tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post5513797735231063544..comments2024-03-27T21:31:59.376+00:00Comments on Chris Townsend Outdoors: Tarps & Shelters: My Award-Winning FeatureChris Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-47685759985175285202020-10-20T20:55:50.164+01:002020-10-20T20:55:50.164+01:00Hi Ken, glad you remember Footloose. Tarps are def...Hi Ken, glad you remember Footloose. Tarps are definitely strong enough for use in the hills. I use the Trailstar regularly and took it on my Scottish Watershed walk when it stood up to many stormy nights. Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-8554671053917751322020-10-20T14:27:27.288+01:002020-10-20T14:27:27.288+01:00Hi.
I used to enjoy reading your articles in Footl...Hi.<br />I used to enjoy reading your articles in Footloose magazine. Glad to see you are still writing and testing.<br />I found this article, as I am searching for information, regarding the use of tarps for hill walking/camping. <br />Are tarps when pitched low, in storm profiles, strong enough to use in the hills?<br />thankskenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966153691459618814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-52470873472969341802016-08-02T10:04:58.413+01:002016-08-02T10:04:58.413+01:00Good point about not getting your sealants mixed u...Good point about not getting your sealants mixed up .. I used a army basher when I started tarp camping and used seamseal to proof it , I moved onto silnylon 8x10 tarp and natural assumed sealant is sealant .spent ages wondering if had applied it wrong. I read the labels on things now ..hahamark creaneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-56757297342569791162016-06-19T12:25:49.678+01:002016-06-19T12:25:49.678+01:00Thanks for this, very informative. We're worki...Thanks for this, very informative. We're working on putting our own list together of the best tarps on the market, so this post gives us a great jumping off point.Bivvy Bagshttp://www.bivvybags.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-82897231871922260992014-11-10T14:53:09.129+00:002014-11-10T14:53:09.129+00:00Thanks Bas. A tarp like the MLD Grace wouldn't...Thanks Bas. A tarp like the MLD Grace wouldn't be my choice for those areas except for trips in good weather. If you're really skilled with it and can erect it to cope with 50-60mph winds and torrential rain then it would be okay but I'd rather have the Trailstar.Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-86667798747400013892014-11-10T08:08:50.977+00:002014-11-10T08:08:50.977+00:00Hey Chris,
Great read.
How would you rate a cat c...Hey Chris,<br /><br />Great read.<br />How would you rate a cat cut tarp like the MLD grace duo either with or without a bivy for trips like the Cape Wrath Trail, the north coast and the Cairngorms?<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12145963608935729875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-64647291667980295872014-11-07T14:23:46.068+00:002014-11-07T14:23:46.068+00:00Bill, it's a cuben fibre door specially made f...Bill, it's a cuben fibre door specially made for the Trailstar by Oookworks. I don't use it often but on this occasion there was a swirling wind and heavy showers and some rain was blowing in the front of the Trailstar.Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-75584536685884438412014-11-07T03:33:54.323+00:002014-11-07T03:33:54.323+00:00Chris,
I noticed that in the very first picture o...Chris,<br /><br />I noticed that in the very first picture of a Trailstar there seems to be some kind of smaller tarp in the doorway. Something designed to protect from wind or rain? Or is it simply a ground cloth? Please explain.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057363952809386604noreply@blogger.com