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Bring a waterproof tarp for underneath your tent. Or a footprint made especially for your tent (basically, a tarp cut to match that model of tent). Biggest thing to know: never, ever, ever let the ends of the tarp extend past the edges of your tent. You shouldn't see the tarp at all, when the tent is on top of it. Otherwise, water will run down your rainfly, pool on the tarp and run underneath your tent, defeating the whole purpose of putting a tarp there to begin with.
And this is why teh footprint is brilliant. Learned my lesson the hard way a few years ago.
Another add-on to the tarp/footprint hidden under your tent - give it a little lift with the empty beer cans from setting up and hanging out at camp. We crushed them a bit and tucked them around the sides under the footprint/tarp (that was folded in) and it gives even better protection from rain. Then once you break down camp, stick the cans in the recycling bag! ;D
We got some wateproofing stuff from REI - it was in a little bottle and was painted on and we hit all the seams. We already let our tent sit out during a Maryland rainstorm and it held up. The stuff was less than $5 - sooo worth it!
We also got some waterproofing stuff for our shoes. I figure I will suck it up and play in the mud with my Crocs, but I also have some tall engineer-style boots that keep me warm and dry that I will bring too if it gets too gross. They were already considered waterproof but I gave them two extra doses of waterproofing solution!
Don't forget to bring warm clothes. Like a hoodie, a sweatshirt and sweatpants. If yu're at the late night shows. Being wet and having the temp drop will make you chilly.
Make sure you bring wool, not synthetic, not cotton, but wool. wool says warm when wet, cotton just gets freezing.
Post by Fishing Maniac on Jun 7, 2008 12:33:43 GMT -5
Go to the sporting goods store and get a rain suit. The cheap 1-2 dollar one works great until it rips. Get the $20 one. You can keep it in a back pack and you'll do just fine. Take along a few plastic bags from the super market to put over your socks. Tie them around your ankles (if possible) this will help keep your feet dry.
Never been to roo before, but I spend inordinate amounts of time outside in horrible weather. Just an easy cheap way to CYA.
Don't forget to bring warm clothes. Like a hoodie, a sweatshirt and sweatpants. If yu're at the late night shows. Being wet and having the temp drop will make you chilly.
Make sure you bring wool, not synthetic, not cotton, but wool. wool says warm when wet, cotton just gets freezing.
do you know what causes this? im sure it is something to do with it being off an animal which would benefit from this function as opposed to a plant but it is still interesting. i only think i have a wool scallycap but not anything else.
Make sure you bring wool, not synthetic, not cotton, but wool. wool says warm when wet, cotton just gets freezing.
do you know what causes this? im sure it is something to do with it being off an animal which would benefit from this function as opposed to a plant but it is still interesting. i only think i have a wool scallycap but not anything else.
Wool is my fabric of choice. If I'm wearing anything above a sneaker, I'm probably wearing wool socks. Even in the summer... not the super thick winter kind, but light to mid weight Merino wool. Keeps my feet dryer and more comfortable than cotton. I find it has somewhat of a wicking action.
I think it has to do with the properties of the wool fibers. Wool is naturally water-repellant. Not so much that it simply doesn't pick up H20, but the lanolin allows the fibers themselves to stay dry and still retain pockets of air and, thus, insulate you. So, it can be soaked, literally dripping wet, and still hold some heat.
I dunno, thats just my layman summation of how wool works.
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