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#99377 - 07/10/08 03:00 PM when do you like to use your bivy?
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Registered: 06/05/07
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when do you think is the best and worst time to use your bivy?
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#99378 - 07/10/08 03:13 PM Re: when do you like to use your bivy? [Re: sixgun]
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The best time: When I leave it at home and take a hammock and tarp instead.

The worst time: in a howling thunderstorm with an urgent and flatulent case of the trots coming on.
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#99379 - 07/10/08 03:24 PM Re: when do you like to use your bivy? [Re: sixgun]
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Best = on a high exposed ridge when the most likely weather is an afternoon thunderstorm.

Worst = wooded area during a multiday drizzle.

However, a hammock is my first preference when there is a place to hang.
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#99380 - 07/10/08 08:16 PM Re: when do you like to use your bivy? [Re: sixgun]
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Best on a night at 13,000 feet, no moon, and sky so full of stars that I cannot close my eyes. Best also any trip without the "worst" cited below because I only carry 1# 4 oz.

Worst on mulit-day rain or mosquitoes.

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#99381 - 07/11/08 09:17 AM Re: when do you like to use your bivy? [Re: wandering_daisy]
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I always use one, but not as a "tent substitute." More like clothing than shelter for me.

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#99382 - 07/12/08 05:09 PM Re: when do you like to use your bivy? [Re: johndavid]
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I always use one, but not as a "tent substitute." More like clothing than shelter for me.


So how do you walk in a bivy? I know I have a heck of a time trying that in my hammock. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
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