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Lightspeed tent1/21/2024 ![]() ![]() Thus need to be staked out, aren’t quite three-season tents. About the only major distinction here is configuration, since the lighter hoop designs, which use just two tent poles and If you go the tiny tent route, there will beĭecisions to make: Do you want a door at the end, which makes it easy to exit without disturbing your partner, or a side door, which offers better ventilation? How important are interior pockets for eyeglasses and such? But otherwise things are pretty simple. A scant five pounds or so of such tent can generally shelter you from spring through fall–assuming you’re not looking to bag Denali–which is dandy for 90 percent of the backpacking that most people do. Given the fine array of super-light, two-person tents available, there’s no reason for you to shoulder unnecessary burdens either. What I actually needed was a light, compact shelter that could house two for an easy night’s rest, not some monster structure ready for a snowbound week. This was, to be sure, before the epiphany: Tents are not anything like cookware. “Buy a big, heavy pot,” she would squeak out in that blackboard-scrape of a voice, “so it will be suitable whether you cook for one or ten.” Thanks to this advice, I purchased a mother of a tent–ten pounds and roomy enough for a Twister party–which for years I lugged throughout the Washington Cascades on balmy summerĭays, when the absolute worst my partner and I might have faced was a drizzle. But don’t lube the zippers–that will only Finally, add a touch of silicone lubricant to the pole joints. Then pack it in a breathable cotton bag–a pillowcase works well–to prevent mildew. Sponge the tent clean with warm, soapy water, and let it dry. Once you’re home, set up the tent one more time, inside. And wrap those nasty boots in plastic if you must bring them in. Grit can bind the tent’s zippers, so never lay the folded tent zipper-side down. Try to keep the tent out of the dirt while setting it up, and the dirt out of the tent once it’s up. You’re communing with nature, not wallowing in it. Sun exposure can harm nylon or simply leave the fly on during the day, sacrificing it to old Sol before the pricier canopy. And if you’re making camp for several days, try to pitch the tent in shade, since prolonged ![]() Granted, the tent’s floor has a waterproof coating, but that’s precisely why you want to protect it–sand or rocks will easily rub it off. ![]() Always spread a ground cover, such as a polyethylene sheet, under your tent. This is the last thing I ever thought would happen when we decided to bring this tour to Brazil.For most people, most of the time, a super-light shelter for two is just enoughīackcountry truism: Your tent is only as good as the care you give it. "I want to say now I feel this loss deeply and my broken heart goes out to her family and friends. " I'm not going to be able to speak about this from stage because I feel overwhelmed by grief when I even try to talk about it," Swift added. "I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by this.” She went on to add, "There's very little information I have other than the fact that she was so incredibly beautiful and far too you." “I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show," Swift wrote in a letter. She went on to faint in the front row and was “resuscitated at the stadium for about 40 minutes” and suffered a second cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital per Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. The 23-year-old had been waiting for hours to get inside Estádo Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro in sweltering temperatures. Swift shared the sad news of Benevides Machado's death shortly before hitting the stage in Rio on November 17th.
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