Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
I can see a bivy for someone that really values traveling light if they also have a tarp for rain protection like Staehpj1 mentioned. .
No ax to grind, not promoting anything, but impressed with today's superlight equipment that seems to have come from the well-heeled quadrant of the thru-hiker world.
So, a bivy + a tarp lighter than a roughly half kilogram Zpacks Plex Solo tent?