I figure that when it rains I will eventually get soaked no matter what the gear, and I too believe in the portable shelter. But I take it a step further and carry a woodstove too. On an elk hunt our teepee and woodstove weigh around 8 pounds total and sleeps all 5 of us. At the end of the day the dry heat of the woodstove allows us to dry out all our gear. It has been a life saver when we got really soaked. In the old days for safety reasons you had to stay in the tent when it rained - not so when you have a woodstove. Patrick
