Each night the tents were on sandy gravel but no ground cover. But, the floor of the tent/vestibule was fine, it was just the condensation from above. I'll try to get a photo posted.AlmostThere wrote:On duff or grass/vegetation? Did you take something to use as a ground cloth in the vestibule(s)?
As for one man tents or bivvies, I've gone that route on occasion, but unless the weather forecast is 100% clear, I've hit too many capricious storms over the last couple decades that I've mostly been glad to have carried the extra tent weight. It's always easy to leave the tent or fly in the stuff sack on a clear night than it is to crawl under a rock when it starts to pour.
cg
PS: I just realized that photo 15 in the link for the "Minarets...." TR I posted recently shows the REI and MSR tents in close proximity. By morning, the REI fly was damp, but the MSR's was soaked.