I am sure this should be auto merged with my other post and will probably be so when I post it an a different forum that has some "practical aplications" LOL but I figured it deserved its own little spot and 15 minutes of fame. First let my promiscuity come out. I have done work with Joe Volesko ( Zpacks ) in the past. He made me a custom Zilch not offered on his main page a while back and I must say I love it. So when it came time to looking at tarps I naturally went to him. Because I did not want to tackle the job myself just yet and also by the time I bought all the cuben for everything I had him sew up for me it would have come out to about he same as he charged me, and saved me the agrivation of my labor, of which I will gladly pay someone else for (I got more than just a tarp this time around <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />) He worked with me via e-mail extensivly until we both came to a workable idea of what I wanted. He was always helpful and offered true and honest advise from a genuine ULer's perspective and not just someone who was trying to sell their gear. (Now before anyone goes an flames me on this last statement I am not going against other cottage industries at all... I have 90% of my gear from other cottage industries and every piece is a treasure...heck I manufacture some gear for a certain freezer bag cooking site myself...oops did I just sell myself out <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />) Any way I digress. So after "closing the deal" Joe got to work, and my tarp was delivered to my P.O. box today. Naturally I had to go and set it up in the back yard with my favorite configuration the flying diamond. I did one buttoned down and one progressive. The craftmanship and quality of it is bar none. I could never had done something like this my self (yet) and am glad I chose to have him do it. I will be of course testing it out in real conditions this weeked (along with some other gear I am testing for BGT) and hopefully will get a TR up shorlty after that...But don't hold your breath on it.

Any way the technical details:
6x9 cuben tarp
3.75 oz (106 grams)
ten perimeter tie outs and one in the center on both sides....the internal on being so I can hang a light, cloths line, etc.

And now the picures...For the complete set go to my photobucket site look for the cuben tarp album, You can see some of my recent trips there as well.