― "There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore"
This is my new DIY project. I have been making tents for last 5 years and I've tried different types. When I started backpacking I purchased a double wall, fully enclosed tent (so called ultralight tent; market crap). Most people don't really need these tents and they are not ultralight at all. I switched to a tarp when I started thru-hiking and I fell in love with it's simplicity. Tarp is fantastic. I tried copying zpacks solo tents then. It is a great design. This time I was looking for a larger tent that can fit my dog as well and it's not as miserable looking as a tarp (people think you are broken!). I always resisted the idea of using a pyramid tent but after a lot of thoughts I settled down with a pyramid tent and I must confess this design offers fantastic features. Here how I did it. Materials: I ordered all materials from: https://ripstopbytheroll.com/ but I have used https://www.questoutfitters.com/ in the past and I enjoyed doing ...