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Tents? 2-Mar-2004 At 1:13:15 PM shmalec

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Macpac Olympus
-flaps like crazy in the wind.
-very fast to put up as fly is velcroed to inner
-lots of trouble with poles lately (inserts tearing out)
-nice and long if you're 6' 2"
-generally happy with it but its abit heavy for general hiking and not quite sturdy enough for serious mountains. Bit of an all in one compromise. Wouldn't get it again.

if you're getting one for mountaineeing get one with a decent vestibule for cooking and go for lots of crossing poles. Mountain hardware seem very solid.
If its just for general ozy use, get a very light one for hiking and a very cheap one for car camping. The car camping one will protect your expensive one from general wear and tear.