The Skyman tent. It is erected using walking poles, only weighs 400 g and only costs 180 €. We’re looking forward to testing it when it’s available again.
LIGHTWEIGHT TENTS TENTS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC ARE BECOMING COMPATIBLE WITH AIR SPORTS…
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ents which are specially designed for the paragliding bivouac have a long tradition. The pioneer of hike and fly, the late Pierre Bouilloux, made them more than twenty years ago, but Supair don’t have them in their catalogue any more. Ripair offered the Ultralight model (on the left in the photo, 1370 kg), but the model isn’t produced anymore. Skyman usually have a tent designed by Markus Gründhammer in their catalogue (pictured above), but since this autumn they have been out of stock. Fortunately, the manufacturers of classic walking equipment are also becoming increasingly interested in lightweight. At Intersport, for example, you can find the McKinley Aero 2 (right, 1.3 kg), the details are given on the following page. Decathlon’s Quechua brand makes the lightest tent of this type, the Quickhiker Ultralight 2, which all the same, weighs 1.96 kg.
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