Nature Calls Backpacking

Hilleberg Tarp 5 Ultralight Ground Tarp/Thru-Hiker Set-up and Review

This is the Hilleberg Tarp 5.  An ultralight shelter of the ground tarp or thru-hiker tarp design. I used this recently on a backpacking trip where I went with a base pack weight of 11lbs.

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A tarp provides essential weather protection but still allows you to feel fully “outdoors.” In addition, a tarp can be used to create a breezy patio over your tent’s entrance, or as a kitchen away from your campsite for greater safety in bear country. Tarp use is nearly limitless, and they can be pitched with trekking poles, paddles or branches, and can be suspended from trees, as well.

Hillebergs smallest model, the new Tarp 5, is designed specifically to cover a single person while also providing extra room for gear. Its shape makes it easy to get into and out of, and it can be pitched fairly high off the ground for the full, airy, tarp experience, or with its edges nearly, or even fully, on the ground for a remarkably protective refuge from bad weather. In keeping with its minimalist mission, the Tarp 5 is made from our very light yet strong Kerlon 1000, used in some of Hillebergs 3-season, Yellow Label tents, and comes with attached 2 mm guy lines.

 The Tarp 5 comes equipped with attached guy lines It can be pitched using trekking poles, or by suspending either end of its ridge line Has its own integrated stuff pocket The Tarp 5 is about the size of a one liter cooking pot when packed up

320 g/11.3 oz

3.15 m x 2.15 m
10.2 ft x 7.1 ft

Kerlon 1000