I can see using this type of shelter. It’s rigged closer to the ground in storms, but I’m skeptical it would be dry enough to sleep in.
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Anyone Use This Type Shelter?
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I slept in a similar shelter for a seven night river trip two years back. The nylon tab that receives the cross pole on my bridge hammock broke while setting it up, and I was forced to seek shelter in my Eureka bug shelter for the rest of the trip. It rained several nights, and the wind blew a slight amount of rain through the netting. I zipped up my Gortex jacket and slipped the foot of my sleeping bag into it. Stayed dry and comfy. This was early spring, so there wasn’t really any crawling creatures to enter the floorless shelter. This experience was pleasant and I wouldn’t feel put out if I had to rely on it again.
That looks like a still from the "Canoe the North" YouTube channel. Regardless, it's similar to the tarp and mosquito netting they used in a video on a trip in the Yukon. Their weather was good with no rain the whole time, and they set up like this every day.
I use a tarp almost exclusively in Spring/Fall, and move to a hammock in summer when the bugs get bad and the integrated netting comes in handy (I also like a hammock in a lean-to in any season). But my point is that you can get a tarp pretty rain tight with the right pitch and location. Long distance thru hikers use them a lot, especially in the West. I don't see why the rig in your picture couldn't be dry.... you'd have to pinch one or preferably 2 sides (to windward) right down onto the ground though... then the other two would be ok. Sort of a plowpoint setup, just really low.
I use a tarp almost exclusively in Spring/Fall, and move to a hammock in summer when the bugs get bad and the integrated netting comes in handy (I also like a hammock in a lean-to in any season). But my point is that you can get a tarp pretty rain tight with the right pitch and location. Long distance thru hikers use them a lot, especially in the West. I don't see why the rig in your picture couldn't be dry.... you'd have to pinch one or preferably 2 sides (to windward) right down onto the ground though... then the other two would be ok. Sort of a plowpoint setup, just really low.
@Seeker beat me to it. Canoe The North has used a similar setup for years.
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Been doing it for 3-4 years now. I don't bring a tent unless it's fall, and add 10 x 14 CCS tarp.
What kind of net shelter do you use? I think that was from a Big Salmon River video. They were pretty professional, had a drone along.
Eureka No-Bug-Zone but there are a number of similar shelters available now. I throw my 10 x 14 over top and ride anything out. On The Missainabi I just brought the tarp and an 8 x 4 mesh. I was solo so I hung it from the center and let it hang. Crawled in, threw some gear in the corners to fan it out and presto! perfect solo shelter with almost no set-up time.
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