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Bimble
05-23-2008, 11:10
A Paratipi from Kifaru:

3lb 7oz for the tent and 3lb 1oz for the stove, however, the weight is not a huge concern for me. I'm more interested to know if anyone has hiked the AT with this sort of tent/stove combo and what sort of difficulties, if any, it presented with having this sort of stove in the tent and/or no groundsheet.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll137/korrihor/paratipi_paulrachel.jpg

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll137/korrihor/paratipi_int2.jpg

http://www.kifaru.net/paratipi3.htm

Blissful
05-23-2008, 11:38
That's pretty wild, I'll have to say. Never seen anything like that.

Cuffs
05-23-2008, 11:46
Im sure GeneRoll will chime in here sometime.... I understand he has a mini wood burning stove he uses in the winter to keep warm inside his Megamid tent...?

bamboo bob
05-23-2008, 11:52
I dont think 3.5 pounds is considered "light weight" here in 2008. There is a lot of stuff much lighter out there.

glacier48
05-23-2008, 14:08
haven't seen one before but it looks really cool to me

Glacier

NICKTHEGREEK
05-23-2008, 14:18
Great for cold weather and snow. Not what you'd encounter during a "traditional" AT hike spring to fall.

mnof1000v
05-23-2008, 14:28
That is a lot of weight, but it looks interesting... If you do wind up using it, you'll have to post here and talk about how well it's working.

take-a-knee
05-23-2008, 14:29
Western backpack hunters use those things, I wouldn't carry one on the AT. Also check out tents/stoves by Titanium Goat in Utah. They have an even lighter/smaller system. Their Vertex 5 would be suitable for solo use with their titanium stove.

bigcranky
05-23-2008, 14:55
That would be great for serious winter camping. We did that in the Army using big canvas tents -- it was always plenty warm inside the GP Medium when the stove was going.

Not exactly something I'd take if I wanted to make serious miles, even in the winter. Setting up and tearing down would take a while, as would collecting wood to feed that stove. But for setting up a winter base camp -- very nice.

Bimble
05-24-2008, 11:07
take-a-knee, thanks for the pointer on Titanium Goat, the Vertex 5 does indeed look just the thing. I know this is not the sort of setup used for a 'traditional' hike of the AT but, if and when I do it, I'd be more interested in doing the AT in a non-traditional way. What I have kicking round my head as a possible plan at the moment is a SOBO, leaving Katahdin in October ('09 maybe) and hiking through the winter. Personally, winter is my favourite time to be out in nature and the solitude is one of my main reasons for being out there. Plus, if I take my time, it would put me summiting Springer during the start of the thru season and to me there is a perverse joy to the thought of finishing as everyone else is starting (and having lots of company at the end of my hike rather than the beginning.

However, this plan is in the extreme early stages at the moment, and if anyone here knows of any reason why I can't do it (park closures etc) or important gear considerations I need to take into account, chime in please...

Egads
05-24-2008, 11:18
The Vertex 5 is not available with a stove boot, upgrade to the 6.5 if you want a stove.

http://www.titaniumgoat.com/vertex6_5.html

Foyt20
05-24-2008, 11:58
My stove is 3 ozs if that. Wont that get a bit warm in the summer? THat is a cool tent tho.

Bimble
05-24-2008, 12:18
The Vertex 5 is not available with a stove boot, upgrade to the 6.5 if you want a stove.

http://www.titaniumgoat.com/vertex6_5.html

they do sell the stove boots seperately though, and they supply at least the cylinder stove with a shorter chimney to fit the Vertex 5