DIY - My Designs - Tents  Send any questions or comments to the
designer Roger Caffin  Home page   Much of my philosophy on
tents is a reaction to the very small rectangular dome tents and
low tapered tents you see around, (not to mention the fun you
can have with a bivvy bag in pouring rain!). These small tents
have just enough room inside for one or two sleepers, but very
little room for their wet gear or doing anything. What you do if
it is freezing cold and pouring rain I do not know. Reading some
trip reports and watching some campers, I gather one person gets
inside and does nothing while the other sits outside in the rain
and cooks. This reminds me of a couple we saw in the Pyrenees
with such a dome tent. It was pouring rain but there he was,
crouched over his stove outside, trying to cook dinner.
Eventually the couple had to pick the tent up (I suppose their
gear was inside it) and move it away from the hollow they were
in: the hollow was filling up with water. For very little extra
weight I can be in