Vid of tent blowing away - I guess you can go too light!😂

[3forks]

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[5MilesBack]

We went to Yellowstone in June 2016 and a strong storm blew through while we were out and about. When we got back to the campground my wall tent was one of a few tents that were still standing. There were tents wrapped around several trees, and I'm sure many more that might never have been found. But we were the only family there that had a wall tent. Some had cabin style tents that were gone, but it seemed that most families were trying to pack 5 people inside of a small dome tent. They must be really close families......like sardine close.

 

[Kevin_t]

A long time ago I hiked Buckskin Gulch in a day, and our family style tent blew away with over 100 lbs of gear in it. Then we fixed it and it had some holes and my son proceeded to barf in it in the middle of the night a couple nights later ... I really wish I had a floorless tent that night.

That being said, I spent the last few days doing wind tests of the Silex and Eolus vs a Tunnel Style tent that was much heavier. I tested both Sil and Dyneema and honestly, they held their own and were actually the quieter tent to be in. Granted winds likely did not exceed the 40's.

 

[hikenhunt]

That's flying better than most kites I've tried!

 

[Poser]

Wild

 

[CO-AJ]

Not sure where you are at, but that image reminds me of the bubble boy here in CO maybe 7 years ago or so. Short story is this father reported his son had climbed into a large mylar weather type balloon and floated away. National Guard and news helicopters followed this thing through northern Denver and into northern CO. When it finally came down the boy wasn't in it, he was actually hiding in the attic of the house.

 

[MontanaMarine]

Look! a UFO!!!....grin

 

[jasonhul]

It held together though.


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[JRMiller]

Not sure where you are at, but that image reminds me of the bubble boy here in CO maybe 7 years ago or so. Short story is this father reported his son had climbed into a large mylar weather type balloon and floated away. National Guard and news helicopters followed this thing through northern Denver and into northern CO. When it finally came down the boy wasn't in it, he was actually hiding in the attic of the house.

I remember that, hysterical

 

[reaper]

A long time ago I hiked Buckskin Gulch in a day, and our family style tent blew away with over 100 lbs of gear in it. Then we fixed it and it had some holes and my son proceeded to barf in it in the middle of the night a couple nights later ... I really wish I had a floorless tent that night.

That being said, I spent the last few days doing wind tests of the Silex and Eolus vs a Tunnel Style tent that was much heavier. I tested both Sil and Dyneema and honestly, they held their own and were actually the quieter tent to be in. Granted winds likely did not exceed the 40's.

Hahahahah thats a good story.

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