As backpacking equipment evolves there is sometimes a gap left in the equipment as we go from old to new. More specifically - When I hiked the PCT I wanted to leave my old tent behind at 3 + pounds and go with a one pound tarp tent. What was lacking was bug protection. As it turns out had I stayed with just the tarp I would have been savaged my mosquitoes in Yosemite and parts of OR.

I have found a GREAT solution - simple and most of all LIGHT!! This netting fills in the gap between the old tent idea and the ultra light but inadequate tarp tent. www.simblissity.net/inner-peace.htm.

And going along with the other recent post in this tribe, the guy that came up with this idea is simply a long-distance backpacker that couldn't find the equipment he wanted and decided he would just make it himself.

I will buy a henry shire tarp tent for my second go-round on the PCT next year. But at a mere 4.5 oz. I'll carry one of these too for those times I want to actually see the stars. I've been waiting years for this solution to come along. I'm totally jazzed.