A couple of years ago I went on a trip to snowdonia, which involved an attempt at doing the welsh 3000’s. I decided to take a bivi bag instead of the usual tent. My setup consisted of a RAB alpine bivi (600g) and a tarpaulin made by confederate tarps (250g), based in the south of America, bringing the total weight to 850g.
The first night it hammered it down and the wind made the tarp almost impossible to set up. The use of the tarp with just walking poles made it much harder to find a suitable pitch than if I had used a traditional tent and the lack of rigging points added to this problem. At 850g and a cost of about £300 the setup is far from the lightest or cheapest camping setup and for around the same cost you could get a terra nova laser competition which weighs in at 960g.the extra 110g is definitely worth it for the extra comfort and convenience and I have a feeling I wont be taking a bivi and tarp on a mountain anytime soon.
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