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Today in Indonesia many tents supply either
sold individually and sold at outdoor stores, the average
with konstrusi dome tent or development of the tunnel tent and
hope the single tent. But of all the tents that are sold in the market today
This is not entirely suitable for mountain climbing, there
tent camping is only suitable for use in the mountains or even
suitable only used for camping in the backyard.
So how to know the characteristics of tents that are suitable for climbing
mountain? hopefully following these tips can help my friends
in selecting a suitable tent for mountain climbing.
01 - High Tent
Tents for mountain climbing tend to lower construction
from the tent for camping, this is due to more resistant
the wind is faster altitude mountain areas
instead of camping sites that are lower in the mountains.
Choose lower tent construction.
02 - Material tent
Note the tent material to choose from nylon do not choose a tent
made of cotton material
the interior (inner) made of cotton, if the tent was used
high mountains of temperate humid it will be very cold,
This tent can not provide good insulation for occupants.
Tent with this type of material suitable only for camping.
03 - Sheet Flysheet
Tents for mountaineering should have its flysheet sheet,
except for a single tent tent made of breathable material
garment that can hold water, but the condensation in the tent to get out.
like tent brand output but price Bibler tent with
These types of materials such as very expensive, and most of this Bibler tent
used in the high mountains snow. In Indonesia, many
once the sale tent tent camping is generally not a
flysheet, if there is even a short time tend to only like
decorations, such as tents that many bestway brands sold in
some shops in Jakarta. Flysheet is very useful to protect
tent part in the rains, a good flysheet is a
closed the tent up kebawahnya. Avoid wearing a tent camping
no flysheet because when used in the mountain with
humid weather tends to be the tent interior will
be damp and very bad for the health of climbers in it.
04 - Distance flysheet and inner tent
Notice also the distance between the tent flysheet and Diding, distance
is one inch of good because then the inside of the tent
not attached to the flysheet and if heavy rain in parts
tent does not come by a wet flysheet, which can cause leakage
also, a good distance between the flysheet and inner tent will
allow steam condensation from the tent in the wind hilng
so not accommodated in the inside of the flysheet water proof,
If dibagian accommodated in flysheet will turn into points
water and gets back in the tent fell. Kadan is what we
suspect leaky tent in the rain, when the tent does not leak or
holes at all.
05 - Guylines or strap fasteners
mountaineering tent would have fasteners ropes
certain dibagian useful for resilience in the face of the tent
wind on the mountain. These ropes are generally placed by the tent factory
at points of the tent frame construction which provides useful
pda additional strength to not break the frame.
06 - storage space
Porch or vestibule of the tent cool term, is a special bonus
for mountaineering tent, because it could be a place other than
storage of goods, kitchen, vestibule can be as bad weather
and does not allow to cook outside the tent.
That's six key points we need to consider when choosing
tents for mountaineering activities. about other
depending on the taste and the type of the mountain we will climb.
