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Lower Harper Canyon and New Tent

hikerdmb

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12/15/2012

hikerdmb

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Went out last weekend to the lower part of Harper Canyon. No big hike, no big adventure... just a nice relaxing campfire, a couple of beers, lots of stars and satellites, and a short walk around the washes below Harper Canyon. I did however, get to use my new backpacking tent for the first time. I got the 2 man Big Agnes Copper Spur (anniversary gift, my wife is awesome). It is a mansion compared with my old one man Eureka Aurora tent which was almost impossible to sit up in. The new one weighs a little over 3 pounds, nothing compared to the weight of the Aurora which was almost double that. Can't wait to load the new tent in my pack.
Here is the new tent looking out toward East Borrego Butte and the Salton Sea.

Here is the new tent from the end. You can also see the washer tub fire ring and the Santa Rosa Mountains in the distance.

Looking up toward the mouth of Harper Canyon. I did the hike from here up to Harper Flat last year and highly recommend it. That TR is on this forum if you want to see some pics from up in the canyon.

I am keeping the old Aurora tent though. It has been my solo backpacking tent for about 15 years and it is still solid as a rock in high winds and rain. It has been on ski trips and backpacking trips all over the Sierra and desert southwest and has never leaked or let me down.

Here is the old Aurora tent from Lake 11,200' looking up the north side of Glen Pass in the Sierra. I took this pic on day 4 of a 5 day solo trip last June into Sixty Lake Basin (Onion Valley - Kearsarge Pass - Glen Pass - Rae Lakes - Sixty Lake Basin and back) mostly in Kings Canyon NP.

Besides the weight savings with the new tent the best part is it is a 2 man tent so Wylie and I don't have to cram in like this anymore.

edited by hikerdmb on 12/15/2012

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