Expedition tents - summer use?

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Posted by Gear Selection (Guest) on August 15, 2007 at 1:32:32 am EDT

How practicalare expedition-type tents for summer use? For example a 'North Face Mountain 25' or a 'Mountain Hardware Trango'.

I live in South Africa where we have torrential rain in summer and occasional high winds in the Drakensberg mountains. So I need a tent robust enough to withstand these conditions. I've read too many reviews of 3-Season tents leaking in the rain, and I don't want to take the chance.

My main concern with using an expedition tent in summer is that it will be too warm at night.

What do you think?
Cheers Greg

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Re: Expedition tents - summer use? - Tipi Walter 17:26:29 09/19/2007
Re: Expedition tents - summer use? - ofelas 22:50:53 09/17/2007
Re: Expedition tents - summer use? - USMCSarge 22:01:51 08/19/2007
Re: Expedition tents - summer use? - Bill S 12:43:00 08/15/2007
Re: Expedition tents - summer use? - kutenay 02:20:56 08/15/2007

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