Last week i bought a tent at St. Vinnie's that is a North Face teepee type tent. I paid $3.25 and really love it even though it is almost 8 lbs. I have never seen the likes of it, even when i was a Boy Scout in the 70's. Please help me identify it :
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Last week i bought a tent at St. Vinnie's that is a North Face teepee type tent. I paid $3.25 and really love it even though it is almost 8 lbs. I have never seen the likes of it, even when i was a Boy Scout in the 70's. Please help me identify it :
Brumfield wrote: Now that is too cool! I've used TNF gear for years, but have never seen that one. It appears to have an actual smoke flap, or you could even hook up a stove pipe there with a piece of aluminum flashing to protect the material. That is a real keeper! You are now entering the world of tepee living... Brum
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Hmmm... thanks for posting the extra images. I'll be watching this post pretty closely. You've gotten my curiosity aroused. The two floor vents are interesting. Brum
Bigfoot. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Nice tent. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I am pretty sure its a special production tent made for an expedition. TNF was into producing expedition stuff that never hit the market. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />The tube door is a give away. You said it had floor vents? Those would be "cook" and "potty" holes. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Jim <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
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I've seen one of those tents in the late 1970s in Yosemite Valley--although the one I saw had a fly. The color scheme is what TNF used in the 1970s (some of you might remember the classic TNF A-Frame expedition tent--I think it was called either the St. Elias or the Glacier).
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I think Jim was referring to what I called "floor vents". In your photo there are two floor-level side wall openings that exit to the outside. They appear to be air venting, or maybe designed as some sort of waste disposal ???
What ever they are, when you get tired of the tent, I want first bid on buying it from you. I have a mesa here that has that tent's name written all over it. It looks like it would root itself to the ground if you watered it. Brum
"Grasshopper" ? 'Dandelion?".....i think you guys are trying to emasculate my new tent! Why couldn't it be called "the Killer Squid--Mach 5" or something cool and manly? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Awesome - would make a great tarp tent design. Is anyone making a walking pole cross-over structure like that in tarp tents? That must be what's coming next! The tent must be from the 70s.
I say Bigfoot/Matt should ship it to Henry Shires for his persusal...you just never know what Henry comes up with, and he might even return the favor with a 2lb version <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
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Great idea, Eugene ! I think the design would make an awesome Tarptent! We could use our trekking poles to support the structure! Let's all write Henery and ask him to make one.
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I made a tent like that for a client in the 70s. It was not as tall, had a tunnel entrance, and had no poles at all, it depended on a single suspension cord at the peak that you would have to hang from a horizontal cord between 2 trees. You could also pitch it under an overhanging log or the like. It was made of Goretex. The idea was that it was a bivi sac at the worst, and when possible, you could hang it. Walking poles would be a nice addition. I would like to see tunnels entrances make a come back - they are great in the snow and can't wear out.
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