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Tents? 4-Jan-2005 At 7:54:29 AM shmalec

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On 2/01/2005 Paulie wrote:

>My Olympus caters for most everything the weather throws at it. I don't
>know how you all have been pitching your Olys

Had mine in a blizzard on Aconcagua for 3 days with a dozen guy ropes and a 1.5ft high rock wall facing into the wind. Admittedly it survived which is more than alot of other tents and I was glad I'd paid a little extra for something decent. However, it needed an overhaul afterwards including complete replacement of 2 front panels and repair of all 4 main attachment points most of which had torn. It flapped like crazy because of the large unsupported sections between poles and alot of the waterproof coating on the fly broke up. I've also had at least 4 broken poles in the last couple of years.

If you want one tent for everything its worth the money but is a kilo overweight for general Oz hiking and I think you can get stronger ones eg North Face, Mountain Hardware for big mountains.

Its still in good nick and is my only tent so maybe its just the grass being greener elsewhere.

Jens - bought anything yet?