by bailz66 » Mon 10 Sep, 2012 10:01 am
Ok, so I set the tent up as an emergency shelter in 50 winds with strong gusts/snow and no visibilty on the high plains of Falls Creek (Well above the tree line) on the weekend.
The wind would have gusted up at over 100k's per hour a few times and at 3:30 in the afternoon it was quite dark with the fog/snow/cloud cover. We got it up ok even though there was a lot of wind (It would be very difficult to do this with just 1 person).
The tent got a little wet to touch but nothing too serious and considering the conditions it was pretty good (There was a lot of snow on the tent pushing the fly into the inner) which is why it got a touch wet together with some condencation. We had 2 people in the tent (My Dad and I) Dad is 195cm and quite large so it was very squishy, we also had a lot of our gear in with us because of the temprature outside being well below zero.
So all in all it held up very well considering its probably the worst conditions it is likely to see