SlingFin
· San Francisco, CA
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SlingFin
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Made in San Francisco, CA by Martin Zemitis. Technical tents designed by Martin Zemitis, who spent 20 years at Sierra Designs and The North Face.
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When we asked guides what tent we should make next, the overwhelming consensus was, "Make a lightweight 2P alpine bivy tent that actually works." So, we set off to make a tent with the following parameters: Lightweight, waterproof, handles condensation well, and fully freestanding with a small footprint so it can be wedged into rocky alpine bivy spots or dug into the side of snow fields. Finally, knowing that summit windows can take days to materialize, it had to be livable enough to spend more than a couple hours in without getting totally stir crazy. We went with a double wall design bec...