{"id":13,"date":"2005-10-09T13:14:19","date_gmt":"2005-10-09T19:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/?p=13"},"modified":"2005-10-12T16:22:07","modified_gmt":"2005-10-12T22:22:07","slug":"tarptent-agrees-to-sponsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"Tarptent Agrees to Sponsor!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I approached <a href='http:\/\/www.tarptent.com'>tarptent<\/a> for a gear sponsorship because I think that tarptents are the best lightweight weather-proof bug-proof shelter on the market.  They weigh no more than 2 pounds, are better ventilated than two walled tents, and handle very well in rain according to a friend of mine who hiked the Appalachian trail in one.  <\/p>\n<div class='imageleft'><a href=\"..\/photo-viewer.php?image=IMG_3980.JPG&#038;subalbum=&#038;photo_title=Henry+Shires&#038;photo_description=Henry+Shires+-+The+designer+of+Tarptent.&#038;filetype=GalleryPhotoItem&#038;album=photos-americas%2Falbum_midsize%2Fgear\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/photos-americas\/album_thumbnails\/gear\/IMG_3980.JPG\"    width=\"149\" height=\"112\" alt=\"Henry Shires - The designer of Tarptent.\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='imageleft'><a href=\"..\/photo-viewer.php?image=IMG_3979.JPG&#038;subalbum=&#038;photo_title=Tarptent+Rainbow&#038;photo_description=The+yet-to-be-released+Tarptent+Rainbow.++The+first+freestanding+tarptent.&#038;filetype=GalleryPhotoItem&#038;album=photos-americas%2Falbum_midsize%2Fgear\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/photos-americas\/album_thumbnails\/gear\/IMG_3979.JPG\"    width=\"149\" height=\"112\" alt=\"The yet-to-be-released Tarptent Rainbow.  The first freestanding tarptent.\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The designer and owner, Henry Shires, also lives just down the road from me in Redwood City.  I stopped by his house today to take a look.  He has a new product, the Tarptent Rainbow, which, if you have trekking poles, is a 2lb freestanding tent.  He plans to release the product in December or January, but may have an early test version ready for this trip.  Otherwise, I will go for the well tested <a href='http:\/\/www.tarptent.com\/ttcloudburst2.html'>cloudburst<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I approached tarptent for a gear sponsorship because I think that tarptents are the best lightweight weather-proof bug-proof shelter on the market. They weigh no more than 2 pounds, are better ventilated than two walled tents, and handle very well in rain according to a friend of mine who hiked the Appalachian trail in one. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trip-preparation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rideforclimate.com\/journals\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}