Many backpackers are eschewing heavy rugged tents for lightweight tarps. If you normally carry a rain poncho you can kill two birds with one stone by adapting aluminum or fiberglass tent poles to fit ...

Sleeping under a camping tarp is a magical and minimalist experience. Unlike a tent, which cocoons you from the environment behind twin layers of the inner and flysheet, a tarp leaves you gloriously ...

We tested two high-end camp tarp options from MSR and Hilleberg and explain the two main strategies to setting up a tarp. A tarp is the best solution to salvaging a rainy camping trip, getting some ...