{"id":2647,"date":"2018-05-11T19:20:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T19:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikwax.com\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2024-10-24T08:31:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T07:31:24","slug":"nikwax-testimonials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikwax.com\/en-us\/posts\/nikwax-testimonials\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikwax Testimonials: “Staying Dry, Whatever the Weather”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guest Contributor: Emma Walker<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ve weathered a few storms in tents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, it\u2019s just the light pitter-patter of rain on the fly; a few times, I\u2019ve been wide awake through pole-bending wind and torrential downpours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether I\u2019m camped out on a glacier in Alaska, in the Utah desert, or in the rainforest on Hawaii\u2019s Big Island, one thing remains the same no matter where I\u2019ve pitched my tent…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…I don\u2019t want to get wet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They say luck favors the prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m a firm believer in that philosophy, which is why my husband, Bix, and I waterproof our tents before we hit the trail, no matter where we\u2019re headed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last spring, a few friends came to visit us for a long weekend of mountain biking in Moab. People often think that it never rains in the desert, but that\u2019s patently untrue. It definitely rains, and when it does, you\u2019d better make sure you\u2019re nowhere near a wash\u2014because it\u2019s going to rain hard<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It rained for most of our trip (fortunately, there are plenty of trails to keep you busy even if it\u2019s been pouring in Moab<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was a little worried we would end up needing to squeeze into the back of our Subaru Forester, to find some cover from the rain, but Bix had remembered to apply a treatment of Tent & Gear SolarProof<\/a> to our tent AND the ones our friends were borrowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a guy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong\u2014everything outside of the tents was soaked each morning. No matter how much effort I made to cram all our camp chairs under the picnic table at our campground for overnight “protection,” we found the chairs dripping wet, every morning, when we emerged from our cozy cocoons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, we managed to have plenty of fun. Naturally, our bike shorts (and socks<\/em>) were plenty damp by the time we finished each day\u2019s ride. Nothing ever fully dried out, but there\u2019s something so comforting about knowing the inside of your tent will be dry at the end of the day, which is what kept me going, even as the drizzle intensified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the weekend of rain, those same friends came out for another trip this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(I\u2019m convinced it\u2019s because they stayed dry at night, last year…<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We waterproofed their borrowed tents<\/a> again, just in case, but we were fortunate and ended up cashing in on some good-weather karma; we had three bluebird days to enjoy this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Testimonial <\/em>submitted by Emma Walker, an avid outdoorswoman who holds a Master\u2019s Degree in Outdoor & Environmental Education, actively studies avalanche behavior, and lives in Colorado.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want to learn how to waterproof your tent?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give THIS<\/a> post a quick read.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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