Basic, High-Tech, maybe Low-Tech: different tents / tent types

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by The Colonel

The ribbed, self supporting design would seem fairly modern (unless someone has historical examples - which I wouldn't rule out) - possibly a low tech tent without poles is either designed to be tied off to local terrain (like a poncho basha) or relies on the user finding their own poles at each camp site...

Yeah, I thought about needing a tree nearby too. It's just that the wording is ambiguous.

This seems pretty versatile, including both wind-open and wind-stopping configurations, but nonetheless relies on a tree or pole, or several.

(How silly is the idea of using a rifle with a bayonet stuck into the ground instead of a central pole?)