ever stayed in a wall tent (or a yurt)? tell me about it!
Posted by tino_bambino on Nov 26, 2010 · Member since Sep 2005 · 844 posts
hey folks,
so, the title is pretty self explanatory...have you stayed in a wall tent before for an extended period of time? how was it in coldish/hot weather? tell me allll about it. thanks :)
What's a wall tent? I lived in canvas housing on a platform in Yosemite during the summer. It had a heater and the space wasn't that big, so warmed up fast. We were under trees. I don't remember it being unreasonably hot. I wasn't in the tent much during the day, though.
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thanks hh, that looks very similar. The ones I'm talking about come with a wood burning stove and have a wood floor.
Have you spent any time in one during colder weather? early spring for example?
Yeah. Mind had a wood floor and a bear-proof food locker on one side of the tent for food, shampoo, all of our smelly things.
Mine had a gas heater. A gas heater is better because you don't have to wait for the fire. Do you know how to start and keep a fire going? (Not everyone does.) Our temperature range was probably about a low of 40 F / 4.5 C in May to a high of 90 F / 32 C in August. I remember the place heating up pretty quickly, it was probably an 8' x 10' / 2.5 m x 3 m space, so it didn't take much. The other consideration of a stove setup is that you can't put on a large log for overnight. The fire would probably burn out sometime overnight or someone would have to get up to add more wood.
I think your tent would be larger than what I stayed in if you had enough room for a stove. It'd still probably heat up quickly.
awesome. sounds very similar. I camped alot when I was younger but it's been a while now so my fire-building skills and the like need some brushing up. Also I've never camped longer than a couple weeks and never stayed in a wall tent, so basically I just want to get a better idea of what I'm in for if I get a farm internship that I applied for. It's been a long time since I spent a while in a setting that rustic, but I'm excited at the idea. What an adventure.