I'll be taking either my Scarp 1 or my MLD Duomid. The former if conditions are at the poorer end of the spectrum, the latter if looking a bit better.

TT Notch (800g), but I was lucky with the weather. If it was awful weather I would use the TT Stratospire 1 (1000g) as its more comfortable to sit out long downpours in it, or a fair bit of snow.

Hi Aaron,

Myself and my partner are attempting the Challenge for the first time this year.

We had a Terra Nova Polar Lite 2 tent which was a fantastic little bombproof tent which would stand up to whatever the weather would throw at but, but when when I say it was little- it really was too little for two people!

Then a Scarp 2 tent came up for sale, so I snapped it up straight away. It weighs about 1.8 kilo's and roomy enough inside and we have a porch each! So far we have only used it for four nights. My first observation is that I find that the inner sits a little to close to the outer and condensation transfering from the outer to the inner can be a small problem but its not bad. In saying that, we havent had any wind on those nights we camped, so we probably had more condensation than normal.

We have the optional crossover poles and last time we were out, I have them a try- success- the poles lift then outer further away from the inner so less condensation transfer, but the aditional poles takes total tent weight up to 2.3 kilos.

For the challenge I may add another few guylines to my Scarp 2 like other people have done- including line lifters at each end of the tent- again this will give more space between the outer and inner. I will also add a guy line at each side of the main hoop for more stabilization in high winds.

Depending on the long range forecast at the time- we may take the additional cross over poles on the challenge.

I'm quite pleased with this tent so far and look am looking forward to putting it through its paces on the challenge.

I did think about buying a MLD Trailstar for the challenge and was quite keen on it, but my partner was having doubts about it and wanted a proper tent so to speak.

Gavin.

1.8kg for two people isnt bad. good tip share the body and poles each day and it becomes a -9kg tent :-)

Hi Gavin

Good choice there. This is also my first year and although I have spent a lot of time in the Scottish hills this should be a great challenge.

Regards

Aaron