Earl Schaffer's tarps

imported
#1

Hi Everyone,

I read that Earl Schaffer did not bring a tent and, instead, wrapped himself up in tarps? Did I read that correctly, or did he pitch them like a tent?

Leki-Less

#2

I’ve read his books too and he says he wraps himself up like a burrito!

Gusty

#3

I thought it was a shower curtain.

Bushwhack

#4

Hey, Bushwhack that was Gramma Emma Gatewood that used the shower curtain. But it just shows what little you need out there. I know that I like my North Face Mica 12. I have used the tarp too with success. Keep hiking folks.

Lone Wolf “55”

#5

I’ve also read that Earl liked to carry a poncho for hiking in the rain, and would just string that up between trees wherever nightfall happened to find him.

tron

#6

What blows my mind is the fact that he hiked his fist hike without ziplocks!

southpaw

#7

That’s right. It was Gatewood wit the curtain. Man, my first hike was in ‘67. And all I had was cookies. Ziplocs…lol. Times be changin’. It’s all good.

BW