Winter Rendezvous 2010

[Miz Moosie]

The Winter Rendezvous was a great success!  23 folks turned out for a fantastic weekend in da winter wuds.  Lots of snowshoeing and skiing through the numerous lakes.  A few trekkers headed into the backcountry and set up camps on remote lakes.  The rest socialized and chewed the fat.

Now the pictures...

[wooley]

Oh, how painful it is to see others having fun in SNOW!!!!!  We in southern Ontario are envious.

MIKE

[Rick]

Is that a nylon version of a British Officers tent (the grey tent)?

[Scott]

Thanks for posting Rhonda - looks like great fun. 

Can you tell us more about a few of those tents?  One looks like a Snowtrekker (with a logo on it) but has a different door and a really high stove jack....? 

Thanks!

[RKP]

Looks like a great time !   Very little snow in my area unfortunately.

[Soledad]

Thanks again Rhonda for putting this together.  I had a great time and met some really great folks.  Here are a couple other pics from the Island on Deep Lake.  Certainly a campsite that I will remember for a long time.

Those pines make that tent look pretty small!

One of the many pothole lakes that made this area look like a mini BWCA.

My favorite wood stove meal: Pita Pizzas.

should have checked the focus!

[jdrutstrum]

Is that a nylon version of a British Officers tent (the grey tent)?

Were you referring to the 5th tent pictured?

The 5th tent is a Calvin Rutstrum ‘Convertible A’  tent purchased in 1976.

The  tent’s  6oz.  fabric is a blend of cotton and synthetic  fiber.

The tent’s original dimensions were 9’ length  x 7’ width  x  6’ height.

It was made by ‘Canvas Products and Repair’ in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Note - the tent does not contain the ‘inner  tent’ that Calvin recommended for Winter camping.

Some modifications have been made to the tent:

   1.       Increased tent height  -   from 6’ to 7’

   2.       Additional pull outs - eliminated sagging sides and enhanced wind stability and interior volume.

   3.       Added Tent poles - the tent did not come with any poles

   4.       Added Vestibule - new for the 2010 Rendezvous -  the vestibule increased usable floor space, and enabled a straight stove pipe exit from the tent without having to cut a hole in the main roof of the tent.

[Miz Moosie]

Soledad,

That island on Deep Lake is one of my favorite spots!

[Rick]

Thanks for that explanation jdrutstrum. I was thinking the vestibule was the back of the tent, but it is in fact the front - is that correct?
Is the fabric a ripstop cotton? Is it water resistant?
Welcome to our little snowy camp here, come back often.

[cousin Pete]

Nice pics of all of the different tents. 

Take care,
Cousin Pete

[jdrutstrum]

Thanks for that explanation jdrutstrum. I was thinking the vestibule was the back of the tent, but it is in fact the front - is that correct?
Is the fabric a ripstop cotton? Is it water resistant?
Welcome to our little snowy camp here, come back often.

  I consider the vestibule to be the 'back' end of the tent.  Looking at the fifth picture, the left 'end' of the tent is where I usually enter, and the right end has the vestibule where I keep the stove.
  However, the tent was designed such that there are doors on both ends of tent (velcro closures), so there really isn't a front and back end.  The tent can be entered from either end
 can be entered via the vestibule.

  Thanks for your question about the fabric! It forced me to find the original tent info sheet that came with the tent.
   The info sheet  calls the fabric  6 oz. 'pima cloth' that has been treated for water and mildew repellency.  It is not ripstop cotton.  I have never had a problem with leaking, but I use the tent primarily in the winter.
   Rutstrum tents made by the same company in 1971 contained a blend of cotton and rayon fiber, but the info sheet for this 1976 tent doesn't mention any synthetic fibers.


 

[been digging]

Hi JDRutstrum

Another question about your tent.  Can you tie the ridge rope between trees, rather than using the poles, or is that too high to reach?  There's a diagram in "New Way of the Wilderness" where the wedge tent ridge rope is tied off between 2 trees.

[jdrutstrum]

Hi JDRutstrum

Another question about your tent.  Can you tie the ridge rope between trees, rather than using the poles, or is that too high to reach?  There's a diagram in "New Way of the Wilderness" where the wedge tent ridge rope is tied off between 2 trees.

Been digging
    Good question about tying the ridge rope between trees! Yes, the tent can be tied between two trees.  However, I have not tried hanging the tent between trees in years.  Therefore, I have limited experience/knowledge that I can pass along.
 
 

[into the wind]

jdrutstrum, any relation to Calvin?

[jdrutstrum]

jdrutstrum, any relation to Calvin?

No relation.   However,  I did visit him at his home on Marine on St. Croix, MN ~ 1976.  I had purchased a sextant and was using an artificial horizon as referenced in his 'Wilderness Route Finder'  book  to determine latitude and longitude.  He helped me figure out that I was erroneously taking my sextant readings from the wrong image of the sun - the articial horizon reflected two images of the sun.