shelter

I've been doing a lot of winter camping trips lately (snow storms and all) and have been building shelters / crashing in caves and what not. However I'd really like some kinda light shelter to carry with me that could fit two people but don't have $400 for an all season tent. I've been...

anyone have any luck or experience with spray painting tarps? i have a bright blue tarp and I want to make it dark and more camoflauged. Any other methods for changing the color of a tarp?

Has anyone seen these badboys? http://www.hennessyhammock.com/ http://www.junglehammock.com/?gclid=CI6 ... ggodUWnQ1Q

i have a small, and rather ammusing problem. i have 2 tents left over from my boy scout days. One of them is a super warm 3-4 season tent. The only problem is that it isn't free standing. it needs stakes and that annoys the hell out of me. My other tent is free standing but it's a 2 season...

i was walking through the woods the other day and i found about 50 feel of that orange plastic construction fence like stuff its about 4 feet wide with thick plastic. take some of it and fold it over 2 or 3 times so its triple thick and about 8-10 feet long. find to trees spaced a reasonable...