Camping

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Yeah, Big Agnes is a great tent (so I hear from many folks)

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I also have a 4-season 2-walled backpacking tent from some german company I never remember the name of. Itā€™s insanely warm and keeps icy build up from forming on the inner walls of the tent that you get when your breath freezes at temps around zero.

Iā€™ve barely used it in cold weather though since I got it.

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Sounds cool and good for alpine trips. Solo or multi-person?

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Solo but it could fit two if youā€™re a couple.

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Iā€™m so crazy that I actually pack a travel CPAP and batteries in my kit. Limits me to 6 days though and the weight is insane for that trip duration.

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https://www.campsaver.com/hilleberg-soulo-1-tent-1-person-4-season.html?_iv_code=Z52-TMN-HIL0015-139252&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgJv4BRCrARIsAB17JI6M2U1i9jDJjNnYVVPQ0mHIeWW6dUf31oX-8B6tQ_DoNKcU4fluIgsaAjw8EALw_wcB

I think itā€™s this one.

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Fantastic! Thanks. Looking for tents to get the family into this scene as well. As someone else posted above, Iā€™m always looking at gear :-)

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If anyone else has to use a CPAP and wants to compare notes, Iā€™m game. There is a better mousetrap out there somewhere.

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I get close to sleep apnea when I get fat and my neck gets constricted. When I lose weight it goes away. Obviously not implying thatā€™s the case for everyone.

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Mine improves with weight loss as well but my throat muscles still close and I have the flavor where my brain just stops firing the breathing signal. I average 70 apneas an hour without therapy and 5 apneas per hour with therapy. CPAP is essential life-gear for me unfortunately.

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Yea I used one when hiking the AT. They are great for backpacking but for normal camping I need a bigger tent.

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Did you thru hike the AT?

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Just Springer Mountain to Clingmans Dome. Iā€™ve also done all of NJ and parts of PA and NY. Nothing north of Bear Mountain in NY. I think Iā€™ve done about 400 miles.

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Nice! I had a goal to thru hike AT in 2 years from last March. Then this weak sauce virus hit and everyone overreacted, took it too seriously and . . .:slight_smile:

But I still like to continue the planning for it even though everything is on the shelf right now. Planning stuff keeps me sane. Itā€™s weird.

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Wouldnā€™t hiking the AP be one of the few big vacation ideas that is still feasible during Covid?

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This has been the case for me will all sleeping bags for my whole life. Iā€™ll camp with a summer bag in the fall and still end up waking up at 2am because Iā€™m too hot.

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I hiked the whole thing back in 2001. Well, 95%, towards the end I got bored and skipped a few boring 20 mile sections. And half of Vermont.

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If youā€™re looking for super light weight and money is no object, this is a great tent. All of this guys stuff is high quality, and he has a ton of experience on long hiking trails where he worked out a lot of his ideas. He did a bunch of little custom jobs for me for hiking and rock climbing too a few years back when his company was really tiny.

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Donā€™t think so for a few reasons. First, the ATC recommended all hikers vacate the trail back in March. I donā€™t know if some hikers chose to evade the order and ATC canā€™t enforce the action but they did warn hikers. Second, parts of the AT are in National Parks which were shut down, IIRC. Finally, from an ethical standpoint, the various towns that intersect are small and have minimal health care facilities.

I could see that section hikes are still a reasonable idea.

ETA: I may have given the impression that I was making an attempt in 2020 which is not the case. Only attempting to say that all my hiking efforts were shut down in March during the initial wave. As we learn more about the virus, trails have reopened obv. IIRC, many national parks are still closed or have reduced visitor capacity.

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I second the ZPacks recommendation. Their stuff is gold standard.

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