SAMAYA 3.0 TENT
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IT’S BEEN SAID ABOUT OUR TRIPS THAT NO ONE HANGS AROUND BASECAMP BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE THEM. NOW WE WON’T SAY THIS IS EXACTLY TRUE, BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WHAT WE CALL BASECAMPS ARE WHAT OTHER HIGH ALTITUDE TRIPS CALL ADVANCE BASECAMPS IN THAT FROM THE APPROACH WE USUALLY FORGO STOPPING TO MAKE A LARGE CAMP AND INSTEAD GO HIGHER. BECAUSE WE SPEND SUCH A LARGE PROPORTION OF OUR TIME ACTUALLY CLIMBING, AND WE DON’T HAVE THE LEGION OF PORTERS TO CONTINUALLY RESUPPLY, THIS MAKES SENSE.
THE FACTOR THAT’S BEEN HARD TO CRUNCH THOUGH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE TENTS. UNTIL NOW IT WAS 5kg VE25’S OR TINY ALPINE TENTS LIGHT ENOUGH TO CARRY. A DECADE AGO MHW STOPPED THEIR EV TENTS, SO WE HAD TO STRATEGIZE AROUND IT, EVEN USING TARPS FOR ABC AT TIME.
THEN CAME SAMAYA AND THEIR 2.5. AN ABC TENT AT 1.5kg WAS A REVOLUTION THAT LETS US CHANGE HOW EFFICIENTLY WE CLIMB MOUNTAINS. WHERE OTHERS SING THE PRAISE OF HIGHER FLOW OXYGEN SETS, WE FOUND A HUGE LEAP WITH A DEDICATE BC TENT THAT WAS LIGHT ENOUGH TO TAKE HIGH UP.
THE 2.5 IS NEARLY PERFECT, IT’S ONLY DEFICIENCY WE FOUND WAS STRUCTURE. IT’S STRONG – VERY – BUT WHEN THE TIBETAN WINDS PICK UP AND THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING TO HOME YOU HAVE FOR 6 WEEKS, YOU WANT AS MUCH AS YOU GET GET. YOU ALSO WANT A BIT MORE ROOM, A BIT MORE LIVABILITY AND A FEW MORE OPTIONS FOR PITCHING AND LIVING.
OBVIOUSLY WE WEREN’T THE ONLY ONES SAYING THIS BECAUSE SAMAYA HEARD THE CALL AND COME OUT WITH THE 3.0.
A 1kg MORE THAN THE 2.5 THAT EXTRA WEIGHT GOES INTO A FULLY GEODESIC STRUCTURE THAT HANDLES TERRIFYINGLY HIGH WINDS AND SNOW LOADING, SNOW FLAPS THAT KEEP THINGS ANCHORED TO THE EARTH, A SECOND DOOR FOR WHEN THINGS ARE NICE, AND ROOM FOR EASILY ANOTHER PERSON. THESE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH WEIGHT AND HAVE SPENT THAT KG WELL.
LIKE ALL THEIR OTHER TENTS THERE’S FULL POLE SLEEVES, ROOFED VENTS, HUGE INTERIOR POCKETS, THE STRONGEST GUY SYSTEM AVAILABLE AND MORE DYNEEMA THAN YOU’VE PROBABLY EVER SEEN BEFORE. THE NEAREST OTHER TENT TO THIS WEIGHS TWICE AS MUCH AND ISN’T AS STRONG.
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NOW, THE CAVEAT HERE IS THESE THINGS ARE EXCLUSIVE. NOT MANY ARE AVAILABLE, THEY WILL COME AND GO BEFORE MOST PEOPLE EVER HEAR OF THEM. SAMAYA HAVE BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO LET US IN ON THE DEAL SO IF THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED GET IN TOUCH NOW.
