Tuesday, April 12, 2011

horizons

Tuesday, day 9 of the work week... Can't complain as Friday through Sunday involved an overnight school field trip to the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, which conjured up memories of back burner dreams.

Still, I'm looking forward to our Spring Break, which is just days away. In lieu of the Highlands 100 route, I intend to fastpack ~sections 12-16 of the MST to test among other things a recently completed polycryo tarptent prototype.

A wintry tempest atop Pinch-In 10 days ago helped fuel the search for a hyper-light sanctuary through a bug-ridden coastal plain this summer. So here it is (93"L, 36"W, 31"H; 8 oz. of luxury):






3 comments:

Casseday said...

WOW! Super cool and amazingly light. Pretty darn impressive Matt.

Eugene Smith said...

Matt,

I love your blend of super ultralight backpacking and ultrarunning, this is awesome stuff! I have an overnight run planned coming up soon in a pack I'm testing, should be fun! Thanks for the 'gearspiration'.

stan said...

At least this one looks like a real tent! Jinnie said that the other one looked like, well, nothing. Good stuff!
- Stan