getting into the sleeping area; also, if any bit of a asunder groundsheet protrudes from under the side walls, then it provides a ready path for moisture to flow into the tent.

A decent centre-pole tent was often used for family camping in the first moiety of the 20th century. Despite the employment of 9 poles and 12 guy ropes, such a tent could be pitched by an (experienced) descendants of four in some 10 to 15 minutes. These tents had Tents a sportsmanlike floor of enormity ranging from 8 by 8 ft up to 15 by 15 ft. There were poles about 5 ft great at each corner and in the centermost of each side, and a 10 ft or 12 ft pole in the centre - the walls were vertical and the roof was pyramid-shaped, so there was plenty of headroom over most of the tent.