rangewalker
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Post by rangewalker on Sept 18, 2015 18:54:22 GMT -8
I know I have a number of illuminated tents in my photo albums. Last year when out with the Colorado Backpackers (Deborah and others) annual July trek they were all using the new fangled Luci Lamps and headlamps just at dusk and I tried to capture it. Various adverts have used the same effect.
The night sky especially in the Alpine west is a dramatic inducement to backpack in dark skies. The sky islands in the SW around Phoenix and Tucson not so much as you rarely achieve real darkness. Ditto less than a 100 miles from Las Vegas. So is real wilderness if you don't have dark skies?
I am usually an LNT purist, but these wired up tents used in moderation don't really trip the red flag for me. A good headlamp is just more flexible and less complication. I just had a thought about some social issues in areas where there are designated campsites in Parks where the space between sites is very cramped where someone could insist on illumination? Not good. I do think that reflective trim and tent cords for shelters is a good all-around tech advance.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 18, 2015 18:59:36 GMT -8
In close quarters overall site illumination is an intrusion, the glow from the interior of a tent? Skeptical.
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Post by tarol on Sept 20, 2015 8:21:27 GMT -8
As a LNT Master Educator here is my take... If you're going to have one, I'd say take a few extra minutes to find a secluded campsite... Which you should do anyway, especially if any item you carry or activity you partake in could disturb others. Refrain from using it for long periods of time. And then have fun!
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Post by sarbar on Sept 21, 2015 13:58:47 GMT -8
This summer we spent an evening stargazing at Rainier with telescopes...and it is never truly dark up there - the sun takes so long to finally go down and not glimmer at the edges. By around Midnight it is finally what one might call dark. Then your eyes notice light...and yep, it is climbers on the mountain, heading up for a dawn summit. Those headlamps carry a long distance......
But then dawn starts shimmering at 3 am...so yeah.
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Post by texasbb on Sept 21, 2015 19:39:57 GMT -8
Back to the color thing...my hiking wardrobe is almost entirely determined by what's available in my size. The tall-size selection, even among the very few manufacturers that even have such sizes, is usually minimal. And if I wait for something to be on sale, there's no telling what color it will be. If you see a tall thin guy looking like someone's watercolor drip cloth, he's not color blind, just taking what he can get.
My most recent acquisition was a hooded down puffy that's been on clearance at Eddie B for more than a year. I held off till they ran a quick extra-40%-off-all-clearance-items sale and grabbed it. I'm apparently not the only one that needed a big incentive to get the "pimento" color.
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Post by rebeccad on Sept 21, 2015 21:05:14 GMT -8
I'm apparently not the only one that needed a big incentive to get the "pimento" color. LOL! I'm another!
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Post by 1camper on Sept 22, 2015 7:32:18 GMT -8
If I'm camping with a group, I'll generally hang my hammock well away from the fire ring. But after sitting around a fire for a while that hammock can be hard to find..so a string of leds comes in handy. I just wish they made them remote controlled so I didn't have to leave them on.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 22, 2015 8:24:12 GMT -8
I like reflective guylines and zipper pulls for that sort of in the dark location: a sweep of my light and I get guided right in.
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Post by markweth on Sept 22, 2015 8:49:21 GMT -8
Back to the color thing...my hiking wardrobe is almost entirely determined by what's available in my size. The tall-size selection, even among the very few manufacturers that even have such sizes, is usually minimal. And if I wait for something to be on sale, there's no telling what color it will be. If you see a tall thin guy looking like someone's watercolor drip cloth, he's not color blind, just taking what he can get. My most recent acquisition was a hooded down puffy that's been on clearance at Eddie B for more than a year. I held off till they ran a quick extra-40%-off-all-clearance-items sale and grabbed it. I'm apparently not the only one that needed a big incentive to get the "pimento" color. I'm with you on this. I have a few pieces of clothing that I've affectionately termed as being "50% Off Green" -- sort of a mix between lime and moss. Not a very flattering color on anyone, but functional.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2015 9:43:47 GMT -8
Hippie version of camouflage, half price off:
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Sept 22, 2015 9:52:20 GMT -8
Perfect for the Alaskan tundra in the Fall!
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Post by balzaccom on Sept 22, 2015 9:55:53 GMT -8
Travis: "Just to stir the pot a bit, the part of LNT that could apply might be Principle 7: Be Considerate of Others. This statement is included:
"Bright clothing and equipment, such as tents (that) can be seen for long distances are discouraged. Especially in open natural areas, colors such as day-glow yellow are disturbing and contribute to a crowded feeling; choose earth-toned colors (ie. browns and greens) to lessen visual impacts.""
I'd love to claim that I made our tent out of granite colored cloth because of this--but it was only because the material was a screaming deal. grin. But it's true that our tent is hard to see. So hard that we once had someone set up their tent within about 35 feet of ours---because they didn't even realize we were there. When we came back from our dayhike, there were embarrassed looks all around. But they didn't move.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Sept 22, 2015 20:49:20 GMT -8
I find noises more irritating than lights Ditto For me it's LNT and STFU
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Post by amaruq on Sept 23, 2015 6:37:46 GMT -8
If I'm camping with a group, I'll generally hang my hammock well away from the fire ring. But after sitting around a fire for a while that hammock can be hard to find..so a string of leds comes in handy. I just wish they made them remote controlled so I didn't have to leave them on. Have you considered a length of 3-4mm high-reflective cord, tied to your hammock and leading back towards the fire? Surely lighter than a string of LEDs and can be spotted pretty quickly with a few sweeps of a headlamp.
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sarbar
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Post by sarbar on Sept 23, 2015 12:39:25 GMT -8
So did you know you can get LED lights at Costco now that have a remote? Yep........
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