go with that.
Cheers
Liz

wayno wrote:if you're going to get claustrophobia, a single person tent is a great place to start....

I like my single person tent- actually I slept in it last night just because I can! It is pouring down rain up here so I thought it was a good chance to get a few tents out and see if there are any spots that need some additional seam sealing etc.

wayno wrote:if you're going to get claustrophobia, a single person tent is a great place to start....

I reckon a bivy would be an even better place to start!!

Onestepmore wrote:Who wants to sit in a single person tent by themselves?

The antisocial solo walker raises her hand . . .