Bivy camp...

[76Aggie]

Gary, good talking to you.  I will cut off the roll tonight and get it into the mail to you tomorrow.

[76Aggie]

Sam, I don't use a tarp but do use a Seek Outside floorless tent.  We are always mindful of where we set up as not to have water running inside the tent but also take a small shovel or entrenching tool and will dig a shallow trench around the outside perimeter of the tent to channel water away and not get inside. 

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

I also have a go-lite floorless tipi used it for many years , never had any issues with water getting under the tipi or tarps. I always look for a good spot to set-up and have never had any issues...

,,Sam,,

[old_goat2]

How do you keep rain from running under the tarp and soaking your stuff?

It just doesn't unless it blows way in and I haven't had that happen yet and been through some pretty good storms. But if it's windy you don't pitch any side real high! I use a floorless shelter most of the time and it never gets wet more than an inch or so into the shelter, ground just soaks it up!

[GCook]

One of the skills taught in scouting.  How to pick the right tent site.

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[GCook]

Gary, good talking to you.  I will cut off the roll tonight and get it into the mail to you tomorrow.

And you as well.  Hope to meet one day for lunch.

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[bbell]

I second Borah gear as well. 6oz bivy sack and a 10x10 tarp. Works really well for me.

[Wudstix]

I'm a hammock guy, makes for more comfortable sleep and just as mobile.

[Ronnie Newell]

One of the skills taught in scouting.  How to pick the right tent site.

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You going this year?

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[GCook]

No sir.   Having the knee worked on this fall.

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[Ronnie Newell]

No sir.   Having the knee worked on this fall.

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Ur jus abt Bionic already aren't u?

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[Overspined]

Hammock guy here too. This past season a storm blew in from over the mountain suddenly, and close to dark.  The elk I had just called in got nervous and probably a sniff of my scent as the wind started going all over.  I was basically in a cliff of aspens, and the entire mountainside where I was is all steep, every “flat” spot was wet.  I quickly hung my tarp and sheltered until the wind calmed, hung the hammock and crashed.  If I stepped out of my hammock on the upside my feet hit the ground, the downside I would fall a few feet...

[Wudstix]

OS just hung in a spot on the AT that was allot like that.  Uphill side was feet on the ground downhill was @4 foot drop.  Hammocks are great.

[MnFn]

Don’t know anything about them, but it sure looks cold to me.

[Wudstix]

Bivy is fun when you're not in places that there are critters that like to cuddle up with you, that's why I prefer a hammock.  Just put a sleep pad under you and its all good.

[Wudstix]

Sam; sent a PM and a follow-up