tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post2676758452743385910..comments2024-03-27T21:31:59.376+00:00Comments on Chris Townsend Outdoors: Tents and tarps I've used for long-distance walking over the decadesChris Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-8981855776047369912024-01-21T02:24:44.932+00:002024-01-21T02:24:44.932+00:00i have faith in my abisko. i have faith i wont get...i have faith in my abisko. i have faith i wont get wet in it ..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-11356620027139917212021-07-24T23:52:32.503+01:002021-07-24T23:52:32.503+01:00Hi Tom, I've tested the Abisko Lite 1 and the ...Hi Tom, I've tested the Abisko Lite 1 and the All Season version of the Compact 2 (review of the latter on the TGO website - https://www.tgomagazine.co.uk/review/terra-nova-laser-compact-all-season-2-review/). I recommended the Abisko Lite 1 in my TGO review (not online)as I found it roomy and stable though on the heavy side. I didn't have any leakage through the seams but I haven't Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-53479664308596114202021-07-24T10:55:36.215+01:002021-07-24T10:55:36.215+01:00Hi Chris. I'm looking for a new tent and I'...Hi Chris. I'm looking for a new tent and I'm currently torn between the fjallraven abisko lite 1 and the terra nova compact 2. Do you have any experience or thoughts on these? I've heard the abisko can leak on the seams and the laser compact is atrocious for condensation.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />TomAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140721617420047065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-55772673923493413822020-11-15T22:55:51.798+00:002020-11-15T22:55:51.798+00:00Thanks Chris. It certainly has its attractions whe...Thanks Chris. It certainly has its attractions when you're pitching somewhere exposed knowing that there's literally nothing in the weight range that can handle wind so well. I know what you mean about awkward places - though I've found that sharing my living space with a bush or a boulder does take a bit of getting used to :-)Tullochgorumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642790448553484641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-38239492469172735762020-11-14T13:58:21.772+00:002020-11-14T13:58:21.772+00:00One reason I like the Trailstar is because it'...One reason I like the Trailstar is because it's so versatile bacause it doesn't have a fixed shape. I've pitched it in all sorts of awkward places - with one side up a bank, over logs, bushes, rocks, curved around trees. In some of them pitch conventional tent would have been difficult. I guess I've pitched it so often now - many hundreds of times - that it's almost automatic. Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-59463100803806417872020-11-13T22:29:17.725+00:002020-11-13T22:29:17.725+00:00Chris - you'll likely be pleased to hear that ...Chris - you'll likely be pleased to hear that Oookworks is back in business under a new owner. The TrailStar inner should be available again early in 2021.<br /><br />I have used the TrailStar on long alpine walks, largely on your recommendation. Performance in the wind is stellar, but I do find it a bit of a pain to set up at the end of a long day, and the footprint is so humungous (4x the Tullochgorumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642790448553484641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-50849880951683002202020-08-13T22:50:01.064+01:002020-08-13T22:50:01.064+01:00That's a good collection of tents! My Tramp we...That's a good collection of tents! My Tramp went the same way many, many years ago.Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-59950491812356224452020-08-10T23:15:47.144+01:002020-08-10T23:15:47.144+01:00Stumbled on this blog by chance. I have an origina...Stumbled on this blog by chance. I have an original Tramp 1 that sadly is shedding the PU backing off the fly sheet. On last trip with it a couple of weeks ago but defeated by the rain. Maybe a little project to renew the coating...20:1 mix of white spirit and adhesive!. Also have a Phreak in better condition that may be out again soon. Last but one trip was with an alp kit soloist. Van go blade Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16947882327827896947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-17305766498918262782020-06-21T18:50:33.439+01:002020-06-21T18:50:33.439+01:00Thanks Bob. I never had a Spacepacker or Jetpacker...Thanks Bob. I never had a Spacepacker or Jetpacker. My friend Andrew Terrill still uses his Jetpacker and brought it on the two nights he camped with me on my Colorado Rockies walk last summer.<br /><br />Silnylon was the big breakthrough in materials. A fabric that was lighter than PU nylon and lasted far longer. My Tramp and Phreeranger both succumbed to the coating peeling off and the nylon Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-70928613376611199132020-06-16T01:35:03.035+01:002020-06-16T01:35:03.035+01:00Just came across this trip down memory lane - many...Just came across this trip down memory lane - many thanks Chris. My first tent was an Ultimate Tramp 2. Great tent but as you said, fabric was not so durable and eventually mine fell into little pieces. Photodegradable if not biodegradable!<br /><br />The Phoenix Phreeranger was another great tent, so much so that a tent inspired by the Phreeranger is now being produced by a small Scottish Bob Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07216661277300483442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-5661822926222443752020-05-03T22:27:26.882+01:002020-05-03T22:27:26.882+01:00Thank you Shirl. In midge season I use a mesh inne...Thank you Shirl. In midge season I use a mesh inner made by Oookworks. I don't think they're in business anymore. MLD make an mesh inner too. In the picture of the Trailstar on the Scottish Watershed you can see the mesh door of the inner on the right.<br />Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-82684254445115365562020-05-03T09:47:44.442+01:002020-05-03T09:47:44.442+01:00Great and inspiring article, Chris! �� The Trailst...Great and inspiring article, Chris! �� The Trailstar really does sound alluring. When you use it in Scotland do you use a mesh inner for ticks? Shirl Shirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328215242805363854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-84352609098112861332020-03-15T22:33:58.457+00:002020-03-15T22:33:58.457+00:00I think you took it when you came and joined me so...I think you took it when you came and joined me somewhere in Montana when there was a big forest fire? My mother had it on her mantelpiece, which is why it's so faded.Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-49147679490632652402020-03-10T01:31:43.328+00:002020-03-10T01:31:43.328+00:00It is a great photo! - and it was taken by me, Chr...It is a great photo! - and it was taken by me, Chris's cousin, Kris!Kristina Gravettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-10017376785219682652018-04-11T20:42:51.650+01:002018-04-11T20:42:51.650+01:00It is one of my favourites but I was only writing ...It is one of my favourites but I was only writing about tents I've used on long-distance walks, which I've arbitrarily defined as ones lasting a month or more (500 miles+)and I've never used the Scarp 1 on such a walk. Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-92181322804590413062018-04-11T15:51:47.445+01:002018-04-11T15:51:47.445+01:00How come you didn't mention the Scarp 1, I tho...How come you didn't mention the Scarp 1, I thought that was one of your favourites.Geoff Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125634807322399838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-48110536760524438892018-04-11T15:48:53.485+01:002018-04-11T15:48:53.485+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Geoff Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125634807322399838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-174182362725306862018-04-09T22:37:13.153+01:002018-04-09T22:37:13.153+01:00No. I do have a bicycle but I only use it for shor...No. I do have a bicycle but I only use it for short local trips. I like walking!Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-15117068526445794812018-04-09T18:07:21.025+01:002018-04-09T18:07:21.025+01:00Chris have you ever done a bicycle tour...Chris have you ever done a bicycle tour...Friar Rodney Burnapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-88353981719403907412018-04-09T11:49:16.110+01:002018-04-09T11:49:16.110+01:00That first photo of you is great Chris! That first photo of you is great Chris! Hendrik Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824200765548092760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-27729004411026146102018-04-09T08:35:30.046+01:002018-04-09T08:35:30.046+01:00Again very interesting to read! It looks like you&...Again very interesting to read! It looks like you've really settled for the Trailstar now because you have chosen it for the wet and stormy as well as for the desert.Aernoutnoreply@blogger.com