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Hi DanTheMan81, Thank you for suggesting the Eureka 2XT. I'll take a look at it!

Hmmm, haven't yet looked at any of the Black Diamond headlamps. Thanks for the suggestion, southpawaz!

Hee, hee ... thanks for the advice!

Hmmm. I guess that would be a problem for any tent that has a separate fly. Even a Hilleberg would have that problem if you had separated the two when striking camp in the morning so you could let the fly dry while you hiked during the day (assuming it had rained the night before, isn't raining in the morning, and it starts raining again when you want to make camp -- yeah, probably a pretty contrived scenario). Thank you for sharing your experiences with tents!

There is a road here that goes under a highway. For years someone spray painted some large and incredibly good artwork on the concrete abuttment walls. Once or twice a year the town would paint over it with flat grey, and then several months later new artwork would appear. While I don't support spray painting stuff up, I have to admit that at least whoever did it was creative, talented, and tasteful in their art. I haven't seen any new artwork there in years now, just the occasional lame attempts at spray paint humor, tagging, or profanity. Kinda too bad.

There is this attribute that can be assinged to caches that are not accessible in the winter: I use it for any of my caches that are less than two feet from the ground because it's likely they'd be covered with snow in the winter.

Hi Twin Peaks, Thank you for sharing your Hilleberg experiences. I'm finding it very informative to hear all about what folks have been doing with their tents and what's worked well for them. They're seriously expensive tents. I'll have to check around here to see if anyplace has some I can look at. There's no way I'd spend that kind of money sight unseen. Was wondering why you prefer the sleeves. I keep reading about how much more convenient clips are, but I don't have any first hand experience with them myself. How is the inner tent attached to the outer fly? Now that the sporting goods stores around here are starting to gear up for spring and camping season I'll have to go see if they have various tents set up that I can spend time fiddling with.

Hi geoexpress, Thanks for sharing your experiences using your Princeton Tec Apex. I will have to give it a look! I haven't purchased anything yet, but my list is getting narrowed down. I'll see how the PT Apex fit in. Thanks again!

Howdy oldsoldier, Huh, hammocks. Now there's something I hadn't considered. Time to go do some reading up on them. Thanks for the suggestion!

Hi TotemLake, Thank you for weighing in on the subject of tents! Ya know, that's sorta the feeling I'm getting from what I've been reading about tents. Might be better off going with a small/light three-person tent and using it for two. The Hubba Hubba and that Quarter Dome pointed out by CurmudgeonlyGal look pretty similar in their open-mesh design and rainflies. Thank you for pointing out the Hubba Hubba as another option, especially since you're currently using it!

Oops, double post.

Ya know, that's a pretty nice looking tent. Looks a tad bit small for a true three-person tent, though three would probably fit in there snugly in a pinch. And, it weighs in at a claimed pack weight of 5 pounds. Might make for a nice 2.5 person tent. Thanks for pointing it out.

Hi Miragee, Thank you for pointing out what tent you are using. It's certainly a lightweight one, which is good. I'll most likely be looking for a tent with a rainfly so we can be comfy and dry in the case of inclement weather.

Hi Brian, Thank you for pointing out the review you did. I always like reading your thoughtful and thorough gear reviews. They're always well done. Looks like a nice tent. I'll be adding it to my list of ones to consider.

Hi cerberus1, Thank you for helping me out with your comments and advice! Hmmm, hadn't given any thought to camping in cold and bad weather. I'm assuming a double-wall tent would offer more protection in a trade off with adding more weight. I can load up my pack with 15 pounds and walk around with it all day. What I'm not used to is loading up my pack with 30+ pounds and doing the same thing. So I guess in my initial thoughts I was being a little wary of too much weight dedicated to a tent. Wow, those Hilleberg things are expensive! But, I suppose if frequent camping in bad weather is what you enjoy, then these may fit the bill. I don't have much experience with tents at all which is why I'm asking you kind folks here for pointers and recommendations.

Remove the need for so much of the heavy lifting of sifting through cache data having to be done by using outside applications. Move this functionality into the site.

Hi Michelle. Wow, thank you for such great detail on your experience with your tent! Every bit of it is very helpful. I take it that having the rainfly touch the tent doesn't help with shedding water. Also, was wondering what you meant by, "The footprint sucks. I'll be cutting up some tyvek this season." Can you give a few details about what you didn't like about it? Thank you again for taking the time to write such a detailed reply.

Howdy folks. I'm looking for some recommendations for two-person tents that y'all might be using. Some things I think forms the basis of what I want: Two-person. Three-season. Lightweight (5 pounds-ish maximum). Packs small enough so it won't take up my entire pack. Can be put up by one person. Clip design instead of threading poles through sleeves. Rainfly. Vestibule? Not really sure about this. In the event of rain it'd be nice to be able to stash our two packs in the tent with us even if that makes things a little crowded. In addition to recommendations, please let me know if I'm way off base here or if there's anything I've forgotten that I should take into account when looking at tents.

I would like to see a better way of classifying caches by categories being introduced in the next version of the site, assuming a cache will be allowed to belong to more than one category at a time (for example, a cache that's both a puzzle cache and a multi-cache, or a cache that's both a puzzle cache and a night cache, etc).

That's so sane it's scary. (That means I agree with you.) In fact, my experience is that the park managers I've worked with apply the rules to everyone of the general public who visits their parks. Geocachers included. I don't know what it is that makes some folks think geocachers in general have some sort of special exemption from the rules established by the parks.

Reviewers would have to reject the pubilication of any geocache that doesn't meet the "wow" standard. I don't think this would work very well. My humble caches on some nice trails around here would have no chance of competing against places like Glacier National Park for a WOW factor (yes, caches aren't usually hidden in US national parks, it's just an example). Also, some folks think a guardrail film can along a non-descript highway is fun to seek while others do not. Accounting for variability in taste would be impossible.

If you'd like to have some coins dropped in the Finger Lakes area of New York, I can help out with that.

How can I get one of these they are beautiful looking Replied to your e-mail the other day. never received the email please try again or email me through my profile thanks Okay, sent you e-mail via your profile.

How can I get one of these they are beautiful looking Replied to your e-mail the other day.

If you're following a route the compass page should point in the direction you should walk "right now". It'll start to veer off to the side the more you go "off" the route. The unit should also put up a warning if you get "too far" from the route. Just remember: Look around, don't have your nose buried in the GPS. The GPS route is only a general guideline. You still have to make decisions for yourself along the way.