Hilleberg Rad vs Wal-Mart

[YocumRidge]

That dude doesn't look like a mama.

 

How do you call a wimp who "knows" how to climb?

[ivan]

Say what you will about the pup, but the tent is sweet.

 

Here's a shot of her with the top rolled back.

 

 

Notice the much more expensive tent in the background.

 

 

 

This baby made it through a fall t-storm in Payette, ID where nearly our whole camp washed into the river and the road was shut down, trapping us in the bar, for most the night. The pup was standing with water marks nearing its breaking point with very little inside.

 

did you use a sled to drag that large plastic bin up to this extreme alpine destination?

you clearly haven't climb w/ geoff

 

where was the coffee press dude?

[LostCamKenny]

 

did you use a sled to drag that large plastic bin up to this extreme alpine destination?

 

he probably made kyle carry it!

[olyclimber]

the road was shut down, trapping us in the bar, for most the night.

 

 

hopefully you were able to drink your way out

[G-spotter]

That dude doesn't look like a mama.

 

How do you call a wimp who "knows" how to climb?

 

Is the answer mitochondriac100?

[KaskadskyjKozak]

 

How do you call a wimp who "knows" how to climb?

 

Prole?

[johndavidjr]

Ray Jardine describes spending a number of seasons camping mostly at or above treeline with neophytes in Colorado, using builders' plastic in lieu of tents.....two or three decades ago.

 

(For the historically challenged, please do look up Jardine's record).

 

Today, many (sadly not most) people are over-paid (or wish desperately that they were) and have an increasingly unhealthy fascination with boutique camping equipment as a means of signalling manliness and bravery.

 

They'll tell you that camping at tree line in Cascades in Summer is act of death defying bravery that can only be accomplished by spending thousands of dollars.........

 

They feel that those who drive a Ford rather than a Lexus are less manly or intelligent.

 

This defines cretinism.

 

Er.. Mountaineering tents certainly have their place, but speaking realistically, they are mainly used by the uniformed (more money than brains) for circumstances where building plastic would suffice.

 

Of course, the Hillieberg Rajd is not a mountaineering tent.

 

 

[YocumRidge]

They'll tell you that camping at tree line in Cascades in Summer is act of death defying bravery that can only be accomplished by spending thousands of dollars.........

[dberdinka]

So...can we start from the top.....

 

..why is it you hate people with nice tents?

 

Does it extend to cars, boxes of cereal, phones...

 

...or is it just tents?

[LostCamKenny]

Ray Jardine

yeah, yeah, yeah... NASA engineer who invented SLCD's (friends), yosemite climber, etc....

 

 

feel that those who drive a Ford rather than a Lexus are less manly or intelligent.

i must really not be manly since i drive a volvo wagon...

[LostCamKenny]

..why is it you hate people with nice tents?

 

because as a wee whippersnapper JDJ wanted the "cool" tent with all the bells and whistles and his parents bought him the Jafco special that had smiley faces on it and had a pink door!

[Pete_H]

 

They feel that those who drive a Ford rather than a Lexus are less manly or intelligent.

 

 

Well ... KKK drives a Ford Taurus and he's less of both. Maybe just a coincidence though.

[olyclimber]

I always cretinism was defined as obsessing over other's choices in tents, rather than some meaningful issue, such as other's choices in topics of obsession.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

 

They feel that those who drive a Ford rather than a Lexus are less manly or intelligent.

 

 

Well ... KKK drives a Ford Taurus and he's less of both. Maybe just a coincidence though.

 

you might be right, but my favorite ride is your mom.

 

[G-spotter]

I thought cretinism = iodine deficiency?

[johndavidjr]

My long-gone parents bought me an REI tent with cotton canopy and coated nylon floor. It was yellow.

 

It had an "A-Frame" in front and the much lower and narrower back had a single pole.

 

Something like this is pictured in foreground of a photograph of Mount Fury in 60s and 70s editions of a well-known how-to book....It somewhat resembles a Wenzel Starlite. (But I think it may have cost $35, rather than $20.)

 

I replaced this in 1973 with an REI tarp and used this exclusively for six or seven years (including limited ski-touring and several weeks in BC, Washington and a month in Europe and Iceland).

 

Acquired K-mart pup-tent & used this extensively for another 8-9 years. Don't use something like this in the off season....

Edited November 25, 2009 by johndavidjr

[Choada_Boy]

I've been to Crete.

[LostCamKenny]

I've been to Crete.

Bahrain was like a big beach.

[LostCamKenny]

It had an "A-Frame" in front and the much lower and narrower back had a single pole.

 

I still have one of those except it is canvas and it has two poles... my little cousins love it!

[ivan]

i burned my first tent - god i hated that stupid bitch

[Bug]

I am always suspicious of a man with a vulva.

[LostCamKenny]

I am always suspicious of a man with a vulva.

 

its long and green and is stuffed with junk!!!

[olyclimber]

i like turtles

[LostCamKenny]

i like turtles

 

its the 25th anniversary of the TMNT, jake!

 

[KaskadskyjKozak]

I am always suspicious of a man with a vulva.

 

it is functionally similar...