**IMPORTED FROM AS400**

KEY POINTS & INTENDED USE

This versatile rectangular tarp, used as a sleeping shelter or dining room for

two or more, has been an MEC member favourite for years. Now it's been

reincarnated in an extraordinary silicone fabric that makes it lighter and more

compact.

CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN

Long a favourite of MEC members, this versatile tarp has been reincarnated in

an extraordinary nylon fabric, silicone-coated on both sides. Not only is this

fabric awesomely light and compact, it has incredible tear-resistance. Ordinary

polyurethane waterproof coating locks up the strands of a fabric, so that when

it is stressed, all the load is borne by a few threads. This can lead to

domino-like progressive tearing. In silicon-coated fabric the strands remain

free to slide past one another, so that when it is pulled, they rearrange

themselves to share the load across a wide area.

The removable stuff sack can be placed on a staff, paddle, or ski pole to use as

an internal support. Or the tarp can be suspended from the corresponding outside

loop. Both the stuff sack attachment and the outside suspension loop are

slightly off the midpoint of the tarp's long axis to allow you to rig it

pyramid-style, with a leftover panel of fabric for a floor or

a wind-breaking wall. Thanks to the thoughtfully placed line

attachment points, additional set-up options are limited only

by your cunning and imagination. Possible configurations

include the A-frame, or hung corner-to-corner to make a

diagonal ridgeline.

Fits two or more people
Dimensions are 2.9 x 3.9m
The side attachment points are set into triangular Cordura® patches that both provide reinforcement and direct the lines of tension for minimum bagging when rigged
Packed size of 22 x 31cm
Sewn in Vietnam, materials from Korea. MATERIALS 30d Nylon 6,6 Ripstop, Sil/PU coating, 1500mm

MEC Silicone Guides Tarp